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Finbar · #21 14-06-10, 20:50

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Originally Posted by Tilly Mint

Maggie, she's just by the steps, by the other building on the left hand side....

I think that may be a gatepost or similar, with a finial on top, Jacky.

#22 15-06-10, 05:06

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Originally Posted by Tilly Mint

...Joan, you're freaking me out now

, she looks to have a pendant around her neck...........gosh, this is a weird one

...oops, i was looking at the stain on his sleeve - this looks like a ladies face...what am i like
I can see the lady you are talking about though!

Jacky I can't make out the pendant or lady's face - LOL

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Originally Posted by maggie_4_7

I can't see that

I can only see a rope hanging from the wall!

Maggie it is right on the left hand side of the photo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Finbar

I think that may be a gatepost or similar, with a finial on top, Jacky.

I guess it could be Finbar, as if it is a hat it seems a fairly strange shape! - thanks - - I just had to Google finial

#23 15-06-10, 05:41

aaah yes I see it now.

#24 15-06-10, 05:51

LOL Maggie

- any idea what it is?

#25 15-06-10, 06:26

I'm not sure what it is but I don't think it's a person

The thing is that building with the pillar is incongruous to the cottage the man is standing in front of isn't it?

#26 15-06-10, 06:28

Thanks Maggie

It's all seems very odd!

#27 15-06-10, 06:29

I love your photos Joan

there's always a conundrum with them.

#28 16-06-10, 05:42

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Originally Posted by maggie_4_7

I love your photos Joan

there's always a conundrum with them.

LOL Maggie!!

- I'm certainly flummoxed by this one!!

Still puzzling over those numbers in the corner

Finbar · #29 16-06-10, 09:26

It looks as though the whole set up is similar to one of those seaside photographs where the subject poses with their head through a hole in a painted panel. In this case though, a headless mannequin is used.

The rockery behind the mannequin looks a bit dodgy to me, rather like a stage prop (possibly chicken wire and plaster of Paris?) and could possibly be part of the camouflage to conceal the real body and legs of the person posing.

Could the numbers be a reference for the photographer, to identify different clients?

Merry · #30 16-06-10, 20:45

Isn't that Dr Who's tardis on the left??!