The ponderous, weighty spokes are ironically lightened by the gentle downward undulations of the orbiting, battle-worn band; the implied circumference of the arc is oddly difficult to reconcile with the vertical vector in the background. Lacking any clear anchor the metal wheel seems to poised to rotate at any sec, summarizing the subtle surprise in this construction.
Red Handle, #9464
© 2010 James W. Murray, all rights reserved.
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Details: July 7, 2010; Canon 20D; f/6.3 @ 1/801 sec; -2/3 EV; ISO 400; 100mm.
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Nice. Like the detail I'm seeing there.
ReplyDeleteRed Handle, #9464
ReplyDeleteUnlike many of James' pieces, this one is redolent of a specific time and place in my life, many years ago when I worked on my grandfather's farm. There was just such a wheel on a standpipe valve, which was painted in this color red, with this uncompromising shape, which said to all who passed, 'This is the part you turn', long ago, on hot summer days on a farm...