It always amazed me how relaxed these high-steel "skywalkers" were when in their element. No safety harnesses. Totally relaxed.
Of course, people--the building developers, general contractors, as well as most of the workers--pretty much assumed and accepted that one or two men (or possibly more) would die on every construction job. Those were "just" the risks you had to accept. It was a risky profession. (Interesting case study on the subject available here. Also well worth reading: High Steel by Jim Rasenberger. See, especially, places like p. 247 where you find stories of the workers' own opposition to safety regulations.)
I could continue down that path, but that wasn't, actually, the reason I wanted to show this picture. The reason I wanted to show this picture is
Anything bother you visually about it? If not, it should.
The photo has been manipulated. Can you discern how and where?
Besides being flipped (notice that all four guys are "lefties"), there's something else "wrong." Indeed, impossible.
Take your time. You'll get it.
See it?
It's an impossible object like the Penrose Triangle or Devil's Tuning Fork:
. . . --the kind of thing M.C. Escher specialized in.
But now in photos?!?
. . . The problem is, I can't figure out how the manipulator did this (I'm assuming it's a him, though, of course, it's a possibility a woman might do such a thing. But, for some reason, I get the feeling this is the kind of thing men do more often than
Okay.
Here's the original:
Perhaps I need to flip the manipulated image back and then superimpose the two photos so I can discern what is going
Hope you had fun!
