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Photographer's Note
This is the steam pressure gauge from steam locomotive 4468 Mallard, a Gresley A4 pacific class express locomotive built in 1938 and holder of the official world speed record for steam. Here the gauge is reflected and distorted in the highly polished cab roof of the locomotive in a strange way bringing to mind the paintings of Dali and his melting clocks.
Gresley and Dali were contemporaries, Dali painted his famous "melting clocks" painting "The Persistence of Memory" in 1931, Gresley's A4 Pacifics were designed in 1935. Any other connection is surely coincidental... unless you know better!?
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MJR
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(3360) 2011-02-22 15:02
Martin
I try to review images from abroad, only, but this is a great. Partly cos I love locos, partly cos I love this picture. And a clever idea in the title too. Good image in what seems to be the least helpful lighting, but it has all added to the mood in this case, well done! See my own modest offering to Mallard in a recent post ...
Regards
Martin
annjackman
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(23019) 2011-02-22 22:09
Hello Martin,
A clever picture - well done for seeing this. I love the rich bronze tones and the 'melting clock' against a nearly black blackground. TFS.
Regards, Ann
Photo Information
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Copyright: martin hardy (Rumblestripe)
![Silver Note Writer [C: 8 W: 0 N: 73]](//i1.trekearth.com/misc/n-n-s.gif)
(308) - Genre: Lugares
- Medium: Cor
- Date Taken: 2010-07-01
- Categories: Transportes
- Camera: Sony Alpha 100 (DSLR-A100), Sony 18-70 f:3.5-5.6, 55 mm uv filter
- Exposição: f/5.6
- More Photo Info: view
- Versão da Foto: Versão Original
- Date Submitted: 2011-02-22 12:16
