Caryatids and tele-whats?
No..I didn’t know either, but it seems they are draped female and male figures (respectively) that are sculpted in place of columns..
Anyway, this bunch can be found where a sculptor dude by the name of Visseau left them, parading around in the almost altogether on the water terraces of Blenheim palace, and what a splendid bunch they are.
I took a few ‘straight’ images but none really caught my fancy, so, given that the light was hovering somewhere between ‘shite’ and ‘utter poo’ and hand-holding would have been an unmitigated disaster, I whipped out my trusty tripod and set about this composite.
I took eight shots, four for the areas across the top of the image and four for those across the bottom, each from very slightly different viewpoints as I wanted to give the image a disconcerting distortion when the component shots were merged..
A little strange, slightly weird and dreamlike, or just a bit of a mess?
I’m not sure…….
Give it a click and you be the judge.
All Images Copyright Stuart Allan Hyde
scillagrace
How about ‘slightly agonizing’? As in “oh, my aching back…I’m in so much pain I can’t see straight”.
Stuart Hyde - shpics
They’re made of strong stuff these Caryatids I’ll have you know……
🙂
Helen Cherry
Oh yes Scilla.. I love your imagination as ever !