Cee has challenged us to work with lines and angles in this week’s Black & White Photo Challenge.
My high school Geometry teacher was a West Point graduate who opened my eyes—and my mind—to a world of lines and angles that completely took over my life. I had about 5 years of experience with mechanical and architectural drawing at that point, but rote memory got me through using T-squares, triangles, and compasses to define the world on my drafting board.
Once I learned the fundamentals passed down from the ancient Greeks, my world never looked the same again. For 46 years as an electrician, I used geometry every day to bend conduit, read blueprints, or to sketch plans.
This one’s for Mr. Lee, along with a long overdue: Thank You, sir.
Great photo, my mind boggles with the planning of that!
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Thank you, Sally, and welcome aboard.
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Thank you Mr. Lee, not just for the algebra, but for the sincere response when they announced Kennedy’s assassination over the loudspeaker. I’ll never forget how he removed his glasses and wiped his eyes like Walter Cronkite did later that night. Thank you Mr. S for the pic and the memory of a really good teacher.
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Thanks, Al. I was down the hall in Spanish class when that happened. We’ll have to take the bad along with the good on that day, for sure.
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A beautiful thank you, Allan. I always enjoyed geometry, although not in the depth you did. In fact, I liked math in general for its logic.
janet
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Thanks for your comment, Janet. The fundamentals of geometry and trigonometry rang my bell. I could see how and where I could make use of them immediately. When I got interested in photography years later I found an outlet for documenting the sights and images that I carried with me in my mind’s eye. It has been a wonderful journey.
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This photograph is amazingly intricate. Just mesmerizing while at the same time soothing to look at.
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Thanks. It still has a hall-of-mirrors effect on me to this day. I’m glad you like it.
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Where was the picture taken?
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I took that photo nine years ago in a containment area under the North Approach of the Golden Gate Bridge. My tool partner and I had to go up and remove a large light fixture so that some scaffolding could be set up and I took a few photos along the way.
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That’s so awesome. It’s like an inside look of the bridge.
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The view is even more impressive when the temporary plywood floor is gone.
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I can only imagine 😉
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You know I totally love this photo. Wonderful Allan. 😀
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Thanks, Cee. I miss those days.
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