Purely for the fun and the prospect of a little photographic adventure, one of my favourite blogger friends – west517 – and I have decided to start a new joint Friday feature which we are calling ‘Double Vision’. With the simple format of a photographic dialogue across the Atlantic ocean – she being in the US, I in France – we will take turns to suggest a theme, post a photo and voilà – compare results. Given that we seem to share a number of similar interests it will be fun to see how our different backgrounds and cultures affect our interpretations. We have borrowed a theme from Photography 101 to start our photographic ball rolling – the theme is ‘MYSTERY’.
View from a French Hillside 
❤ ❤ this is PERFECT!!!! Gorgeous! I love the sword and what I'm guessing is an old book– so classically beautiful… I'm sooo thinking Count of Monte Christo 😀 …beautiful~
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Hi there! What different ideas we had – great fun! This is a real old battered book I found in a brocante a few weeks ago, the lady was closing so said I could have this and a few others in an old crate! Just perfect for photos 🙂
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Interesting idea and results!
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Thankyou! Certainly 2 different approaches which is the fun part!
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That is a fantastic, striking photo. I love it.
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Thankyou kindly Phil!
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You can’t beat a bare bodkin…………
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Alas poor Yorick – I think you’d have a devil of a job trying to sew with it though 😕
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Whew, Jane, what a stunning photo. It begs the story behind it to be told. It feels like one is literally leaping off the page in search of a bard. The shaft of sunlight, the shaft and tang of sword, the tale beneath it. It is one of my favorite photos of yours yet. Beautiful.
I look forward to the collaboration and what two talented people will unveil. Cheers!
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Many thanks Shelley! It is a bit Shakespearean isn’t it!! Do hope you found the link to west517 ‘s blog and her interpretation, both totally different which is the fun of it!
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This is fantastic. I’m imagining a family saga, old and filled with secrets, strife, love, loyalty and betrayal. A host of characters, definitely a matriarch, a heir… Needs more thinking, but how awesome is this picture? So inspiring. Love your idea too.
P.S. Sent you an email. Sorry for the delay in replying.
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Hi Anne! So glad you like the photo and our idea, had some fun imagining this one – you’re quite right of course about the story, I shall attempt to write it some day! I’ll check my e-mails!
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