John Sheldon's photos with the keyword: Metal sculpture

At Hilliers Arboretum in Hampshire, England. I have tried to create the illusion that the angel is slightly detached from the scene, and to make her surroundings 'dreamy'. Affinity Photo software.

The DNG was exposed at The Reflection Pool, Hilliers Arboretum, Hampshire, England on World Photography Day 2022. The Pool is intended to be a place for thought, contemplation, reflection. Photography is possible because light is reflected from things. The light creates a latent image on which a photographer can work to make a picture. Here I have worked on the picture so as to set the bright light reflected from the hard metal frame alongside the delicate colours in the wings – reflecting the durability and hardness of nature but also its delicacy as perceived by humans. Perhaps the picture also ‘reflects’ the development of photography from a pastime for a few scientifically minded, wealthy individuals to something that can be enjoyed by many people – I used a mass-produced ‘prosumer’ DSLR with the basic kit zoom lens. DNG was processed using Affinity Photo software.

In the D-Day Garden at Arromanches-sur-Mer, Normandy, metal sculptures have been placed to suggest scenes from the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. The sculptures have been made out of small metal washers, individually welded together. This area of coastline was code-named Gold Beach and was where mostly British troops landed. This beach saw 1100 allied casualties on the D-Day itself, including 350 killed. The D-Day Garden was opened in June 2019, the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

In the D-Day Garden at Arromanches-sur-Mer, Normandy, metal sculptures have been placed to suggest scenes from the invasion of Normandy in June 1944. The sculptures have been made out of small metal washers, individually welded together. This area of coastline was code-named Gold Beach and was where mostly British troops landed. This beach saw 1100 allied casualties on the D-Day itself, including 350 killed. The D-Day Garden was opened in June 2019, the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

Metal sculpture of a magpie at Vinci, Tuscany, Italy. There was no obvious connection between this sculpture and Leonardo da Vinci.

The disc with indentations is a 'map' showing the position of mine shafts and mine workings in Poynton and Higher Poynton, relative to the Nelson Pit Visitor Centre. The last collieries here were closed in 1935.

Schone Naci was a well known figure in the early 20th century. A poor and mentally ill man, he paraded the streets of Bratislava in old, but elegant attire - a velvet frock, greeting passers-by with his top-hat and bowing courteously to ladies passing by. This statue is found by the main square (Hlavne namestie) in Bratislava.

Prague has a tradition of nude and (perhaps) controversial statues on public display.

Jan Palach, martyred 16 January 1969.

Peasholm Park, Scarborough, North Yorkshire.

Detail from Freddie Gilroy sculpture at Scarborough, North Yorkshire.