For some reason I’m just not in a bloggy mood today. I’m not ill or anything, a bit tired perhaps, but not ill... I’m just not feeling very bloggy.

Anyway before I disappear in a small puff of smoke up my own exhaust pipe, I thought I’d leave you something to ponder.

I was thinking about Spicy’s purple contest the other day and looking around for something... well... purple I suppose. Did I see anything interestingly purple? No, did I buggery!

What I did see was a rather nice bit of rock... or several nice pieces of rock to be precise... but this bit here really took my eye.

Wonderful the way the iron is stained isn’t it? All those glorious rusty reds... but with a little tweaking those rusty reds can be persuaded to become lusty purples... like these...

So the question is, does Spicy's purple have to be real purple, or can it be artificial purple?

Yesterday I showed you an image and asked which way up it should be displayed...

1 - rotated left

2 - rotated right

3 - flipped vertically

4 - the image really was the right way up!

The shot realy was taken the way it first appeared, but rotating the image works well so it could be displayed from any aspect.

Here's my reasoning:
Look closely at the iron bar. It reminded me of the rusted remains of a sword. When I composed the shot I exposed the image to have the 'sword' standing vertically in the image, tip downwards. You can click any of the above for a larger view.