And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Saint Helena, one of the longest straight staircases in the world. The perspective on this must be manipulated -- that thing would be way too dangerous.
"Forced Perspective" A tool photographers use to change the perceived scale of items. It was used extensively in the LOTR and Hobbit movies to make some actors appear to be much smaller than their costars.
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ReplyDeleteClimbed Half Dome in Yosemite. It's more scary than that picture. And my wife decided to climb outside the cables. My God, what a fright.
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