The Hand of Man

Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
Thomas Edison, 1847-1931
Channel marker in Victoria Harbour

Man's works are inspirational. One can admire craftsmanship, seen in the perfect lines and curves of a ploughed field, or in the delicate decorative chasing on a lead downspout. Monumental works such as bridges and highways have their own excitement. When weather and time take a hand and add mellowing effects of crumbling stone or peeling paint, the result is photogenic indeed.

Channel Marker
Lighthouse at Hunting Island, South Carolina
Canal Foot, Ulverston Canal
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Lock Gates on the derelict Ulverston Canal
Hunting Island Lighthouse
Crepes and Waffles
Notre Dame Cathedral
Crepes and Waffles
Holy Island Causeway at high tide
Notre Dame Cathedral
Hydraulic lift lock at Peterborough Ontario
Holy Island Causeway
Tomb of St John of Nepomuk
Peterborough Lift Lock
Air Force Memorial
Air Force Memorial
Tomb of St John of Nepomuk
Horsey Windpump
Seri Wawasan Bridge Seri Wawasan Bridge
Seri Wawasan Bridge
Seri Wawasan Bridge
Horsey Windpump
Statues on the eaves of a Chinese Temple
Champagne
Champagne
Temple Decoration
Twin bridges over the Colorado River Puu Jih Syh Chinese Temple
Puu Gih Jih Temple
Navajo Bridge
Phoenix atop the Thean Hou Chinese Temple Harbour entrance, Whitby
Thean Hou Temple
Whitby Harbour Entrance
Church lectern, St Just in Roseland National Monument, Kuala Lumpur
St Just in Roseland
Tugu Negara
Observation wheel, Singapore
Seri Saujana Bridge
Singapore Flyer
Seri Saujana Bridge
Statue of Shiva and Nandi
Split Point Lighthouse, Australia
Statue of Shiva
Portico of the Casino at Baden Baden
Split Point Lighthouse
Puu Gih Jih Chinese Temple decoration
The Casino at Baden Baden
EU Court of Human Rights EU Parliament building
Puu Jih Syh Temple
Court of Human Rights
Parliament of the EU
Wrought iron screen on a garden door
Pink concrete steps
Iron Grille, Cassan
Pink Steps
chairs in the Cathedral at Basel
Railway in Montana
Montana Railroad
Footbridge over a weir
The Cathedral at Basel
Log pile in snow
Footbridge over the Weir
Bridge over Broad Creek, Hilton Head
Winding highway in the US West
The Road Goes Ever Onwards
Broad Creek Bridge
Thean Hou Chinese Temple dragon Climbing rose and window in an old stone house
Last Rose
Tien Hou Temple Dragon
Windowbox with geraniums Dock timbers
Dock Timbers on a Frosty Morning
Rusty hinge with peeling paint
Windowbox and Downspout
Decorative dragonfly door knocker
Peeling Paint
Lytham Pier
Dragonfly doorknocker
The Pier at Lytham St Annes
Lighthouse at Flamborough Head Grain elevator, Balzak
Flamborough Head Lighthouse
Balzak, Alberta
Statue of Archduke Karl, Vienna
Inukshuk
Archduke Karl statue, Vienna
Inukshuk
Iron lamp in the Volksgarten, Vienna Cable stays, Seri Wawasan Bridge
Seri Wawasan Bridge
Three blue sheds
Lamp, Vienna
Woodrow Wilson Bridge
Sheds at Solva
Row of green huts
Woodrow Wilson Bridge
Fishing dinghies tied up
Huts at Gurnard, Isle of Wight
Contour ploughing in the Palouse
Dinghies
Swiftlet edible nest
Contour Ploughing, The Palouse
St Benets Drainage Mill
Swiftlet edible nest
St Benets Drainage Mill