Never ask me things like that on Mondays. But the clock looks great!

Perfect detail and wonderful composition Paul. An excellent piece. Thanks.

Heh-heh. Cute. Never saw a Roman numeral IIII, though...

:-)

Very pretty clock, and as always, an excellent photo of it.

Anastasia

Stunning! How big is that clock?

Magnificent clock..Excellent capture,with Fantastic details..

You'd think that would really stand out, but it took me awhile to see it. Maybe that's why this is a museum piece?

I have it! The photo is dated November 18, 8:01 pm but the clock shows 9:49 :o)
No really, I think you mean the IIII but that's normal for me, actually there are about as many clocks with IIII as with IV, for instance here, here, here or here :o)
btw, excellent shot!
Chris

Hm, I didn't even notice the IIII! I did notice that it looks like there is a third hand hiding behind the big hand, and if so, I was wondering what it was for since neither the weekdays, nor the calendar months are displayed around the perimeter. Perhaps I'm just seeing it wrong, then? Interesting half moon for the tip of the hour hand, and the castle tower at the top. Now I'm curious about this history, and the maker! cheers, Quiet

Numeral IIII. It works for me. The picture is nice.

That’s a real quality photo Paul. The colour, details and sharpness are all spot on.

nice shot!
art of art!

the roman numeral for 4 should be -IV,
instead of IIII?

No, no, no, you are all wrong.
The answer is that the perspective is totally screwed up.
When you look at this photo, your point of view seems to be right in front of the clock.
But in reality the position of the camera was far to the left and below the clock.
So I hussled the photo until this result came out.
But look closely, you can see the left side of the clock, but not the right hand side.
Look at the curls, are they symmetric?
Paul

Ah, I see what you mean now. In looking at the lights that are behind the opaque glass (nearer the top of the photo) you can also see that the angle for the beam of light they shine is dramatically different between the left side of the pic and the right side. I wouldn't have guessed what you were asking, though. I thought you meant there was something wrong structurally with the clock, but now I see what you mean. (the IIII instead of IV guess that someone else posted was also kinda weird, tho!). Anyway, still a wonderful picture - the whole series is wonderful!!!!

Cool Shot. Why bother to find the faults ha ha

screwed up!!! i'd disagree. i love the delicacy, the repetitive pattern of the windows and the lighting and of course the clock itself!!!

Beautiful...i like it.
Great plan...

Great shot. It has a bunch of x'es, v's and I's on it instead of numbers...no wonder the French can't tell time.

The IIII should be IV good one i would have never saw that if i wasn't looking at it as hard as i was.

I wouldn't have found out about the perspective - guess I was distracted by the clock and all the details there ;-)
The number IIII instead of IV is as far as I know usual for clocks, my watch has it too...

Ahhh ... (*takes off his Sherlock Holmes disguise*) ... that's what I was going to guess, that you had warped the perspective.

That's ok ... I will be ready for the next mystery and hopefully my partner in solving mysteries, Watson, will finally get out of that favourite shop of yours too by that 'time.'

He's getting a little rounder around the middle from those delicious pastries. :oP

What a beautiful work of art. And you did it more than justice with your shot here.

p.s. May I ask if what image editing software you used? Apart from your editing skills, I am wondering if there is a good program to do so with images. I have Adobe's CS2 and am currently starting down the path of plugins.

When you get the chance, let me know. No rush obviously, just Curious, Les I am. :o)