Weather vane and autumn leaves

This weather vane has featured in one of my blog photographs before. It is on a building in Ross on Wye that was originally a church, then became an antiques shop and is now a collection of flats (apartments). I was drawn to the subject by its close visual juxtaposition with the top of a tree that had turned red for autumn.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Sony DSC-RX100

Weather vane

Weather vanes are objects where the designer often indulges his or her whims and fancies and frequently these relate to the location in which the vane is sited. The example in the photograph above is more elaborate than many and was designed to mark the location of an antiques business in a redundant church in Ross on Wye. It may well have replaced an almost mandatory (for churches) vane featuring a cockerel. The designer achieved the aim of making the weather vane noticeable and relevant by featuring a Dickensian connoisseur viewing the antiques through his lorgnette.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Sony DSC-RX100