flickr charts no.7

According to the stats I recorded in the first week of June (there has been a fast riser since then) No. 7 of my most-viewed photos is my Escheresque self-portrait. As will become clear in due course, this picture is rather untypical of the top 8, but still my self portraits have generally attracted more viewers than most of my pix.



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I'm counting down from 8 to 1 - use the "flickr" label below to find the other entries.

with apologies to MC Escher

Somebody very kindly put up a convex mirror in the old entrance hall of the Radcliffe Science Library, which now only gives access to the vending machines and a librarian's office. With its original floor tiles and arches, the setting looks very Escher-like in distorted reflection, so I couldn't resist the temptation to try an Escher-esque self portrait:



With sincere apologies to the master, whose reflections you can find on the official Escher website.