Delays in the focussing/light assessing abilities of a cheap digital camera made it difficult to capture this particular moment during our Languedoc holiday. However, after a few boss shots I finally snatched proof that grandson Zach and son-in-law Darren appreciated the pool at our rented villa and we've booked the place for the same two weeks next year.Studying the photo more closely I began to wonder just what the picture represents. Is Zach rising, has he reached the apogee, or is he falling? The angle of the strap on his life-jacket is no doubt significant to a trained aerodynamicist but that is just one more field where my knowledge could "crawl under a snake's belly wearing a top hat" (a phrase used by a RAF instructor teaching me - futilely - how to aim a rifle during national service).
However virtually everyone who supplies comments to this blog is better educated than me et j'attends avec impatience.
3 comments:
I'd guess by the amount of water coming off him he's still on the up, but I'm a rank amateur in the field of aerodynamics...
I agree with Lucy. A surreal thought occurs to me that the poor little chap is still soaring up into the sky. The camera can be very deceptive.
I'm thinking the cute little guy has reached apogee. That diaper will pull him back to earth quickly...
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