something a bit gothic this time

[stuck]

The tower of York Minster.

Ken

[HansV]

Excellent!

[BobH]

Beautiful, Ken! Very Well Done!!!!!

[John Gray]

Very nice, Ken, but what is the purpose/meaning of the 'shading' above the tower, which looks a bit like black flames?

[stuck]

...purpose/meaning of the 'shading' above the tower...

It has no purpose or meaning. It arises from a lot of digital noise in the original photo, which is of the floodlit tower at night. I may yet be able to figure out how to clean it up.

Ken

[jonwallace]

...purpose/meaning of the 'shading' above the tower...

It has no purpose or meaning. It arises from a lot of digital noise in the original photo, which is of the floodlit tower at night. I may yet be able to figure out how to clean it up.

Ken

Or you could just say it's artistic and leave it...

[John Gray]

Or you could just say it's artistic and leave it...

Or perhaps artefactual?

[Rudi]

That does have a sinister and vampiric aura.

[stuck]

That does have a sinister and vampiric aura.

the subject line also alludes to the fact that the architecture of York Minster is Gothic

[kdock]

That's wonderful Ken. I expect to hear a loud blast from a pipe organ in a minor key.

Kim

[GeoffW]

That's wonderful Ken. I expect to hear a loud blast from a pipe organ in a minor key.

Kim

What's wrong with C# Minor? Or any other minor key? Why just a minor?

[HansV]

Eileen's Lounge does not condone the abuse of minors!

[GeoffW]

Eileen's lounge condemns that in a major way.

[stuck]

Eileen's Lounge does not condone the abuse of minors!

So I can't do the old, "What do you get when you chuck a piano down a mine shaft?", joke.

Ken

[GeoffW]

No you can't. And please don't start any treble.

[John Gray]

Pianos may certainly be chucked down mine shafts!
But not harpsichords...

[stuck]

Pianos may certainly be chucked down mine shafts!
But not harpsichords...

That's debatable, especially as my handy harpsichord insider has mentioned on more than one occasion that persuading a harpsichord to stay in tune is no mean feat. He never goes near one without a tuning hammer in his pocket.

Meanwhile, the joke still works if you were to throw a harpsichord down a mine shaft.

Ken

[kdock]

What's wrong with C# Minor? Or any other minor key? Why just a minor?

I over how long it took me to understand what the heck you were talking about.

Kim

[GeoffW]

I over how long it took me to understand what the heck you were talking about.

Kim

You had treble with the scale of what I said?

[John Gray]

"How strange
The change
from Major to minor Blair"...
[old Prime Ministerial joke!]