Rise and Fall

I rarely produce an image by combining photographs like this one. The two layered images are, of course, of the same aeroplane, taken at the Scottish Air Show not too long ago.

The aerobatic performance included a manoeuvre when the pilot drives the plane straight upwards trailing smoke, high until the plane stalls and then falls back through the cloud of smoke it produced on the way up. It’s quite spectacular.

I like to think a copy of this image should be owned by all public officials and maybe every politician should have it in a prominent place on their office wall.

Or maybe not!