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Re: Octants in Winslow Homer's "8 Bells" Painting
From: Don Seltzer
Date: 2015 Apr 11, 16:36 -0400
From: Don Seltzer
Date: 2015 Apr 11, 16:36 -0400
On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 1:36 PM, Hewitt Schlereth <NoReply_Schlereth@fer3.com> wrote:
Judging by the shadows, I guess it's it's around either 8am or 4pm?
To my eye, the shadows on the hats suggest that the sun is fairly high. But more definitive is the position of the index arm, slightly past halfway. 50° perhaps?
Don Seltzer
