In a land where chaos often reigns, it’s not surprising that the simplicity of multiples has found a niche – particularly in architecture. From the Port of Colombo, silent and still on Christmas Day, to a line of lions at the Independence Monument – the nation’s ambalama – a few multiples caught my eye.
Port of Colombo, Christmas Day
or a ‘flotilla’ of flags, as writecrites suggests :)
Independence Monument, Colombo – the nation’s ambalama
Everywhere I turned on my Christmas Day shoot it seemed multiples were standing up to the captured – 34 in all, I counted. You might have been whispering in my ear, Ailsa – so here’s a gallery of multiples dedicated to your first Weekly Travel Theme challenge of the year.
Lovely collection!
Thanks Scrappy…
A plethora of pots, line of lions, piles of tiles…..lovely alliteration to go with your creative photos. Would we be pushing it to say “a flotilla of flags?” Delightful multiples, all.
Oh, I think that would be quite acceptable!
WG – Good eye and a really clever idea.
Too good….
Great catch and the shots illustrate your point clearly. Am partial to the torches in the banner photo and the row of lions, which are reminiscent of the Luxor’s Avenue of the Sphinxes.
Thanks John – the torches are a simple and dramatic statement though i’ve never seen them lit, which is a shame.
Great multiples for the theme. Love the lions.
Thanks Sylvia, I appreciate your dropping by during your busy post-Christmas schedule
Those lions are just gorgeous, Wanderlust!
Wonderful multiples. My favorites are the piles of tiles and the plethora of pots…I love roof tiles and pots, don’t know why.
Me too – there’s something about terracotta and those beautiful bounteous forms.
What a wonderful collection of photos – vibrant and interesting as always!
Bless you Petchary – so nice of you to say so
the repetition of form is so soothing, i guess we are a conglomeration of cells, repeated again and gain to make a body …. gorgeous photos, the cranes are brilliant!
They’re fabulous, aren’t they, and I liked them among the softer, more ‘romantic’ images of the other multiples.
Alliteration in photographs can provide as much rhythm and interest as it does in the written word – particularly like the sit-in of Buddahs.
Glad you enjoyed the fun Lynne!
Such an beautiful collage! Love the pared down elegance of the sconces and the messy pile of tiles! Wish I had a picture of the rows and rows of roofing tiles laid out to dry on our yard, prior to being fired!! Your posts almost always stir some nostalgia
Now that would be a wonderful study, yes. I’ve never taken any of those tile and brick-making operations, what a shame.
I have that exact picture of wall lamps at Paradise road!
Your post always hit home for me. 
Sorry about that – for the next couple of months, until I leave, there’ll be an over-abundance of Colombo/Sri Lanka in my posts!
Yes, those wall sconces are a signature now, I think.