In Mr. Spagnoli's opinion, a daguerreotype is not a photograph at all but an "optical system" involving the plate, the viewer and light.
On the bolder and more dreamlike "Hannibal," corpses are arrayed in gorgeous tableaux, like pricey fruit plates, and viewers are encouraged to marvel at the work of serial killers as a sort of radical design achievement.
In short, a very full plate awaits the viewer.
When The Hot Plate aired last week some viewers were adamant the show was very similar to MKR and called it a blatant rip-off.
In the lower right corner, a white dinner plate juts at an angle into the viewer's space -- you are invited to join the meal, but are offered only an empty plate.
To see the image, the viewer has to tilt the plate until it is at the proper angle to reveal the pattern of scattering.
This will almost certainly mean it is at least 44 millimetres and some have metal plates around the lock area and a viewer at eye level to allow you to see who is calling.
The chrome plate that points out places of interest assures viewers that the Hill of Slate to the south and the Earl's Seat to the north are both higher than Ben Nevis.
(Although the show is set in Florida, careful viewers will notice the occasional California license plate).
They launch this viewer from a button in the central panel of the plate browser.
