Monday, June 1, 2009

Theme Day: Feet & Monochrome Monday

This month's theme for City Daily Photo Blogs is feet. I captured these feet at the National Archives in Washington standing on a raised glass platform over a map of the Gettysburg battle field. View thumbnails for all participants in the Feet Theme.

It's also Monochrome Monday! To view other Black + White photos, please visit the Home of Monochrome Maniacs.

33 comments:

slim May 31, 2009 11:22 PM  

Glass over a map that you can walk on and see? Wow, what a concept; those feet with the shadows really help to illustrate it. I like this in black and white.

Christopher Raun Leth June 1, 2009 12:05 AM  

It's a great way to explore a map, except that people tend to be a bit preoccupied and bump into eachother :) A very nice photo.

White Oleander June 1, 2009 1:16 AM  

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joo June 1, 2009 1:24 AM  

Superb - at first I thought that they were skaiting:)
Have a nice week!

Jilly June 1, 2009 1:51 AM  

How fascinating to learn where these people are standing. For a moment I thought they were on ice-skates as they appear to be raised but now I understand. Really original choice.

amatamari June 1, 2009 2:38 AM  

Great idea this black and white ...
Beautiful feet!
:-)

Bravo!

Aileni June 1, 2009 4:12 AM  

Excellent mono, good composition.

cieldequimper June 1, 2009 5:49 AM  

Fantastic shot full of history, and in monochrome which to me gives it all the more atmosphere!

Babooshka June 1, 2009 7:03 AM  

Optical illusion too looks like he's levitating. Excellent.

brattcat June 1, 2009 8:43 AM  

Floating feet! Fantastic photo!

Malyss June 1, 2009 9:24 AM  

I "visited" such a map in Paris. It's funny because it gives you a kind of vertigo, and the feeling to be the king of the world..It's also interesting because it gives a total view of a situation.Good illustration for a bit difficult theme..

Hilda June 1, 2009 9:38 AM  

I was wondering why they seemed to be floating. Cool shot!

Russ June 1, 2009 10:10 AM  

That's really cool! Before I read the text, I was trying to figure out how the illusion of floating was accomplished! Very nice.

marley June 1, 2009 11:20 AM  

Great way to combine both themes! Looks like they are floating :)

susieofarabia June 1, 2009 12:27 PM  

Good photo and great way to combine the two themes in one!

PERBS June 1, 2009 12:45 PM  

You done good for both memes! Interesting idea to make the floor map visible but not get ruined.

I also left a comment on two others below because I came back to see your bench and got interested in them too.

Cezar and Léia June 1, 2009 12:52 PM  

Beautiful b & w shot and great choice to illustrate this June theme!
I almost can feel some balance like some dancers do!
Léia

ellievellie June 1, 2009 12:55 PM  

Before I read your post I thought you stumbled onto magician :)

Lois June 1, 2009 1:03 PM  

How interesting! I was wondering about the shadows until I read the part about the raised glass.

Julie June 1, 2009 2:21 PM  

I thought this feet were in mid-air! What an intruiging capture for Theme Day.

Robin June 1, 2009 4:13 PM  

I'm glad Jilly saw ice skates too - for a minute there I thought I was nuts!

Very cool shot.

Marie-Noyale June 1, 2009 6:36 PM  

It really looks like he is walking on air!!
really cool.

Julie ScottsdaleDailyPhoto.com June 2, 2009 1:30 AM  

well this is unique. floating feet and good eye for you to notice. quite an effect

Liz June 2, 2009 4:54 AM  

Ah, it's raised glass. Thta's why it looks as if they're not quite there! Lovely photo.

Buenos Aires Photoblog June 2, 2009 5:50 AM  

Excellent contribution to the CDP theme day. It looks like a great place for hopscotch. *lol* Just kidding.

Buenos Aires Photo

michael bird June 2, 2009 11:39 AM  

It is an optical illusion - I thought they were on skates at first and standing in little square sections. How weird, I thought. Intriguing photo of a great idea.

Chuck Pefley June 2, 2009 2:52 PM  

I like this a lot! Very clever to choose this location!

Bim June 2, 2009 7:19 PM  

This is a fun shot - very interesting to look at.

Marie Reed June 3, 2009 6:13 AM  

For a second with the shadows under their feet it looked like they had roller skates on too!

PS. Henry the VIII will always be known Henry Cherrystone in my mind now:)

Your EG Tour Guide June 3, 2009 4:13 PM  

Neat in B&W. I like the shadows!

To what shall I compare this life of ours?
Even before I can say it is like a lightning flash or a dewdrop,
it is no more. -Gibon Sengai (1750-1837)

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