Photo of the Day: August 22, 2008

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There's so much to enjoy about this shot from Flickr user andertho. From this vantage point, it's difficult to tell if the man depicted is crossing the street or climbing up a monument's staircase; the movement of the man's flowing slacks contrasts wonderfully with the stringent, unforgiving black and white lines; and the photograph's subject matter - art brought to everyday action - inspires us to look at such routine movements in a new aesthetic light. EXIF.

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What a great optical illusion! Shots like this remind me black and white is just another option, not an anachronism. Some photos just work better in grayscale.

Yeah, andertho has some really great shots, and wonderful framing/croping.

This looks like it belongs on stuffwhitepeoplelike.

Where's the gum on the road?! If this a photograph there should be some cigarette butts and gum.

ha ha butts.

this isn't a photo, it's an HDR whatchamahoozie.

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