Today is Daily Photo theme day and it’s also my 100th post on Picturing Washington, D.C.
The theme is a self-portrait in a favorite place. As a child in England, I collected epitaphs and spent a lot of time, therefore, in cemeteries. I still like visiting cemeteries to read the epitaphs and take photographs, so I suppose you could say that cemeteries, oddly enough, are among my favorite places. So here I am in a local cemetery, photographing myself photographing a gravestone.
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August 1, 2006 at 4:33 am
I was looking mostly at the shadow on the tombstone when you took it, now I get to see the rest of what you saw through the lens. I like the way it turned out! Congratulations on your 100th post! A milestone and a tombstone, all on the same day!
August 1, 2006 at 4:35 am
P.S., I really like the way your header turned out! I vote for keeping the magnolias!
August 1, 2006 at 5:24 am
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August 1, 2006 at 5:44 am
Excellent Judith! And congratulations on your 100th!
August 1, 2006 at 8:09 am
Wonderful meditation on “passing through.”
August 1, 2006 at 12:10 pm
Nice curves Judith!
August 1, 2006 at 12:24 pm
Very un-usual favorite place. Very original photo. I have been impressed with how original the self-portraits have been … Also, I predict you will be very happy with your move to Word Press. I know that I have been.
August 1, 2006 at 1:51 pm
Very nice! I didn’t know about this theme and -can you imagine?- I posted this morning…a photo of my tomatoes!
August 1, 2006 at 5:41 pm
I participated.
August 1, 2006 at 6:19 pm
Bonsoir,
“Very sexy” (si, si…)
Amitiés,
Didier
August 1, 2006 at 6:42 pm
What a great photo! I absolutely love it!
August 1, 2006 at 7:53 pm
Marie — Thanks for the vote of confidence. The magnolias stay!
Trier — I do the rounds regularly. And I liked your self-portrait, by the way.
Edwin — Thank you. Hope I make it to 200.
Kirk — You are perceptive, as always.
Nuno — Remember that the angle makes for distortion. But hey, I’ll take whatever compliments come my way!
Denton — Thank you. And yes, I am already seeing the benefits of WordPress.
Alice — N’importe. Yours is a beautiful picture of your equally beautiful tomatoes.
B — Coincidence! And thanks for stopping by.
Didier — Vous plaisantez! Et vous allez au devant de mon “non, non”! (On dit ça? Je connais des phrases mais pas toujours comment les utiliser.)
Elisabeth — Très gentille, merci.
August 2, 2006 at 12:01 am
Wlecome. I try to stop by all the time. I’ll have to hook you up with my real ‘picture’ website
August 2, 2006 at 1:17 am
Marie’s comment made me laugh! This is a wonderful shot, and very meaningful. I got up at 6 this morning and took a couple photos of my shadow but didn’t end up liking them all that much. Casting a shadow is a powerful image!
-Kim
August 2, 2006 at 6:07 am
ahhhh I thought about doing that with the shadow shot but you did a wonderful job for me – I know some people who like to go to cemetaries but it kinda freaks me out – u are brave
August 2, 2006 at 8:25 am
Very nice picture and a great idea. I like cemetaries, too. They are always so peaceful and calm.
I love the ones in Paris, they still have very old gravestones that I love to look at.
Hope to see more of you in some of the next posts (more than a shadow, anyway =)
August 2, 2006 at 4:56 pm
Hello,
Your french is perfect… and your “non, non…” absolutely correct but, but, but… are you sure that “si, si…” isn’t exact?
Ah ces français, jamais sérieux… mais qui sait ?
Amitiés,
Didier
August 2, 2006 at 8:35 pm
Didier,
“Si, si” — ouais, j’en suis sùr. Il faut que nous nous retrouvions pour une tasse de café ou une verre de vin la prochaine fois que je visite Paris!
Amitiés,
P.
August 3, 2006 at 7:15 am
Very clever–nice way of doing it.
August 3, 2006 at 9:02 pm
Bonjour,
Pas de problème pour se rencontrer autour d’une tasse de thé (eh oui… honte à moi, je ne bois pas de vin, ce qui est une totale hérésie pour un Français, n’est ce pas?) lors de votre prochain passage dans notre capitale.
Amitiés,
Didier
August 8, 2006 at 12:29 pm
Shame on me, I am the last one to congratulate you on your 100th post. And I love the self-portrait that you made (not that I wouldn’t have liked to see your real figure but from a photographic point of view, of course!)
I wish you all the best for your next 100 photos!
Un grand merci de Paris.
December 9, 2006 at 5:33 am
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