The Emperor Sandals.....

A corner in the Hermitage. Reminds our sandals nowadays......;-))

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You are right, well done. Nice angle. Mari.

Inspirational, Pnina!

My warmest wishes!

Unique and wonderful image.

Pnina, interesting shot .Like the way you have framed to focus on the legs & sandals,on the  pedastal.If I remember correctly, the  fashionable Greek,Roman, Egyptian nobilty also wore this type of sandals, with variations. From Ice Age to Nuclear Age, mankind is marching on these types of sandals.

As you know, I haven't been around here much in the recent past, but I'm trying to work back into it and I'm so delighted to find this image in the moments I found free enough to stop in. To my eye, there are many wonderful elements in this image, with the sandals being the obvious central focus, and they're interesting, but what captures me even more is the light on the surfaces (mostly the arcs) of the portal through which we see the sandals. It gives me the feeling of peeking at something I might not have been meant to see... like looking through a keyhole. I like this image very much.

Best regards, David

I think David hit the nail right on the head. It is almost as if we are peering through a keyhole and seeing something we're not supposed to. Very nice concept and execution.

At the beginning I thought it is another example of the unaesthetic footwear in vogue these days. So nothing new under the sum, is it? Regards, Tibi

To be honest, it didn't even occur to me that this is a capture of a statue. I kind of like thinking about what and where this is. I like the mystery. A most entertaining image, Pnina.

    Nice shoot, very beautiful angle of view.

 

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Mari , Brad and Andrew, thanks for your feedback.

 Amal  you  are right, it looks that fashion did not change so much....;-)) Thanks for your email and encouragement!

 The two DAVIDS....;-)) always glad to see you here and read you.As  you both said it looks as if we are looking through a keyhole to observe that fashion  through generations did not change much..

Tibi thanks, nothing new under the sun...nearly.....

Liz and Bob, I'm glad it entertained you ,as it did to me, Thanks.

Creative perspective.  

Great shot, Pnina, you seem to have sort of  foot fetish lately. The colored frame and the monochrome feet combo works really well.

Donna and Jack.

Jack, dance is feet work as well.....;-))

Eventually, our feet stop and the world as we know it marches past us.  Shot through the archway, I see this as a shot more about the viewer's perspective than about the emperor.

Great capture! :)

Fantastic, great shot.

Alberto

Thanks all of you.

Jeff,as a viewer/photograoher I search for the unusual .. what I have found in this one is that the emperor's sandals were looking about  like mine ....;-)) So I felt for a fraction  of a second like the emperor... LOL

Thanks for  commenting so nicely your point of view, as always.

A delightful and clever perspective.  I love how you framed this with the archway.