Michelangelo’s David

Note how similar my stance and hand match Michelangelo's David! And, er, yeah... my nudity.

Is it a bit sad that my favourite bit of this photo is actually my hand at the top? It almost perfectly mimics Michelangelo’s David. Michelangelo wanted his David to exemplify the human form — he wanted his David to be perfect. Now, I won’t go as far as to draw all of those associations to my good self… but apparently I have quite nice legs. A few girls have said so now, over the years, including a few dancers! They can’t all be wrong.

This photo was meant to have me frolicking in our proper formal garden, the one with all the fancy hedging — it was meant to be full-frontal nudity, but blurred, with me in the distance, obviously having a lot of fun.

But it was frickin’ cold out and my original idea required a lot of set-up. Oh, it was raining too (you can see a few drops of rain stopped mid-descent if you look closely). So yeah, I stripped off, grabbed my mother’s Crocs (yes, they’re not mine!) and did a quickie. A quickie photo.

[More disgusting (but probably not as naked) too-much-information can be found over on Lilu's blog.]

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Posted December 3rd, 2009 in General, Photography by sebastian. Tagged: , , , , , , , , .

32 comments:

  1. pinkjellybaby:

    are you holding your man parts up out of frame?

    it’s an important question!!

    nice legs though, yes

  2. pinkie:

    *whistles* nice legs indeed

    Glad to know you are not the owner of those crocs :P

  3. Ed Adams:

    Not yours eh?

    Sure.

  4. sebastian:

    Are Crocs REALLY that bad…?

    It’s kind of a polarised thing, eh? Love/hate? There’s some Facebook group calling for the banning of Crocs I think… with some 50 million members…

    Jellybaby — you are asking questions I can’t possibly answer… in public.

  5. sebastian:

    I bet you own some too, Ed. I bet I am NOT ALONE…

  6. pinkjellybaby:

    answer it in private then!

    I also had a dream about you last night…was very good :)

  7. MentalSarcasm:

    Naked except for a pair of crocs?

    Only you Seb XD

    Wellington boots would have been more “traditional British” dontchaknow.

  8. shuping:

    I know this is meant to be artistic, but the picture is incredibly sexy.

  9. sebastian:

    Jelly — good in a wholesome way I hope…!

    Sarcasm — I think someone else suggested wellies. But I don’t own any. I guess that makes me a bad Brit — or just a Brit that doesn’t go outside very often… Plus, you wouldn’t be able to see my FINELY-SCULPTED calves…

    Coming from you, Shuping, that means a lot!

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  11. MinD:

    Talk about a brave soul! You live with your parents, yes? And yet you got naked in the yard for a photo… Ha. You have some very skinny legs man. Damn.

  12. IngerMaaike:

    Either you are tiny or have a hand full…it does keep one wondering…and trying to scroll up..

  13. sebastian:

    Skinny, yes… but that’s through lack of muscle I think. All my body fat is on my stomach, thanks for my mother… damn genetics.

    Down, Inger! DOWN GIRL!

  14. Travis:

    Sometimes a man wants to wear crocs and stand naked in the rain for a photo op.

    Hell, I’d do it.

  15. sebastian:

    Perhaps we could form some kind of agency and offer our services worldwide…

  16. carissajade:

    Now that is just amazing Sebastian has to be one of my favorites!!!

  17. a!kO:

    LOL the crocs…oh the crocs…I never am very interested in them..and yes, damn fine legs…its most probably are much sexier that mine….*jealous*

    Like everyone says…I do wonder what the whole picture actually looks like? ;) a sexy seb…now that’s for the imagination :D

  18. Jaime:

    You do have pretty nice legs, but my favorite part of the photo is also your hand. It looks so crisp, so very clear. It’s the first thing I noticed about it.

    I think it was awfully brave of you to take your clothes off outside. Nobody could pay me to do that.

  19. Mae:

    Have I ever told you how hot I think you are??

    Well.. very. Nice pins, S.

  20. Sara Strand:

    We want more! I agree- it makes you want to scroll up but damn! Nothing more. :)

  21. sebastian:

    That IS the whole picture, Aiko! I wasn’t going to have a photo of my… manhood… sitting on my hard disk. That kind of thing would end in tears… or in the tabloids…

    Thank you for the compliments. I’m just amazed you think I have nice legs while I do almost zero exercise… except for stair-climbing.

    Jaime — someone else that likes my hand! YAY!

  22. Nyx:

    Very nice focus on the leg fuzz. And you do no exercise to achieve that sort of legdom.

    I should hate you on principle alone. However, I will not, as you take excellent photos and have the sexy man-legs. And purple crocs.

  23. Zandria:

    The crocs caught my attention first…only because they were so bright…but the hand is very nice, and you do have great gams, Sebby…

    …and I also kept trying to scroll up, to no avail.

  24. sebastian:

    Sheesh… I had no idea so many of you would be… so… sensually inclined…!

    I’m afraid if you scrolled up it would only be more of Michelangelo’s David…

  25. Dina Fragola:

    I am pro Crocs…even more so for naked guys :D

  26. sebastian:

    Yay, you found the picture! I’m glad you have your priorities straight… And I’m glad I pleased you on both counts :P

  27. Morrownow:

    haha, I actually expected some band photos too, but I just heard from our photographer he won’t be finished editing them for another week. He did put up some incomplete samples though. Take a look at the first three photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanguzdzial

  28. floreta:

    dang, seb! you and your ad campaigns! lol, scandalous.

    and yesssss! i KNEW you’d take a picture of David someday. my dream came true ;D

  29. sebastian:

    With a little work on my top half… and a large vine leaf… I could probably do the rest of David too.

    You’re welcome!

  30. floreta:

    yes dooo it! :)

  31. Candace:

    Nice legs. Sorry I’m slow on the commenting.

  32. sebastian:

    No problem… you were probably reeling with shock for a few days, right?!

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