Where’s Waldo // A 1,474 Megapixel Image Of The Inauguration

Posted on 23. Jan, 2009 by loswhit in Mid Afternoon Distraction, Photography

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I honestly have never seen anything like this.
If you click on this link you will have an opportunity to see a moment caught in time like no other.
Faces are crystal clear.
With the zoom feature you can almost see what is caught in Obama’s teeth and the lady in the 354th row sleeping.
All in one image.

Let’s play a game…
What interesting things do you see.
Try and explain to us where they are and let’s see if we can find them!!!

Los

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56 Responses to “Where’s Waldo // A 1,474 Megapixel Image Of The Inauguration”

  1. Fayola Shakes 24 January 2009 at 5:03 am #

    Clarence Thomas, looking like he's fast asleep (to the left of Obama's head).

  2. Shannon Smith 24 January 2009 at 5:04 am #

    Lady who's looking down with the red scarf over her head behind the guy with the blue scarf on to Obama's left. i guarantee that she is twittering from her iPhone.

  3. Fred Shirley 24 January 2009 at 5:09 am #

    you have to check out all the images in the Plexiglas!! this is an amazing picture…the detail is intense!

  4. Andrea 24 January 2009 at 5:13 am #

    -Aretha has Rick Warren's goatee!
    -Denzel Washington is directly in front (to the left in this pic) of the large viewing tower, down the aisle, in a blue winter hat. Behind him is Sean Combs…not sure what he's going by these days?

    • sullied 24 January 2009 at 5:31 am #

      wow. aretha does have rick warren’s goatee.

    • cam 24 January 2009 at 5:38 am #

      just back from Denzel Washington to his left sitting (closer to tower) i see rapper nelly in black jacket, and beanie

  5. kelly m 24 January 2009 at 5:15 am #

    haha i'm just looking at Bush's face.
    he's got that "psh, i was a waaaaay better president than you" face going on

    • Doug 24 January 2009 at 5:21 am #

      actually it looks like he is holding Obama's Crackberry. Look closely at the hands.

  6. D.Lake 24 January 2009 at 5:15 am #

    I'm loving the two drummers with the big barrel drums behind The Pres.

  7. Amanda_Sims 24 January 2009 at 5:16 am #

    Is that a spit cup on the music stand of the clarinet player in front of the bassoon players?

    • Chris 25 January 2009 at 11:09 pm #

      Looks like the oboe player's reed cup – oboe players have to soak their reeds constantly in water.

  8. Doug 24 January 2009 at 5:17 am #

    second flag from the left (large ones from building). There is a dude with two heads.. or a spawn of Ted Kennedy. He is directly below the flag before you get to the PA speaker.

  9. Travis Williams 24 January 2009 at 5:17 am #

    I see a guy with 4 eyes. Just behind President Obama, see the man and the woman with red scarves, look right behind the woman with the red scarf.

  10. Doug 24 January 2009 at 5:19 am #

    Just me or does Biden look like The Emperor in Episode IV?

  11. sullied 24 January 2009 at 5:23 am #

    i like the guy at the bottom of the stairs of the main entrance (with the red around the arch) taking a picture of someone that is not Obama

  12. Dlake108 24 January 2009 at 5:23 am #

    Can anyone read and play the music of the band on the lower level?

  13. Travis Williams 24 January 2009 at 5:25 am #

    Yo-Yo-Ma is definitely taking a picture with his iPhone.

    • sullied 24 January 2009 at 5:35 am #

      awesome find

    • Heidi 24 January 2009 at 3:12 pm #

      That's the one I found…you beat me to it. :)

  14. robyn 24 January 2009 at 5:29 am #

    in the center back of the picture by the big white press stand there is a persons legs without a body walking by

  15. loswhit 24 January 2009 at 5:31 am #

    Don't want you guys to miss out on Purpose Driven Aretha // http://twitpic.com/16hw9

  16. cherylzyx 24 January 2009 at 5:32 am #

    Can anyone find Oprah? She was there and on the platform – just wondering what kind of seats she got… smile

  17. Dlake108 24 January 2009 at 5:33 am #

    I can see two little "windows" on the top of the Washington Monument … (to the right of the pic above a camera lens).

    If only this technology was available when Kennedy, King or Reagan was shot? This is a trip!

  18. evan courtney 24 January 2009 at 5:39 am #

    Dude. Los.
    I scheduled a post almost just like this.
    Except about what I found.
    Check this out http://www.evancourtney.com/?p=1107- president h.w. bush has a sweet hat on

  19. Shannnon Smith 24 January 2009 at 5:41 am #

    This dude is checking out ragamuffinsoul.com on his macbook: http://twitpic.com/16i37

  20. cherylzyx 24 January 2009 at 5:42 am #

    Whoa, in the open space just in front of the press tower is a pair of disembodied legs. The torso just vanished. (Front part of the picture, if you are standing on the press tower observing the festivities it would be to your left)

  21. mrs. bear 24 January 2009 at 5:43 am #

    To the right of the white structure in the middle (the one with all of the photographers on it) there is a pair of legs. That's it…just legs.

  22. cherylzyx 24 January 2009 at 5:45 am #

    Sorry Robin, didn't mean to copy your post – those are the legs I was talking about.

  23. Vanessa 24 January 2009 at 5:56 am #

    In the Marine Corp band below Obama, the far right side, against the white wall, the second guy down has two mouths because his face is messed up in the pic….kinda like the legs thing.

  24. Jessica 24 January 2009 at 6:09 am #

    About 4 rows back from President Bush is Aretha Franklin in her silver-bowed hat. She has on Rick Warren's beard and in front of them is a floating black hat with no body or head.

  25. James 24 January 2009 at 6:25 am #

    Directly back from Mr. President #44, on the ledge of the next section of seats, there's a dude with a silver bird growing out of his head.

    Amazing picture.

  26. steph 24 January 2009 at 7:05 am #

    wow, i am gonna put that link on my blog as well

  27. barnettblend 24 January 2009 at 8:49 am #

    This is so cool.. I just finished watching Eagle Eye so this is kinda freaky too. :)

  28. human3rror 24 January 2009 at 12:39 pm #

    ha!

  29. Jason K 24 January 2009 at 12:54 pm #

    i see many people so enamored with a charismatic personality that they didn't even notice that in his first week in office, the leader who promised to "lead from the center" eliminated the US ban of funding overseas abortions. tragic.

  30. Brad 24 January 2009 at 1:25 pm #

    Two to the right of the guy in the second tier from the top, just to the left of Obama.. guy looks like he's pantomiming "put up your dukes"

  31. meeks 24 January 2009 at 1:30 pm #

    does anyone see the "sniper" looking people on the rooftop just to the right of the last bleacher? 4 people and sure looks like the 2 standing up got some weapons…the other 2 are just chillin.

  32. Dave © 24 January 2009 at 1:36 pm #

    This is a pretty cool. Although, personally, I think Photosynth is much cooler.

    http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2009/44.president/ina...

    • Dave © 24 January 2009 at 1:40 pm #

      From the first shot, you can get all the way in to see Obama's hand on the Bible…

  33. duregger 24 January 2009 at 5:37 am #

    too much fun… http://www.duregger.netfor thumbsucker and fat guy in a little coat!!

  34. Mike 24 January 2009 at 2:06 pm #

    That's amazing! There are two men on the roof of that church way in the back, under the American flag. One guy looks like he is taking a pic, or looking through binoculars. What a camera. Wal-mart?

  35. joshbrickey 24 January 2009 at 2:11 pm #

    Obama must read Carlos' blog for seats like that…

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/joshbrickey/32218623...

  36. bleedworship 24 January 2009 at 2:18 pm #

    HAHAHA! check out the section above where Obama is speaking from, there is a giant treetop protruding from behind it. Now… Zoom In
    1) Go to the seventh row down from the very top
    2) Go to the 13the guy down from right of that section (Guy wearing black Jacket, blue undershirt, grabbing his right hand and making an awkward face
    3) This dude is clearly trying to release some methane exhaust from his rear end whilst aiming himself at his girlfriend seated next to him without being discovered…
    4) Look at the people around him and you'll see he was NOT successful….

    Technology is pretty awesome

  37. Sarah 24 January 2009 at 4:08 pm #

    Zoom in to the left of Obama to George W. Bush. Scroll straight up to the next rail that you see. Look two under the rail, under the lady in the khaki outfit. There is another dude sucking his fingers. I know someone pointed out the dude sucking his thumb, but this guy is sucking his pointer finger… with his glove on!
    3 people to the left of him is a black man with a blue scarf. Looks like he is about to make the loser sign to someone.

  38. brittney 24 January 2009 at 5:10 pm #

    dude underneath the satellite looking thing at the bottom of the screen has 3 (THREE!) cell phones in his lap!

  39. Jim 24 January 2009 at 9:25 pm #

    some guy going into the porta-potty

  40. boyd 25 January 2009 at 2:33 am #

    I found a secret service agent sitting in the crowd talking into his hands. some where straight across, underneath the other bleachers with cameras…not standing up but sitting down…..about four-five rows behind the band. he's wearing a brown coat

  41. garydurbin 25 January 2009 at 3:19 am #

    check Bush Sr.'s hat….he's sitting next to the Clintons.

  42. djbyron 25 January 2009 at 5:16 am #

    That protective glass in front of O is "T-H-I-C-K"

  43. christal c 25 January 2009 at 8:30 am #

    So there is a lady in purple just below the balcony. At first I thought she was carrying a baby but it is really a 3rd leg. I know crazy but the images are tweeked for her and it seriously looked like a 3rd leg.

  44. Chris 25 January 2009 at 6:15 pm #

    Bottom right – there's a guy with an old school billows-type large format camera. Love to see what image he got!

  45. srtelle 25 January 2009 at 6:23 pm #

    This pic had me distracted from work for at least 20 minutes… thanks, Los…

  46. Justin Brackett 26 January 2009 at 3:09 am #

    This is why I love your site. you have good quality fun!

  47. Batsirai 26 January 2009 at 2:34 pm #

    TD Jakes just behind Aretha Franklin…. he should have prayed… (joke). Rick did alright… part speech part prayer.

  48. Mark 11 April 2009 at 2:27 pm #

    If you zoom up in the sky you can see our forefathers crying because a socialist has been elected president in this great land of the free and home of the brave. If you zoom in on the lawn you can see them turning over in their graves,

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