my first pair of shoes
by misterjosh

Comment by Jammur:
Good thing Momma didn't bronze them.
DOF could have been better

my first pair of shoes
by misterjosh

Comment by Montague:
Beautiful!

dumbo
by misterjosh

Comment by misterjosh:
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Message edited by author 2006-02-08 00:53:23.

my first pair of shoes
by misterjosh

Comment by mimsydotes:
awwwww! It's a "shoe-in" Sorry couldn't resist! Like it a lot! 8

my first pair of shoes
by misterjosh

Comment by aquarian11:
This is absolutely priceless....much better than bronzing. What a delightful
use of light on white (and the not so white).....wonderful idea. Fabulous shot.
I hope you are a ribbon winner. 10

my first pair of shoes
by misterjosh

Comment by sevilduvarci:
very nice composition.. looks kind of nostalgic. 9.

dumbo
by misterjosh

Comment by e301:
This has major potential, I think. There are photographs by Andre Kertesz from the time he spent in New York (an unhappy decade for him, really) that use just such a technique of refelctions in puddles to break the sense of the ordinary in his images. I hate the comments I recieve suggesting different framing of my photos, and usually hate to make such comments, but in this case I think my feeling is so strong I must do so: you don't need to see the 'real bridge' in this shot. Did you try a horozontal framing, from maybe a step to the right, to play on the contrast beteen the tarmac and the cobbles and the water (especially the cobbles disappearing into the water), and to frame the refelcted support of the bridge more fully in the water? Whilst I think I understand the more purely documentary approach you've taken, I do think the reflection is so understated here that it was never going to succeed score-wise.

However; just as others have said, what's important is what you are trying to communicate.

dumbo
by misterjosh

Comment by elee3009:
Hey Josh, just wanted you to know your photo had a lot of merit. I've very sorry to see that it ended up so under-rated. My comment (and maybe others' too) on your title is more out of curiosity. Your title had no impact on my vote. I agree with RonBeam here and altho' I do also applaud beautiful postcard-like photos, I do appreciate a different genre of photos like yours. So I keep these different genres in mind and vote according to my own mental compartments and not make "apple to apple" comparisons.

Could be wrong but didn't want you to think you lost out because of the title. :)

my first pair of shoes
by misterjosh

Comment by rebelgirl:
love it, makes me want to find my old shoes and take a pic. Oh I can just grab the kids and take theirs. Thanks for the idea.

dumbo
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Comment by RonBeam:
Josh, don't apologize for your vision. Learn from any mistakes that you made, but don't ever back down from what goes into your photographs. The litter in this scene was part of the reality which made this stand away from the "postcard and calendar" sterility that is often wildly applauded on this site. As for your title of this piece .... it is yours. Don't change what you offer from inside. It is not for you to recieve your soul from others; but to pass it to those who would like to touch it.