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Challenge: Shoes (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A95
Location: Toronto
Date: Aug 26, 2005
Aperture: F/4.9
ISO: Auto
Shutter: 1/80 sec
Galleries: Humorous, Urban
Date Uploaded: Aug 26, 2005
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Auto colour -> Auto contrast -> Resize -> USM.
I was walking down the alley behind the office building I work in when I saw one of the maintenance workers in the loading bay. I gave him a wave, and said, "Hi". He returned the same, in kind. I paused, and commented on the beautiful weather. He approached, emerging from the shadows of the loading bay, and agreed. We both looked up the alley, to the sky, as if the subject of our small-talk required confirmation. It was at that moment I saw them, the shoes, brown, worn, weathered. I had found the subject of my entry for the Shoes challenge. Pleased with my discovery, I pointed to the dangling orphans and looked to the wisened old maintenance worker, words weren't necessary. He looked me in the eye, and with a sly, half-smile said, "They've been up there for a year." Pleased once again, I was given the title that would hang above my entry as the bloodthirsty voters of DPC undoubtedly hammer it with fives, and fours. The maintenance worker will never know what he's given me. Perhaps it's all for the best. |
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09/09/2005 05:14:21 PM |
Great story behind this, got to love those maintenance workers, they are good to chat with, they give you titles, and even are in most porno films.
"I heard your sink's got a leak" |
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09/07/2005 10:19:06 AM |
great shot man. should have placed higher IMO.
i read some blogs about shoes hanging from lines, and they speculate it means there's a drug dealer in the area. do a google on it.
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09/07/2005 10:10:20 AM |
| Well slippy, I know how you feel. Very similar shots and accidental circumstances in finding it. Next time! |
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09/07/2005 09:09:13 AM |
| great shot, slippy, wish it had scored higher. then again, i wish mine had scored higher, too. really crappy voting in this one, like everybody stepped in a pile of $4i+ and then wiped it off on the votes...grrrr! |
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09/06/2005 11:10:13 PM |
| Nicely done, good focus and composition. |
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09/06/2005 01:30:20 AM |
| Nice shot- I really like the coposition and the lines. |
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09/04/2005 02:15:22 PM |
| Wow awesome shot. The background is wonderful. |
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09/01/2005 07:35:42 PM |
| I think if you could have chose a different color shoe it would have been better. Although they kind of stand out I wish they could stand out a little more. However you're following the rule of thirds which is good! Good luck. |
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09/01/2005 05:55:46 PM |
| i like the crispness of this photo and the simplicity of it. great colors! |
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09/01/2005 01:16:22 PM |
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08/31/2005 11:22:31 PM |
| Interesting idea. The colors are nice, and I don't think there's really anything you need to change about it. Hopefully you got the shoes down! |
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08/31/2005 09:40:31 PM |
| I just learned last month that where we come from, this is a signal for a "tinnie house" (place to buy dope and party drugs) ... great compostion and sky - 6 |
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08/31/2005 08:04:36 PM |
| i hate that when that happens to good shoes...i like the building and the sky is a marvalouse color |
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08/31/2005 08:03:13 PM |
| i like the blue backdrop and i like how the shoes arnt centerd |
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08/31/2005 03:03:33 PM |
| Nice composition and above average in the challenge but I dunno... kindof boring to look at, needs something to make it pop a bit more, like a seagull trying to steal the shoes or something... 6 from me. |
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08/31/2005 11:43:40 AM |
Hahaha.... There are two pairs on a powerline close to my house! Ironically, one pair is masculine and the other is feminine... ;) I DO sort of wonder if there's a story behind them.
Anyways, nice contrast. |
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08/31/2005 03:24:54 AM |
| Great contrast and execution. I've always wondered what compels people to do this to old shoes. Hmmmm... 7 |
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