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Dirty Boots - Sonic Youth
Dirty Boots - Sonic Youth
jomerner


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Rock Song Titles (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D60
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Location: Sifton Bog, London, Ontario
Date: Mar 25, 2009
Aperture: f5.6
ISO: 280
Shutter: 1/30
Galleries: Family, Children
Date Uploaded: Mar 26, 2009

 This picture was taken early evening. I wasn't too sure what I was going to do with the boots, so I wandered around the bog for a while trying different poses with the boots. I then got the idea to dip them in the mud, and thought this photo turned out pretty well. I was going to enter in the March challenge, but then came across the song title and it was perfect for this challenge.

Statistics
Place: 119 out of 175
Avg (all users): 5.2397
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.1528
Avg (non-participants): 5.3243
Views since voting: 1007
Views during voting: 244
Votes: 146
Comments: 5
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 04/08/2009 02:56:29 PM
Greetings from the Critique Club!

First off, good job meeting the challenge. No disputes there. It's a cute picture, however, that said, the photos isn't very intriguing. It doesn't do a great job at keeping the viewer's attention. It's a good photo, but not particularly great.

Angle: I like the POV you chose for this shot. Getting down on the ground can be a great way to get a unique capture.

Composition: I like the crop you chose. Gives the user a defined focal point. Behind the boot on the left, there's something flesh-toned in the background. Not sure what it is.. but it's a bit distracting.

Subject: The boots themselves are pretty flat and uninteresting. I wonder if work boots would have been better.. Probably not on DPC. DPC voters tend to like bright colors. Perhaps adding a kid in the boots, covered in mud? Or stomping in a muddy puddle?

Lighting: Seems a bit hazy and dark. It was probably a cloudy day.. but would have bumped the exposure or levels in post processing. Bumping the saturation would help too.

Good idea, just needs a few tweaks to make it great.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/04/2009 04:44:37 PM
cute
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 04/01/2009 10:57:20 PM
love this one. The mud almost looks like chocolate fudge!
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 04/01/2009 05:24:33 PM
Dirty indeed.
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 03/30/2009 07:45:40 PM
Nice colour boots, needs to be a bit brighter I think.
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