Thanks again to Photo Assistant Carol for holding down the shutter button as I waved my shoes around on a hillside.
This was taken in the same location as my 'Chairs' entry:
I had originally been going for a reshoot of my entry in the first Shoes challenge, which didn't score as well as I'd have liked:
... but the shoes weren't really cooperating; they just weren't getting lined up right. Frustrated, I let the shoes go while the shutter was still clicking away. Turned out that I'd finally gotten the shoes properly silhouetted, and I liked the way the laces looked. I decided to keep it.
This was again not a rushed entry; I shot two days before the entry deadline. This lead time gave me the opportunity to return repeatedly to Photoshop and make a lot of little tweaks.
PP:
Initially: Crop, dodge & burn, many levels adjustments to different parts of the image, Topaz Adjust (my first time using the thing - what an awesome filter!), NeatImage, resize, USM
Tweaks: Little bit of vignetting, cloned out some distracting spots in the background foothills, lightened hand, face, and forearm, removed an out-of-place lock of hair, restored some detail lost in a small chunk of grass--and there you go.
focal length 12.0mm
4:53 PM
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if you don't count the concept, the composition, the unique square crop, the exposure, the muted tones, the sharpness, the post processing, and even the ridiculously perfect title, there's absolutely nothing i like about this.
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