What do you think!

BMW KurtBMW Kurt Registered Users Posts: 229 Major grins
edited August 4, 2009 in Other Cool Shots
I shot this in February and keep coming back to it. It was just an old shoe discarded on the roadside. I took several shots of it and have played around with it in PS. After the conversion to B&W I never looked at the original again. I'm not sure this is even good (by pros standards) but, as I have said, I keep coming back to it after seven months. C&C welcome, of course!

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  • Raina.RaeRaina.Rae Registered Users Posts: 205 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2009
    I can see why you keep coming back to it, it is intriguing. I feel like it has a long back story. The photos is good but I feel like it is missing something but I can't put my finger on what. I do really like the shot.
  • BMW KurtBMW Kurt Registered Users Posts: 229 Major grins
    edited August 3, 2009
    Raina.Rae wrote:
    I can see why you keep coming back to it, it is intriguing. I feel like it has a long back story. The photos is good but I feel like it is missing something but I can't put my finger on what. I do really like the shot.

    I know what you mean. There is a story here! I just don't know what it is!headscratch.gif
  • Miguel DelinquentoMiguel Delinquento Registered Users Posts: 904 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    It's a good step in the right direction mwink.gif

    As is this is not a very engaging photograph. It's a woman's shoe presented in flat lighting. Okay.

    Consider placing the shoe in a location where a moderately in-focus background would tell a story. Like having a model walk away from it. Or something. Color may help tell your story in a different way too.

    M
  • AAABluestockingAAABluestocking Registered Users Posts: 116 Major grins
    edited August 4, 2009
    Personally I like the blurry background. The image makes me wonder where is the other shoe? What happened?

    I think this lacks composition. A shoe should be walking into the frame so it needs more room at the toe- as much negative space as you can give it. And maybe the sole should be standing nearer the bottom of the picture?
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