These boots...
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:55 pmFound in South Melbourne
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:55 pmPosted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:58 pmGreat shot. Works really well in B&W.
Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:05 pmClassic shot... BW does work well...
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:01 amVery good 
There's a pair of gym shoes hanging similarly off some overhead wires near Hornsby railway station. (It could be the work of some kind travelling weirdo... or is it a copycat thing? Do runners make a different statement?)
There's a pair of gym shoes hanging similarly off some overhead wires near Hornsby railway station. (It could be the work of some kind travelling weirdo... or is it a copycat thing? Do runners make a different statement?)
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:07 amWhat makes this shot so good, other than the subject, is the beautiful lighting on the shoes - right place, right time
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:16 amThis is an excellent shot
lighting, subject, subject contrast and the depth of the picture
lighting, subject, subject contrast and the depth of the picture
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:22 amTerrific shot Pharmer for reasons stated by Chris and Wendell. Well spotted opportunity and beautifully crafted.
cheers
marco
cheers
marco
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 9:31 amGood shot.
I was talking to my sister last week on this subject. Apparently runners do make a difference... if you are in the US and a gang member. Something about shoes and status, and how a members shoes get hung from the wire when that member dies. I cannot remember the full details, but it was an interesting subject.
She wants my D70 to take these sorts of shots for a thing that she is doing at uni on this subject.
Cheers
BT*ist wrote:There's a pair of gym shoes hanging similarly off some overhead wires near Hornsby railway station. (It could be the work of some kind travelling weirdo... or is it a copycat thing? Do runners make a different statement?)
I was talking to my sister last week on this subject. Apparently runners do make a difference... if you are in the US and a gang member. Something about shoes and status, and how a members shoes get hung from the wire when that member dies. I cannot remember the full details, but it was an interesting subject.
She wants my D70 to take these sorts of shots for a thing that she is doing at uni on this subject.
Cheers
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 10:50 amsirhc55 wrote:What makes this shot so good, other than the subject, is the beautiful lighting on the shoes - right place, right time
yep -can't beat that 5:30pm late afternoon sun, it creates gorgeous shadows and light
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 11:18 amIt is amazing how the right light and the right eye can make something ordinary look great, but I suppose the right eye has to see the right light first.
Great shot.
Craig
Great shot.
Craig
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:35 pmWell spotted. Lovely tones & contrast in this image. I also like the way you have cropped it.
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Cheers,
Paul.
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Cheers,
Paul.
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 2:39 pmLike it a lot!
Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:46 pmI like the shot, but even more interest in the I use the term loosely mythology behind the sneakers/runners/shoes on the wires. I don't the movie well, but didn't it also feature in Reality Bites ?
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 1:23 amTHIS may make good reading about the shoes.
Andrew
Andrew
Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 2:03 amWhen I was younger and expensive runners had just come out (in contrast to the then ubiquitous Dunlop Volleys) some of the guys I knew threw one of the other guys new expensive Nikes or similar over the lines. We all laughed and he had to walk home barefoot (I am sure his parents didn't laugh) . It had nothing to do with crack houses then, more a way of saying don't be a wanker with flash shoes. Crack wasn't even invented when I was young.