Dancer Shoes
by Dona

Comment:
An action shot of them actually dancing would have worked better, with one in the air (we've all seen tribal dancing around fires) rather than floating or hanging in the air as they seem to be now.

Killer Heels
by nidnod

Comment:
The composition is awkward and too contrived for no apparent reason. A more cnadid shot of the heels actually killing something would have been more effective.

Glide Across the Ice
by Konador

Comment:
Not so much a shot of the skates as a snapshot of a skater I'm afraid. If you went down to the ice and asked nicely he may even have let you get some good closeups or action shots of the skates skidding to a halt or something.

Football Shoes
by eaglebeck

Comment:
Just seems kind of random. if you had picked a more uniform situation like a line-out for eg and then looked for one shoe 'out of place' as it were, or doing something different, then the sport theme in this shot would have been much more powerful. Or if the randomness was what you definitely wanted, then a pile of bodies after a big tackle with shoes sticking in the air and all over perhaps?

Kenneth Cole, New York
by banmorn

Comment:
I love the complemantary textures and colours in this shot. Even the skewed composition adds to this cohesion of strong elements.

backseat
by dragonlady

Comment:
Good DOF, contrast, textures, and composition. I'd have liked to see the pose slightly changed with the feet crossed, but that's kinda nitpicking. 9

Lined
by stam

Comment:
Doesn't say anything about the nature of flip flops to me. And why the cross? Why only place one pair on the line?

An Artist's Shoes
by cyan

Comment:
The predominantly white composition seems to have made the camera underexpose slightly. Opening the aperture up a stop or two would have brought out the brillance of the white letting the colours stand out more and helped the effect of the shoes as a Jackson Pollock canvas you were after. I like this little study.

"Laces"
by tfarrell23

Comment:
A very effective little study of laces going on over on the right, and I love the textures and form. I feel the other boot takes away from this and could be removed entirely or somehow reflect the laces on that boot with those in the foreground.

Shoe on Yellow
by wgriffin

Comment:
The stand/basket (whatever that is) is distracting, and the composition could be closer to the shoe perhaps, which might let you play about with a more abstract presentation of blocks of colour and shapes like your title suggests.