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GolferDDS


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Challenge: Shoes Required (Minimal Editing*)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS
Location: Home
Date: Dec 12, 2019
Date Uploaded: Dec 12, 2019

 It took 3 days for the water to freeze around the shoes! My wife was a good sport and posed for me with her wedding dress (we were married in 1973!). It was 30 degrees out so I didn't have much time to shoot this picture before her feet started to turn blue. That's why the final image is in B&W! Those are not my feet in the blocks of ice. I put 2X4's in the shoes to support the pants. I'm the one in the other pair of shoes. 10 second delay on the camera shutter. Camera set on a tripod.

Thanks for the great comments and the votes for the ribbon. Actually, this could have been me on my wedding day. I was so nervous I smoked 4 cigarettes in a row just before the ceremony. Never smoked before that and never smoked since!

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Place: 1 out of 24
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Avg (participants): 6.6154
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Views since voting: 997
Views during voting: 61
Votes: 33
Comments: 16
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 01/03/2020 11:19:36 AM
Haha! Your photos always make me smile! I bet you are having a blast in retirement! Mega congratulations on being the only one that could have possibly won this!
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 12/29/2019 01:31:37 PM
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!
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 12/27/2019 01:00:14 PM
Great idea and execution Larry! Saw this laughed out loud. Congrats on the Blue, you earned it for sure!
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 12/27/2019 12:30:13 PM
OMFG that is some serious commitment to the shoot right there, actually freezing your shoes. Awesome! And huge congrats on the ribbon :-)
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 12/27/2019 04:35:16 AM
Ahh great! Congrats
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 12/27/2019 12:53:24 AM
Originally posted by GolferDDS:
Originally posted by Neat:
Oh and Yuk I just read your blog again, fancy smoking 4 cigarettes before the ceremony, I hope you brushed your teeth afterwards at least like a good dentist would :)


Ha! I was 22 YO at the time (before dental school)! I think I had a drink to kill the taste which was also out of character as I rarely drink alcohol!


Lol ha, I was 23 :) And you seem like a good bloke, don't drink or smoke :)
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 12/27/2019 12:38:17 AM
Originally posted by Neat:
Oh and Yuk I just read your blog again, fancy smoking 4 cigarettes before the ceremony, I hope you brushed your teeth afterwards at least like a good dentist would :)


Ha! I was 22 YO at the time (before dental school)! I think I had a drink to kill the taste which was also out of character as I rarely drink alcohol!

Message edited by author 2019-12-27 00:42:25.
 12/27/2019 12:31:29 AM
Oh and Yuk I just read your blog again, fancy smoking 4 cigarettes before the ceremony, I hope you brushed your teeth afterwards at least like a good dentist would :)
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 12/27/2019 12:09:20 AM
HAHAHAHA! Perfect, Larry!

Congratulations on so many things! LOL!

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 12/27/2019 12:06:37 AM
I thought this could̢۪ve only been you, funny two wedding photos came first and second. Congratulations on still being married, you deserve a ribbon for that as well. I̢۪m coming up to 30 next year :-)

I thought this was a good idea, I just didn̢۪t like the mat, too complex for me. Maybe make it plain next time, not that there will probably be next time. But you never know with you :)
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 12/27/2019 12:06:18 AM
Oops sorry accidental second post.

Message edited by author 2019-12-27 00:07:42.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/26/2019 11:41:11 PM
Very funny! My pick for the blue. His feet were probably blue too.
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 12/26/2019 07:38:32 AM
LOLOLOL.
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 12/22/2019 10:01:16 AM
Can't wait to hear the story behind this one!!
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 12/21/2019 12:52:35 PM
Love this ;-))
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 12/20/2019 08:26:58 PM
Hahahahaha! Well played! Ha!
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