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Teenager Day 15
Teenager Day 15
riversong


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Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Location: living room
Date: Jun 15, 2007
Aperture: 5.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Fashion, Transportation
Date Uploaded: Jun 15, 2007

Viewed: 327
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

 My daughter's tennis shoes. She's had these shreds for 3 long years. I finally stopped fussing over them...she LOVES them! Trust me she has better and newer shoes, but she wears these. Her friends colored them in class one day and I guess they have meaning to her. I gave up the fight and decided to pick better battles! I only worry they hurt her feet, but she's almost 18 yrs old. She'd tell me. Plus, she's a great kid so why worry over shoes!! This is my tribute to the well-worn and loved shoes. This image is colored, but it looks b/w with desat.

converted from RAW
adjusted levels
cloaned a spot in the background
highlighted shoelaces
resize for web
unsharp mask



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 06/20/2007 04:55:50 PM
Well done -- interesting objects even without the backstory, and the negative space is cool, too.
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 06/19/2007 09:14:03 AM
This is a great tribute! Great image and story!!
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 06/17/2007 08:23:56 PM
The way the shoes have been decorated in different colours sure adds to the interest here.

I sometimes wish I had the courage to dress oddly like that. If only I was a teen again. It would never even have crossed my mind to do things like this when I was one.
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 06/16/2007 07:14:27 PM
That's smart of you to let her make her own decisions. Besides, she'll outgrow them soon and you'll be missing the days she wore them.
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 06/16/2007 05:39:49 PM
Very nice picture.. The desat is good in that some color remained and adds to the effect of the old pair of sneakers..

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 06/16/2007 05:17:56 PM
Oh oh oh. This is great. Be sure you save this (along with the story) and make her a scrapbook. This photo would be an awesome cover for a book. And she'd love it too.
When my son graduated from college I took a pic (on the sly) from every room in the house the boys rented. Then I took pics all over the little college town. He (yes even boys appreciate things like that) absolutely loved the scrapbook. With my oldest son ... the sarcastic one ... I saved all his IM messages and put them into a scrapbook. Its good to make memories for them of the good times.
I really really like this shot and I'm sure she will too.
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 06/16/2007 08:49:00 AM
wonderful image & story- I can understand having gone thru 2 teenage boys ! The detail on the laces is amazing and the desat make this pop !
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 06/16/2007 02:48:38 AM
Great tribute!! I love the composition of this shot. Can relate to the shoes .... one summer I lived in spray painted blue gumboots.
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 06/15/2007 11:36:09 PM
I can relate to this on so many levels, just love it. Lovely photograph.
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 06/15/2007 11:28:38 PM
Nice photo and you're right, in the big picture, her shoes are the least of your worries, well done!
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