Pink Ice Skating Boot, Munich, Germany

Pink Ice Skating Boot, Munich. copyright: charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

Pink Ice Skating Boot

Lost Shoe, Aberdaron, Llyn Peninsula, Wales

Lost Shoe, Aberdaron, Llyn Peninsula, Wales. copyright: charles kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

Lost Shoe

Lost Shoe

This is the first Lost Shoe I´ve posted for a while – but that doesn´t mean I´ve stopped photographing them though, because I haven´t. I found this fine example in Landshut this morning.

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Lost Shoe, Bullwood, Firth of Clyde, Scotland

Lost Shoe, Bullwood, Firth of Clyde, Scotland. copytight: charles.kenwright/ http://www.openmind-images.com

Lost Shoe, Landshut

Lost Shoe, Landshut
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I´d just got my D800 back from the cleaners and what did I stumble across in the old town? Yes, a lost shoe! The first one for a while and therefore, even more welcome!

Lost Shoes, Kultfabrik, Munich, Germany

Missing shoe, Kultfabrik, Munich, Germany
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The Kultfabrik revealed two fine specimens of the family, “Lost Shoe”. This time I´m also including an in situ shot to give you an idea as to how this shoe was laying and what also surrounded it.

Missing shoe, Kultfabrik, Munich, Germany
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I think the effect is one of a random still life, or maybe random still decay.

Missing shoe, Kultfabrik, Munich, Germany
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The Kultfabrik is an “Edgeland” at the centre of Munich, parts of it seem to be decaying back into a feral state, right there amongst the night life and the infrastructure that services it.

A fascinating and stimulating place

Depot for Lost Shoes, Chatham, Cape Cod, USA

Lost Shoes, Chatham, Cape Cod, USA
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Chatham on Cape Cod is a very pleasant place to visit, it has an historical lighthouse, a small but busy fishing harbour and a well tended beach. After a stroll along the beach I came across this depot for lost shoes (and a towel). I know this picture is slightly unusual for me in that I have photographed pairs of shoes, normally it´s the poor lost shoe that gets my attention and sympathy. But I like this scene because of two reasons:

1. This small jumble of colours on the sand. I´ve selectively increased the colour saturation of each shoe to make the scene “pop” a bit more and give it a slight colour film feel. By the way, I´m using Capture One version 7 to process my RAW data, which I can recommend whole heartedly.

2. And the question each pair of shoes throws up. What was the sex of the wearers? I´ve come up with my own theory and it´s this: The single flip flop top left was worn by a male, the two just below it by a woman, the trainers by a man and the other pair next to them by a woman. The towel is gender neutral. Does that match your opinions?

Blogger meets Blogger in Landshut, Germany

100canciones, Landshut, Bavaria, Germany
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It had to happen sometime! We´ve been following each others blogs for a while now, and because 100canciones also lives in Landshut, we eventually had to meet. While he also is a musician – and a street musician, that made it even more inevitable. Last Saturday morning, after shooting my latest lost shoe, I saw him playing in the centre of town.

100canciones, Landshut, Bavaria, Germany
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So these shots are for you 100canciones!

Cheers

Lost Shoe, After the Floods, Landshut, Germany

Lost Shoe, Landshut, after the floods
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The River Isar has now dropped to normal levels and the river side paths are now clear again. On one of my runs I run along a side arm of the Isar called Klein Isar (because it´s smaller) which also goes through the town. This too is now clear but there is still an amount of flotsam lying around. And as I ran there yesterday – yes, a lost shoe had been left high and dry by the receding flood waters! So I quickly came back with a camera to capture it! 

Lost Shoe, Highway 2 Massachusetts, USA

Lost Shoe, Massachusetts, USA
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This lost shoe was found down on river bank near Highway 2. It was a dull early autumn Sunday afternoon, and we were driving towards Concord, the New Hampshire State Capitol. We stopped off for a break and I went on one of my roots through the undergrowth to see what would turn up. I was in luck because I found this splendid specimen.