On the Dock

Michelle Boyer

On the Dock

Although nature photography is probably my favorite sometimes I see ordinary objects sitting in a particular way and have to take a picture. Rarely do I move objects to compose a picture because I think things in the world are amazing just the way they are- you just have to look at them the right way. I was laying on my family’s old dock at our lake place in the sun and looked over at my flip flops and had to run back to the beach to get my camera for a picture :) I did take what color there was in the dock out in photoshop to focus the eye more on the old blue flip flops.

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On the Dock by Michelle Boyer
On the Dock by Michelle Boyer
  • Noelene Davies

    Noelene Davies

    Great photo Michelle, I like natural things like this.

  • DigitalMagic

    DigitalMagic

    You take nice crisp shots Michelle, good work!

  • Barbara Sparhawk

    Barbara Sparhawk

    Nice, happy shot. Been places, places to go. I like that they’re pointed forward, apparently the way you left them from what you wrote; ready to leap ahead.

  • Karen Martin IPA

    Karen Martin IPA

    Great shot. Amazing how something so simple can be made to look brilliant. Well done.

  • Wendy Crouch

    Wendy Crouch

    Simple is sometimes best. Nicw work!

  • Charles Dobbs Photography

    Charles Dobbs ...

    I like it!

  • Marita McVeigh

    Marita McVeigh

    feels like summer. very nice.

  • Gregoryno6

    Gregoryno6

    Michelle, thanks for your comment.
    Your bright presence doesn’t repulse me, with the same power as the pinkest solice. I’d like to cook you dinner.

  • hadstr

    hadstr

    I just love this photo. sounds like a great relaxing place.

  • crosses

    crosses

    simple but great work

  • cathy savels

    cathy savels

    I’m thinking of doing a shoe series. I hadn’t thought of flip-flops! Thanks for the inspiration!

  • Mark Gardner

    Mark Gardner

    nice image, reminds me of my holidays !!!

  • wdavies285

    wdavies285

    great idea, and great shot

  • katphoto

    katphoto

    nice reminder of summer days gone by…

  • Dana Yoachum

    Dana Yoachum

    great shot—would make an awesome piece of wall art for the beach home.

  • Sarah Rish

    Sarah Rish

    Out of all the photos I’ve seen I have to like this one the most Flipflops nice love it!

  • Peco Grozdanovski

    Peco Grozdanovski

    Great capture Michelle…:)

  • Leta Sweetgrass Photography

    Leta Sweetgras...

    Flops on the dock always a great image nice capture. Leta

  • Mohsen Bayramnejad

    Mohsen Bayramn...

    Very nicely done…

  • Jodie Carruthers

    Jodie Carruthers

    A simple shot like this can stir up so many happy memories. Well done Michelle.

  • Rain Ryder

    Rain Ryder

    They look like the shoes that evryone borrows to run out to the beach. I love this shot….

  • Franklin Lindsey

    Franklin Lindsey

    Between these flip flops and that 7 up can you made so good looking, just goes to show if you tweak the speed and aperture the right way, you can make even simple objects look great.
    Very surprising job!

  • Danielle Farley

    Danielle Farley

    too cool, great shot

  • mariarty

    mariarty

    I agree about not arranging objects. I love this.

  • Ozcloggie

    Ozcloggie

    There I was thinking that thongs were uniquely Australian! I’ve learnt something: flip flops.
    When Dutch people come out here (down under) they call them slippers and I go through the routine of explaining that slippers , here, are not worn to the beach.
    Very much captures ‘the beach’!
    Jo

  • Douzy

    Douzy

    Simple but it works! You’ve got a good eye… Love the different textures, well spotted :)

  • cvara

    cvara

    what a great capture. i really like this image. great job

  • Oli Johnson

    Oli Johnson

    love this one.

  • Rebs O

    Rebs O

    thanks for your comment, im liking this picture and wishing for sun so i can get back into my flip flops soon!!

  • gavolo

    gavolo

    Great composition MB, I like it

  • AvenLove

    AvenLove

    cool pic

  • jegustavsen

    jegustavsen

    I love this b/c exactly what you said, it’s a “true” picture, nothing moved. I am not a photographer, but when I do want to capture something by taking a photo it is how I found it.

  • Kimberly Palmer

    Kimberly Palmer

    Fantastic Michelle…..

  • Samantha Bla Bla

    Samantha Bla Bla

    I love how simple this is ! very nice work

  • bluerabbit

    bluerabbit

    Nice detail : )

  • David Barnes

    David Barnes

    Oh the simple shots are often the best. The soft colour and texture in this image is idyllic.

  • Astrid Pardew

    Astrid Pardew

    This is a great capture. You certainly got it right!

  • Astrid Pardew

    Astrid Pardew

    This is a great capture. You certainly got it right!

  • Lior Goldenberg

    Lior Goldenberg

    Just great!

  • coffeebean

    coffeebean

    This is absolutely awesome. Yes sometimes the simplest things make such great shots

  • Ian Robertson

    Ian Robertson

    great image…simple things in life are free and often better.great idea

  • Peter Rivron

    Peter Rivron

    Just love the colour and texture in this image Michelle.

  • cherylc1

    cherylc1

    great image-fantastic eye

  • Chris  Kuck

    Chris Kuck

    Love the worn flip-flops…I am sure you have done some miles in those….Making the doc B/W was a great Idea.

  • ferndesign

    ferndesign

    Great shoot love it well done

  • Nanmarie

    Nanmarie

    Fantastic!

  • nesi

    nesi

    Keen observation…I thought that this shot has a lot of character!

  • Beatriz R. Aldridge

    Beatriz R. Ald...

    Great composition. Like the simplicity of it. Very nice!

  • cbrook

    cbrook

    Simply beautiful composition!

  • avionz

    avionz

    This is great. So evocative. We call them jandals in New Zealand and as this is the best summer in memory, I wear mine all the time. Great shot.

  • Lisa  Kenny

    Lisa Kenny

    Who would have thought a photo of a pair of thongs would get so much atttention ;)
    ~ it is a nice photo of them though

  • Al Neaimi

    Al Neaimi

    Great image Michelle , Very nicely done , love the colors you used here , simple yet powerful.

  • imagegrabber

    imagegrabber

    i like the silvering of the wood and the flip flops look worn and interesting…a great shot that draws the eye

  • Stacy Cole

    Stacy Cole

    great shot….love how you left the color in the flip flops

  • sajal maskey

    sajal maskey

    is that your slipper, i think its too old ,u have to change it, hehehe sorry just kidding , its really nice shot and i like ur slipper 2

  • wildimagenation

    wildimagenation

    Michelle, wow, when I read the story you put with this photo, I thought you could not have put it better! Life is full of amazing things, even the sublimely inanimate ones can be special. Well done!

  • Samina Islam

    Samina Islam

    Michelle this shot gives me a very relaxed and laid back feeling and a feeling to be free, well done!!

  • bamagirl38

    bamagirl38

    Great work Michelle :) Love it !

  • aspectsoftmk

    aspectsoftmk

    cool shot….

  • elisab

    elisab

    Nice addition to the group. Very relaxed and comfortable.

  • principiante

    principiante

    this makes me miss the beach even more… especially when there is snow outside my window… i have a picture with flip flops, but the quality is not the best… let me see if i can post it.

  • eramophla

    eramophla

    I just love it – thongs here in Australia.

  • bearhat

    bearhat

    bonza!

  • rhondalee

    rhondalee

    well hongs do have a story to tell, great work.

  • rhondalee

    rhondalee

    thongs, dont you hate typos?

  • MDossat

    MDossat

    Nice composition. Great job.

  • Diana F. Sá

    Diana F. Sá

    I agree with you, nature can give us the best of the photos but ordinary objects have that special something….eheh
    You look something ordinary in a moment and you just think “that’s simply beautiful”...I like that moments we look and see, really see. Loved your flipflops by the dock :)

  • pjm123

    pjm123

    wow! this is really good. makes me wonder where they have been and where they might take you

  • kathywaldron

    kathywaldron

    this reminds me of Summer….lovely image!

  • chilloutbuddy

    chilloutbuddy

    I like the deaturation and colour combination!

  • Sean Farragher

    Sean Farragher

    lovely shot

  • anatolia

    anatolia

    Great pictiures you have. You are very talented. Also by the comments much admired. DO you use a digital camera?

  • JennySmith

    JennySmith

    reminds me of summer, wish it was summer. nice pic,x

  • spike

    spike

    This is so nice and it does evoke memories
    of holidays for me too! The contrast and detail is great.

  • Andrew Edgar

    Andrew Edgar

    this is cool

  • imageworld

    imageworld

    love the simplicity of this photo, reminds me of the song sittin on the dock by otis reading, great song & likewise a great picture

  • JUMPer

    JUMPer

    love this shot – beach days (:

  • Scott Ruhs

    Scott Ruhs

    Having the shoes angled adds interest to this image.

  • Wairua

    Wairua

    Excellent work. Well done!

  • maliaio

    maliaio

    i love this, it’s such a “local” kind of shot. no one wears shoes in the house here, and everyone wears slippers, i could have sworn this was taken here in the islands, i love it.
    malia

  • mrana

    mrana

    I love this image!

  • jojophoto

    jojophoto

    I love the colors in this. I live in New England and to me, this is sooooo New England. Excellent!:)

  • Crystal Zacharias

    Crystal Zacharias

    Totally love this! So unique.

  • Zeevat Tuladhar

    Zeevat Tuladhar

    Nice capture, textures on wood is great.

  • neogolas

    neogolas

    Beautiful,great composition.

  • richymac

    richymac

    Splendid, great shot!!

  • Ruth Palmer

    Ruth Palmer

    Thank God for flip flops! Love this!

  • Nuh Sarche
  • Angel Perry

    Angel Perry

    Love it! Great eye for this!

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