Assignment 34 - Shoes

Time for another fun assignment.  Some of you may have sore necks from looking up so much with the birds assignment so this assignment will get your neck a rest from that.  This assignment will have us looking down.  The topic for our 34th assignment is SHOES.  New shoes, old shoes, worn shoes, lonely shoes, clean shoes, muddy shoes, fancy shoes, plain shoes.  There are a near infinite variety of shoes and the situations they face. 

Do remember all of this things we've learned so far when taking your images.  Things like composition, focus, color, lighting, and depth of field control never go out of style.

Things to Remember
Read over the rules for details on posting your entries, image size requirements, and helpful hints.  Entries MUST comply with these rules to be valid.
The deadline for this contest will be at 10PM Eastern time on October 15th.
Images MUST be taken during the contest period (Oct 1 - Oct 15).
Assignment winners will be announced October 19th.
In addition to the winner and up to 8 finalists posted in the winner's gallery, I will also be selecting several images each contest for additional critiques to be posted in the entry thread.

Images MUST be posted in this thread to be valid.

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Assignment 34 - Shoes Entry Thread (entries must be posted in this thread using the REPLY feature)