Old friends...

...easy to get on with, just feel good together, comfortable and comforting - yes, favourite boots are a lot like old friends.

[Rebecca]

I couldn't agree more! Its a great shot! My kids laugh at me when I take pictures of my shoes :)

[Lou]

Ah yes, I still have my old Chucks in a drawer somewhere. I literally wore them to pieces, but as you said, they're old friends. Love the detail in this shot, and the "pose" of each shoe. It's more of a portrait than anything else.

[Steve Davis]

Nice B&W sort of :) Old friends are the best and most comfortable.

[Keith Porteous]

Nice shot Richard!

[Beth]

nothing like a good old pair of kicks

[Richard Sayer]

@louuncouth Thanks for your comments Lou - funnily enough, a 'portrait' is exactly what I was aiming for. I took the first shot with the boots on a beige shag pile rug and the effect was incongruous... so this version was shot on the concrete floor of my garage - stains and all!

[Richard Sayer]

@bassflyer65 I tried this shot in B&W as it was what I had in mind for it, but it lacked punch and character: I've preserved the true colour balance in this version - they really are this colour!

[👑 AnaZad]

I definitely agree... nothing like a good pair of comfy shoes. I'm over the stage of "nice" shoes, now "comfy" comes first.

[Gabi]

comforting...yes. Nice shot.

[Karen H]

Very Nicely done, Have you thought about tagging them for the song title challenge?

[Shanne]

nice shot - and yes, I reckon shoes are a good subject too

[Richard Sayer]

@tigerdreamer Done! Thanks for the heads-up Karen... and for all your comments.

[Alice Burghart]

great.

[TheRubySusan]

The columbian poet Luis Carlos Lopez published a poem in which he compares his birthplace, Cartagena, with a pair of old shoes. His compatriots weren't sure how to take that, but when the time came to memorialize him, they built him a huge pair of old shoes.