I would have either cropped the top off or cloned a few pairs of shoes into the top to make it 100% shoes, that's my take on what is an excellent contribution to TL.

Good sports action shot of a difficult subject, these guys wont wait while you adjust your camera, well done.

Excellent. Is it wrong to write a long rambling essay about a minimalist shot?

Hi, well exposed shot keeping detail in all areas. Foreground interest provide by the bails of straw and great detail in clouds.

Welcome to TL. This is a wonderful journalistic shot, a capture that says so much. Taken in the most difficult of locations, congratulations on an excellent contribution to TL.

Simple fun with your camera, quite surreal. Would a smaller aperture to bring both girls into the same focus have worked? Worth a try? Phil.

Hi Excellent exposure of a difficult subject, good use of HDR to present a photograph that is readable throughout.

Hi, for me a tad over exposed but captures the banality of the area captured well. Phil.

Hi, excellent entry, the texture of the metal and the knurled edge is captured well. Regards Phil.

Hi, the grain gives the shot an eerie almost Hitchcockesque atmosphere, we like it. Phil.