Boots - the bad and the ugly, not the good

I'm aware that I'm in potentially dangerous territory of "Fine Art" photographs by having boots as my subject matter. So I thought I'd source some suitable reverse-inspiration instances of what-not-to-do. Some of these aren't too bad, but they're all a bit too arty and over processed. I think they also have the boots overly dominating the frame too, so don't have the Tableau context I want them to have.



The lighting here is potentially quite interesting, but the perspective makes the shot too playful.


Nice detail here and the lighting give the shape form too. But it's not what I'm trying to achieve.


Well there's certainly plenty of texture in this overprocessed HDR example. Certainly not what I'm looking to achieve.


I do like the lighting and tones of this photograph. The subject has good depth of form. I do find the composition a bit bland though. There's something the background - if it's relevant lets see more of it, if it's not relevant, lets not be distracted by it at all.

More over processing here.


The lighting here is nicely diffused - subtly showing up the detail in the leather. However, again the composition is all wrong for me - tightly cropped around the boots, but with lots of distracting stuff around it.


Lots of form here. And it's good to see a composition which seems to be making purposeful use of the scene in which the boots are set. But, it's very heavily processed and stylised overall. Looks like something from Athena.


This "on the kerb" shot is somewhat similar to a setting I hand in mind. But for me the perspective doesn't work - too top down and close-in. And what's that flower up to?


Interesting light effect - but quite probably just painted in via photoshop.


The high contrast directional light gives good form. But the central composition and splayed feet looks awkward to me. I like "real" setting though - certainly in comparison to the other photos I've chosen,


This is potentially the closest out of all these photos to what I want to achieve - mainly because I don't want the boots to overly dominate the composition. However, the oldy worldy effect here is a bit tiresome.


This is almost a product shot. Awkward composition.

By the boots being in the shadow detail is lost and shape dominates. Again, I would like to have seen more of the overall scene in which the boots are sitting.

Another overly processed photo. But another scene I was thinking of using - boots on a bench.


I do like the light here - shows all the detail in the boots. Would have liked to see more of the scene (again) - and what's that red for all about?