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Of all the shots I took in Barcelona this is the one that Libby likes least but, for some reason that I can't quite explain, it's close to being my favourite from all the ones I'll be putting up.

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comment by Jason Wall at 08:45 PM (GMT) on 11 September, 2008

Its the socks. definitely the socks...

comment by csj at 09:09 PM (GMT) on 11 September, 2008

Theres humor for no apparent reason in this..... there is something 'quite' wrong about it!! ;-)

comment by Richard Trim at 09:22 PM (GMT) on 11 September, 2008

Oh Gawd!
richard

comment by Paolo at 09:24 PM (GMT) on 11 September, 2008

he's not german, he wears socks but not sandals, he could be an englishman, maybe this the reason you like it ;-)

comment by Jennifer at 09:34 PM (GMT) on 11 September, 2008

Aussie type socks - can't be a Brit - can it !?!

comment by djn1 at 10:05 PM (GMT) on 11 September, 2008

Paolo/Jennifer: I'm pretty sure he wasn't a Brit :-)

comment by mattp at 10:06 PM (GMT) on 11 September, 2008

I hope you weren't debasing this poor man with your voyeuristic shot Dave...

comment by Claus at 11:31 PM (GMT) on 11 September, 2008

Simple, but very effective. Nice one!

comment by li at 12:37 AM (GMT) on 12 September, 2008

you have strange taste:)

comment by Jess at 01:45 AM (GMT) on 12 September, 2008

How dare you post a photo of someone's legs!?! How Risk-ay! That is objectifying runners with high knee socks!!

Thanx for the laugh!

comment by brooks Potteiger at 04:18 AM (GMT) on 12 September, 2008

i love it

comment by cy at 05:31 AM (GMT) on 12 September, 2008

LOL i think it is great.

comment by rhys at 06:27 AM (GMT) on 12 September, 2008

Yep, I like this. Funny and effective

comment by Albert at 06:47 AM (GMT) on 12 September, 2008

There are a lot of friki guys like that in Barcelona

;-)

comment by Rich at 09:52 AM (GMT) on 12 September, 2008

Matt P & Jess, beat me to it.... how sexist of you Dave ;)

comment by Anne-Laure at 11:57 AM (GMT) on 12 September, 2008

Good point!
A funny picture, but very clean. Great!

comment by joao at 12:21 PM (GMT) on 12 September, 2008

Nice photo

comment by Sara at 06:00 PM (GMT) on 12 September, 2008

Odd, not socks, I mean!! Those continentals!!!!!!!
Sara

comment by djn1 at 07:11 PM (GMT) on 12 September, 2008

Thanks everyone :-)

comment by Guido at 11:05 PM (GMT) on 12 September, 2008

:-D cool capture, fitting title

comment by Danton at 01:10 PM (GMT) on 13 September, 2008

And I was also going to comment on the fact that this shot of male legs made me feel debased . . . OK, at least many of us have a sense of humor to go with our appreciation of the beauty of female legs in the earlier post!

comment by micha at 03:03 PM (GMT) on 13 September, 2008

It is so sad and at the same time it is so uncomfortable funny and I cannot think about a better representation of "the tourist". Nice job (however would love to see that pic in B&W).

comment by onewayphoto / Mark at 12:35 PM (GMT) on 15 September, 2008

I really like this one, too. It's amazing how you can tell it's a tourist just by looking at the knees down ;-)

comment by Aris at 11:09 AM (GMT) on 17 September, 2008

One thing that always strikes me about many of your photos is how sharp and clean they look. Obviously good quality lenses are part of that formula - but having good quality glass myself, I don't seem to be able to achieve that. I suspect alot of this has to do with post-processing and raw conversion. Do your tutorials cover this?