Locked in love Photo

Photographer’s Note

Love is different in Riga... on a number of occasions I saw a boy present a waiting girl with a red rose to mark the start of their date. In England such a thing is practically unheard of, unless the day of the year is St Valentine's Day.

This bridge, which crosses into the old town, is covered with locks. In Latvia when a couple get married they lock the lock to the bridge and throw away the key... a sentimental way of saying that the marriage is there to last!

Happy Easter everybody.

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keanfan (696) 2006-04-16 11:19

Expressions of love can vary, and you've managed to capture one such variation. It's a simple shot, but very well done it is!

Erwinf (584) 2006-04-16 14:09

Romantic idea to show the love to each other!

rbcy1974 (20742) 2006-04-17 9:24

Hello Lewis,

Reallyy nice and graphical shot.^ Really nice use of bokeh and nice interaction of the objects.
Regards
Daneil

Fixfocus (9377) 2006-04-17 9:34

Hi Lewis,
What a great custom,I´ve never heard of it before! I whonder what they do with the locks when the bridge gets painted..
Excellent use of the telezoom the shallow dof is perfect.
Greetings,
Hermann

pridel (233) 2006-04-17 15:39

Hi Lewis
great an graphical photo "high quality". I like it very much. and the note is astonishing :-)
Pascal

donluicu (23927) 2006-04-22 6:00

Hi Lewis
great pic, lot of meaning..and fantastic use of the short dof..
bravo

*keep sharing*
loic
www.donluicu.book.fr

mpr (327) 2006-06-05 23:45

Hi Lewis

What a great shot. I think many would have walked by and not noticed this profound gesture. You framed this composition well and I like how the locks blur in the background. Nice use of a shallow DOF!

Mike

Photo Information

Copyright: Lewis Thompson (lewiz) (1293)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-04-04
Categories: Ceremony, Artwork
Camera: Nikon D70s, AF Zoom-Nikkor ED 80-200mm f/2.8D, Digital RAW, HOYA 77mm UV
Exposure: f/11, 1/400 seconds
More Photo Info: view
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-04-16 11:04