Locks of love [Eastern Europe Photography]
Uploaded: June 28, 2011 00:03:58
I took it last week in Riga, Latvia, cropped & adjusted curves.
In Riga, just married couples have a custom to secure a lock & throw the key away, so they'll also stay together forever.
Exif: F Number: 5, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/100 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 500, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 77.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 7D
Barbara Waldoch June 28, 2011
Cool custom and capture, Tiia! #1388605Avril Young June 28, 2011
wow, what a great idea, cool capture Tiia and find!! #9491109Tammy M. Anderson June 28, 2011
Great custom and capture, Tiia. #9491138Michelle Alton June 28, 2011
What a wonderful tradition and a great composition and presentation, Tiia. #9491146Douglas Pignet June 28, 2011
great story and capture #9491147Gord MacEachern June 28, 2011
What a great find and capture Tiia, well done!! #9491172Jeff Robinson June 28, 2011
Cool close-up capture Tiia!! #9491213Tiia Vissak June 28, 2011
Thanks!Tiia #9491290
Jack Gaskin June 28, 2011
Cool Find & Custom.Happy Shooting
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Alan L. Borror June 28, 2011
Wonderful image and custom, Tiia! Jack is funny this morning. #9491418Heather Loewenhardt June 28, 2011
Wow what a neat tradition and a great closeup view of the locks Tila. #9491770Tiia Vissak June 28, 2011
Thanks a lot!I don't know the exact divorce rate, but all couples don't follow this tradition, either. I also don't know if couples following this tradition divorce more or less frequently than others... it would be an interesting research topic.
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Martha R. Mazon June 28, 2011
What an interesting tradition! You captured it perfectly. #9491975Ellen Hodges June 28, 2011
Love the dof in this outstanding capture, Tiia!! #9492106Bojan Bencic June 28, 2011
Great capture, Tiia. Excellent use of shallow DOF. #9492177Tiia Vissak June 28, 2011
Thanks!Tiia #9492222
Mike Clime June 28, 2011
A cool find, Tiia! #9492424Rony Sagy June 28, 2011
S0 beautiful. #9492450Millie A. Talarico June 28, 2011
Great capture and info, Tiia! #9492559Ann Coates June 28, 2011
What a fantastic custom. I hope it works. Excellent image here Tiia. #9492730Tammy Espino June 28, 2011
A great tradition and fantastic capture!! :) #9492812Ron McEwan June 28, 2011
Great find, great shot, interesting and a great tradition. #9492905David Phalen June 28, 2011
Cool find and capture!! Love the back story!! #9493134Patrick Rouzes June 28, 2011
Was hoping this was not the door to your house, Tiia! LOLRobert K. Bemus June 28, 2011
Great tradition...wonderful comp, Tiia!! #9493554Tiia Vissak June 28, 2011
Thanks a lot!Tiia #9493574
Mary Dimitriw June 29, 2011
Cool comp Tiia! What a really neat tradition. #9495708Tiia Vissak June 29, 2011
Thanks!Tiia #9496000
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