Locks of love

© Tiia Vissak

Locks of love

Uploaded: June 28, 2011 00:03:58

Description

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

Comments

Barbara Waldoch June 28, 2011

Cool custom and capture, Tiia! #1388605

Avril Young June 28, 2011

wow, what a great idea, cool capture Tiia and find!! #9491109

Tammy M. Anderson level-deluxe June 28, 2011

Great custom and capture, Tiia. #9491138

Michelle Alton June 28, 2011

What a wonderful tradition and a great composition and presentation, Tiia. #9491146

Douglas Pignet June 28, 2011

great story and capture #9491147

Gord MacEachern June 28, 2011

What a great find and capture Tiia, well done!! #9491172

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe June 28, 2011

Cool close-up capture Tiia!! #9491213

Tiia Vissak June 28, 2011

Thanks!

Tiia #9491290

Jack Gaskin June 28, 2011

Cool Find & Custom.
So hows the DIVORCE rate in Riga ???

Happy Shooting
JAck #9491399

Alan L. Borror June 28, 2011

Wonderful image and custom, Tiia! Jack is funny this morning. #9491418

Heather Loewenhardt level-classic June 28, 2011

Wow what a neat tradition and a great closeup view of the locks Tila. #9491770

Tiia 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.

Tiia #9491795

Martha R. Mazon level-classic June 28, 2011

What an interesting tradition! You captured it perfectly. #9491975

Ellen Hodges June 28, 2011

Love the dof in this outstanding capture, Tiia!! #9492106

Bojan Bencic level-classic June 28, 2011

Great capture, Tiia. Excellent use of shallow DOF. #9492177

Tiia Vissak June 28, 2011

Thanks!

Tiia #9492222

Mike Clime June 28, 2011

A cool find, Tiia! #9492424

Rony Sagy June 28, 2011

S0 beautiful. #9492450

Millie A. Talarico level-classic June 28, 2011

Great capture and info, Tiia! #9492559

Ann Coates level-classic June 28, 2011

What a fantastic custom. I hope it works. Excellent image here Tiia. #9492730

Tammy Espino June 28, 2011

A great tradition and fantastic capture!! :) #9492812

Ron McEwan June 28, 2011

Great find, great shot, interesting and a great tradition. #9492905

David Phalen June 28, 2011

Cool find and capture!! Love the back story!! #9493134

Patrick Rouzes level-classic June 28, 2011

Was hoping this was not the door to your house, Tiia! LOL
A fantastic find & superb capture of it, my friend!
I like it! #9493183

Robert K. Bemus level-classic June 28, 2011

Great tradition...wonderful comp, Tiia!! #9493554

Tiia Vissak June 28, 2011

Thanks a lot!

Tiia #9493574

Mary Dimitriw level-deluxe June 29, 2011

Cool comp Tiia! What a really neat tradition. #9495708

Tiia Vissak June 29, 2011

Thanks!

Tiia #9496000


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