[Walker]

I took pictures of my son doing some boogie board surfing today. This photo has me perplexed. What is going on here? There is no digital messing around with this photo (except general brightness adjustment). Why does his foot appear to be coming out in the water in front of him, and why is it so big??

http://homepage.mac.com/lwalker/.Pictures/weirdfoot.jpg

[Albert Pujols]

Here is a simple explanation, some old dude has dived right in front of your son, and you didn't notice him doing it.

[demograph68]

Because he's a freak?

[Rev-O]

Dude, you never noticed this when you were like buying him shoes or anything?

[Walker]

Originally posted by demograph68:
Because he's a freak?

Very funny. Better hope we don't meet in person.

[demograph68]

Originally posted by Walker:
Very funny. Better hope we don't meet in person.

Is that a threat? Bring it on!

[Albert Pujols]

Originally posted by demograph68:
Is that a threat? Bring it on!

Hmm..

Just make sure you document this fight and post pictures in the lounge.

[Xeo]

It's a left foot too, which makes it all the weird that it looks like it's in front of him and to his right.

[CharlesS]

Originally posted by Albert Pujols:
Hmm..

Just make sure you document this fight and post pictures in the lounge.

"I took pictures of myself doing some kicking demograph68's ass today. This photo has me perplexed. What is going on here? There is no digital messing around with this photo (except general brightness adjustment). Why does my fist appear to be coming out of demograph68, and why is it so big??"

[Walker]

Originally posted by Albert Pujols:
Here is a simple explanation, some old dude has dived right in front of your son, and you didn't notice him doing it.

I wish it were that simple, but my there wasn't anyone else near my son during this picture. It's definitely his left foot.

He does have big feet for his age (size 12), but this picture makes it look even bigger.

[demograph68]

Size 12?

[Walker]

Originally posted by Xeo:
It's a left foot too, which makes it all the weird that it looks like it's in front of him and to his right.

Agreed. The fact that it is his left foot really makes this odd.

Could the digital camera be the culprit here? I took this picture with a Canon digital rebel and it's always been a great camera. I don't know how digital cameras work (or analog cameras for that matter) but something went wrong.

[Demonhood]

your son found part of a leg floating in the ocean and was bringing it back to show you.

duh.

[Albert Pujols]

Originally posted by demograph68:
Size 12?

[Eriamjh]

The disembodied foot that strangled people?

Sorry... That was a hand (Calvin & Hobbes).

[Apple Pro Underwear]

are you f*cking with us man?


if you shopped that photo i'm gonna kick some ass

[rjenkinson]

Originally posted by Walker:
Very funny. Better hope we don't meet in prison.

fixed.

-r.

[nredman]

Originally posted by Walker:
I wish it were that simple, but my there wasn't anyone else near my son during this picture. It's definitely his left foot.

He does have big feet for his age (size 12), but this picture makes it look even bigger.

damn i wear size 12 shoes...your son has got to be some kind mutant. just kidding...kind of a freaky picture though i must agree

[amsalpemkcus]

Looks like it was lunch time for one great white.

[dreilly1]

I don't see the big deal here. His body is turned at his waist, and his foot is sticking up behind him. It looks like it's in front of him because there's some surf in front of him which dies down right where the foot sticks out. It makes it look like the foot is in front of the wave, but it isn't.

As to why his foot is so big, it probably has something to do with the size of his dad's feet. But you probably knew that already.

[Cody Dawg]

It's obviously NOT your son's foot. Maybe someone was diving or swimming, that's all.

[JustAnOl'Broad]

Originally posted by Walker:
I took pictures of my son doing some boogie board surfing today. This photo has me perplexed. What is going on here? There is no digital messing around with this photo (except general brightness adjustment). Why does his foot appear to be coming out in the water in front of him, and why is it so big??

http://homepage.mac.com/lwalker/.Pictures/weirdfoot.jpg

You really have waves like that in South Dakota?
P~

[sugar_coated]

Leg shaped buoy can cause alarm.

[Walker]

I swear that I have not done any photoshop magic on this picture, except the brightness/contrast (even that didn't turn out very well). I have size 13 feet, and I imagine my son will pass me within the next year or 2. I wish it were true, the old saying about guys with big feet--only thing I've found out is that we require big shoes. (13 is really not that big anyway).

I wish we had waves like this in South Dakota (although we do have snow drifts larger than these waves). For the year of 2005 my family is living in Warrnambool, Australia. Quite the change from South Dakota, for sure. Gotta hand it to the Aussies, they've got a beautiful country and friendly people. We miss South Dakota, but not the winters.

I could accept dreilly1's explanation if it were his right foot coming out of the water. With it being his left foot I don't think his body could twist around that far.

[Disgruntled Head of C-3PO]

Ya it totally looks like some shark just had a snack and the leftovers are floating next to your kid.

[Apple Pro Underwear]

Originally posted by Walker:
I could accept dreilly1's explanation if it were his right foot coming out of the water. With it being his left foot I don't think his body could twist around that far.

i think you you're messing with us. that's your kid's friend or something taking a dive.

thats why your kid is looking at it's direction.

[SimpleLife]

looks like a dolphin leaping out in the air.

no wait...

That's Cinderella's foot!

[wdlove]

Nice picture, but the foot looks like it belongs to someone else.

[Walker]

Originally posted by Apple Pro Underwear:
i think you you're messing with us. that's your kid's friend or something taking a dive.

thats why your kid is looking at it's direction.

I can understand your skepticism. Photoshop manipulation seems like the only logical explanation for this picture. I wish there were some way I could prove that I haven't done anything like that (are there any photoshop gurus here that can help me with this?). The reason he is looking in my direction is because he knew I was taking pictures of him and he'd just missed a wave.

I do have the picture that I took just before the "weirdfoot" photo. It doesn't really explain the "weirdfoot" but it pretty much shows that there wasn't anyone else near him when I took the picture.

Here it is:

http://homepage.mac.com/lwalker/.Pic...ightbefore.jpg

[rozwado1]

His foot is ridiculously huge in the right before photo too. His body's just contorted in the first one.

[E's Lil Theorem]

Originally posted by Apple Pro Underwear:
are you f*cking with us man?


if you shopped that photo i'm gonna kick some ass

Get in line; demograph68 is first

Anyway, like some other folks said, it's most likely some other dude's foot.

[Apple Pro Underwear]

Originally posted by Walker:

http://homepage.mac.com/lwalker/.Pic...ightbefore.jpg

if you look closely, your kid's foot in this picture is bigger than his head

i'm starting to think your kid just has a huge foot.


congratulations, grand children should come shortly

[MilkmanDan]

Originally posted by Walker:
I swear that I have not done any photoshop magic on this picture, except the brightness/contrast (even that didn't turn out very well). I have size 13 feet, and I imagine my son will pass me within the next year or 2. I wish it were true, the old saying about guys with big feet--only thing I've found out is that we require big shoes. (13 is really not that big anyway).

I wish we had waves like this in South Dakota (although we do have snow drifts larger than these waves). For the year of 2005 my family is living in Warrnambool, Australia. Quite the change from South Dakota, for sure. Gotta hand it to the Aussies, they've got a beautiful country and friendly people. We miss South Dakota, but not the winters.

I could accept dreilly1's explanation if it were his right foot coming out of the water. With it being his left foot I don't think his body could twist around that far.

I'm so sorry to hear that you live in South Dakota. At least I live in SIoux FAlls man.... poor poor guy.

[mrtew]

Originally posted by Walker:
This photo has me perplexed. What is going on here? There is no digital messing around with this photo (except general brightness adjustment). Why does his foot appear to be coming out in the water in front of him, and why is it so big??

http://homepage.mac.com/lwalker/.Pictures/weirdfoot.jpg

It's just the flattening of perspective caused by the major zoom lens and cropping. The eye expects more distant objects to appear smaller and when they don't because of lens flattening they come off looking bigger. You see it in shots of cars taken with zoom lenses all the time where the tires that are further away look twice the size of the closer ones. It's also the reason that the moon looks so big near the horizon even though it actually appears exactly the same size as when above... you expect objects such as planes and birds ther to look tiny so the moon looks huge.

[RAILhead]

I feel nauseated...

[i_rooster]

shark bait.

[CharlesS]

Originally posted by MilkmanDan:
I'm so sorry to hear that you live in South Dakota. At least I live in SIoux FAlls man.... poor poor guy.

Sioux Falls is in South Dakota.

[keekeeree]

Originally posted by CharlesS:


Sioux Falls is in South Dakota.

Being formerly from and having lived most of my life in South Dakota, including working in Sioux Falls for a number of years, perhaps I can explain MilkmanDan's statement. Sioux Falls is South Dakota's largest "city"...population 150,000. The next largest "city" in South Dakota is about 60,000. Most of the towns in South Dakota are rural communities with populations under 10,000. People who grow-up and work their entire lives in Sioux Falls tend to feel they really aren't part of South Dakota. They think they're city-folk and a lot never learned any appreciation for the simplicity and beauty of South Dakota. I was almost one of them. When I was growning up, all I ever wanted to do was get out of South Dakota to move to the big city.

Funny thing is that now that I have an appreciation for what South Dakota has to offer, I moved to a big city

Anyway, in a nutshell, that's some of the dynamics of my homestate's demographics. Every state and city has them, as I'm discovering in Cleveland.

[keekeeree]

Originally posted by mrtew:
It's just the flattening of perspective caused by the major zoom lens and cropping...

Yup, it's called perspective compression.

When I first looked at the photo, I thought it was somebody elses foot. But after looking at the second photo posted, and the big foot your son has, keeping perspective compression in mind, I think it's your son's foot.

[Walker]

Thank you keekeeree & mrtew. I knew there had to be some logical explanation. I'm glad you solved the mystery!

I live in Vermillion, which is close enough for me to enjoy the "city" of Sioux Falls. I love South Dakota, but have to admit that Australia is just about as close to paradise as one can get.

lw

[Albert Pujols]

with feet like that, your son could be a great swimmer.

How to make big money $$$$
1. Send him to swimming lessons.
2. Get him to join a team.
3. Wait for someone to notice his large feet.
4. Gold Bond foot powder commercials
5. $$$$$$$

[malvolio]

Originally posted by Walker:
I could accept dreilly1's explanation if it were his right foot coming out of the water. With it being his left foot I don't think his body could twist around that far.

Sure it could, kids are incredibly flexible.
I think he has just kicked up his left leg so high behind him, that his left foot is actually sticking out over his right shoulder. The apparent huge size is an optical illusion caused by the unexpected closeness of the foot and head.
Simple.

[analogika]

Originally posted by Walker:
Australia is just about as close to paradise as one can get.

Ah - you haven't been to New Zealand yet, then?

[CharlesS]

Originally posted by keekeeree:
Being formerly from and having lived most of my life in South Dakota, including working in Sioux Falls for a number of years, perhaps I can explain MilkmanDan's statement. Sioux Falls is South Dakota's largest "city"...population 150,000. The next largest "city" in South Dakota is about 60,000. Most of the towns in South Dakota are rural communities with populations under 10,000.

Yep, I grew up in Sioux Falls, so I kind of understand this

People who grow-up and work their entire lives in Sioux Falls tend to feel they really aren't part of South Dakota. They think they're city-folk and a lot never learned any appreciation for the simplicity and beauty of South Dakota. I was almost one of them. When I was growning up, all I ever wanted to do was get out of South Dakota to move to the big city.

Heh, I can empathize with that too.

Funny thing is that now that I have an appreciation for what South Dakota has to offer

Lots and lots and lots of really, really ultra-religious people, the likes of which the rest of the non-South Dakota world have never experienced since the Crusades!

When I was a kid, my parents would get offended by such horribly evil games as the original Legend of Zelda, Dark Castle, and, uh, Zork because... they had magic in them... and let's not go into TV shows they'd censor.

[DeathMan]

Anyone watch Craig Ferguson on the late late show?

I love how he says South Dakota.