The shoe shot was my vote, it just has a quality to it that I can't describe, but it makes me feel, well, nostalgic or something like that. I wish I could take pictures of static objects like that, I'm a landscape person, and not that good of one either!
Thanks alot, to be honest we were in the middle of a ride and came across the shoe, so the picture was more of a P&S rather then a planned shot.
I don't think that makes it any "less" of an image - I would argue it is a better image since you visualized and realized the potential of the moment and captured it without choreographing it and scads of ancillary gear.