#80 First idea

travelways · June 29, 2011

We had the window washed today and I was prepared with the camera to take some shots of the window washer
viewed trough the wet, soapy glass. This I think is the best of all.

#1

Please tell me what you think

red_zone · June 29, 2011

Great expression. Good action in the shot, the washer guy isn't too far out of focus, the suds are sort of telling the story here... but I'd do a taller, narrower crop to remove the sides of the window.

SeascapeS · June 29, 2011

I think it's great! What rule did you break?

travelways · June 29, 2011

red_zone wrote: »

Great expression. Good action in the shot, the washer guy isn't too far out of focus, the suds are sort of telling the story here... but I'd do a taller, narrower crop to remove the sides of the window.

Thank you Jake,

Here is the cropped version. However to me, this image without showing a little of the window frame doesn't make sense, because it eliminates the context:

#1a

travelways · June 29, 2011

SeascapeS wrote: »

I think it's great! What rule did you break?

Well, the rule of not obscuring the main subject

PS: ... and he's also pretty much in the middle, plus the bolwn-out sky...

SeascapeS · June 29, 2011

I like the cropped version and can easily tell what's going on without the window frame.

richtersl · June 29, 2011

What rule? What soap suds?

travelways · June 29, 2011

richtersl wrote: »

What rule? What soap suds?

All the ladies who saw this image loved the guy

One of them said: " ....send him over to my house when he's done there;)"

hamster · June 29, 2011

I really like this! the crop was a good suggestion, and I'd go with that one.

travelways · June 29, 2011

hamster wrote: »

I really like this! the crop was a good suggestion, and I'd go with that one.

I was amazed to see that it's actually better, too

Thank you Jake again

Thank you hamster and Sandy

PedalGirl · June 29, 2011

Yea!!! Send him over to my place when he's done... hot hot hot!!

ic4u · June 29, 2011

I'm liking this shot. The cropped one is more appealing to me as well!

richtersl · June 30, 2011

ic4u wrote: »

I'm liking this shot. The cropped one is more appealing to me as well!

travelways · June 30, 2011

Thank you "PedalGirl", Karin and Linda

Oh, I took so many shots of this guy, I can make an album

Here is another I like:

#2

But I have some other ideas to experiment with these coming days

SeascapeS · June 30, 2011

Oh - I like this one too! Did he know you were taking his picture?

travelways · June 30, 2011

SeascapeS wrote: »

Oh - I like this one too! Did he know you were taking his picture?

Thank you Sandy.

He saw me of course, but I had the feeling that he thought that somehow I was part of (or hired by) the condominium association, because I noticed an unusual attention to details in what he was doing (not so common)

WhatSheSaw · July 1, 2011

I like #2 better! Lots of rules broken there - focus, grain, not eye level, not quite straight - and very effective.

dlscott56 · July 2, 2011

Tatiana I think #2 is better as well. Almost looks as though nothing is in focus and yet is a very interesting shot.

travelways · July 2, 2011

Thank you WhatSheSaw and Dave

janissima · July 2, 2011

I have a photo of a cowboy window washer, but it was from a couple of years ago. If we tried, we could have a set of Village People...

VisualXpressions · July 5, 2011

I like the first window washer shot the best... nice capture, the broken rule works quite well in this shot.

kdotaylor · July 5, 2011

I like the first one better, too.

travelways · July 6, 2011

Thank you VisualXpressions and Kate.

I'm trying to come up with something more artistic, but If I cannot I'll go with this - I like like it best so far too

#80 First idea

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