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The Squeegee Guys
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Challenge: Street Photography III (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: People
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Nikon
Location: Baltimore, MD
Date: Oct 26, 2008
Aperture: f/6.3
ISO: 500
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Urban, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Oct 26, 2008

 Tough way to make money, but I see them in a lot of East Coast cities, hanging out at stoplights and often starting to clean your windshield without being asked in hopes that you'll pay them anyway. The fellow back there in the camoflauge looks like he's rather insolently leaning on that car in expectation of a payoff (either to clean the windshield or just go away). Happily, we were passing on a cross street and didn't get "serviced."

I don't usually shoot people, much less people I don't know, and I've never shot in B&W before, so this is all kind of a big unknown for me. Plus I'm guessing there are folks who have never encountered a squeegee guy and will have no clue what this shot is about ;-)

PP - straightened, cropped, lightened a bit of tree in the upper right foreground, burnt a little where it looked oddly pale (could have been dirt on the car window I shot through), increased contrast, blurred backgroiund trees a bit more, added border, resized, sharpened.

Statistics
Place: 124 out of 146
Avg (all users): 4.9578
Avg (commenters): 5.5714
Avg (participants): 4.9630
Avg (non-participants): 4.9554
Views since voting: 813
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Votes: 166
Comments: 8
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Sigma DP1x
11/02/2008 09:29:34 PM
A bit more contrast to bring them out of the shadowy background would have added impact. Great capture all the same. I'll be curious to hear where this is.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/02/2008 10:02:44 AM
Hard way to make a living. A tighter crop on the guy in the white, and a black and white conversion that isn't so dark might help make this a stronger story.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D810
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 11/02/2008 09:02:44 AM
These guys drive me crazy ... good capture
edit help ... Up the levels slightly and tweek the contrast a tad
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
 11/01/2008 12:45:10 AM
interesting scene. even with that brand new car, i feel like i'm being taken back to the 30 years. i wish i got more feeling from he subjects
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 10/31/2008 09:12:15 PM
Meets Challenge:2
Technical:2
Interestingness:2
Creativity:
TOTAL: 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/28/2008 04:11:38 PM
I always find these guys just a bit unnerving - like if you don't want them to squeegee your window, how do you indicate that? This shot is just a tad dark for me - I find myself wanting to be able to see a bit more.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 10/28/2008 11:02:48 AM
the use of grayscale makes this photo stand out
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2
Panasonic Lumix 20mm f1.7 ASPH
 10/28/2008 12:42:38 AM
Subjects (squeegee guys) aren't visually distinct enough from the background. Try some burning & dodging to draw attention to them.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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