bluechameleon
fly on the wall
Posted by bluechameleon (Vancouver, Canada) on 11 March 2009 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
"He is now rising from affluence to poverty."
-- Mark Twain
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Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
Perfect title and what a great composition!!! I love the lines!
11 Mar 2009 5:15am
Jean-François from Les Issambres, France
félicitations pour ce cliché fabuleux ! ...................................... quelle photo !
11 Mar 2009 6:06am
Paco Díaz from Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Very good composition, lines, lights and shadows work very well, and the human figure is the key.
11 Mar 2009 6:13am
Lydie et Roland from BESANCON, France
Very good composition, and a so good B&W work !
11 Mar 2009 6:26am
Olivier Jules from Lanciano, Italy
interesting composition! nice black and white capture
11 Mar 2009 6:36am
Mike from Lichfield, United Kingdom
Great symmetry in your photo and nice composition.
11 Mar 2009 6:49am
Craig@Random Ramblings from Herts, United Kingdom
The words of Paul Weller's song spring to mind "Uhh, and in spite of it all, Oh, I look at me so small
And compared to it all, I'm a fly on the wall"......I digress, this makes me nervous just looking at it! Awesome B&W shot.
11 Mar 2009 7:27am
Angel from Madrid, Spain
Magnificent. Stopping and black, as always, excellent. Balanced well. Well view, the detail of the cleaner.
Greetings
11 Mar 2009 8:31am
Alivia from Saint-Etienne, France
comme un oiseau perdu dans le graphisme des lignes en B&W .. super compo, bravo
11 Mar 2009 8:55am
Mathilde from Fontainebleau, France
Superbe capture! Very god composition! impressionnant!!!
11 Mar 2009 8:58am
DenisSm from Prague, Czech Republic
i like compo of this architecture shot ..or portratit of worker :-)...very nice.
11 Mar 2009 10:06am
Peter Miller from Lichfield, United Kingdom
Super image, almost like looking at someone crawling along the ground
11 Mar 2009 10:20am
Charles from New York, United States
Cool composition. Love the lines. The black and white really captures the silhouettes well. Beautiful shot.
11 Mar 2009 10:34am
Marcie from United States
WOW! Love the graphic simplicity...the composition. Great eye!!!
11 Mar 2009 11:22am
Cheryl from Texas, United States
WOW, this is terriffic! I love your title also, perfect!
11 Mar 2009 11:47am
mo.langel from Courtelary, Switzerland
Excellent graphisme! Superbe avec cette silhouette en pleine suspension! J'aime!!!!
11 Mar 2009 12:25pm
Marie-Hélène Ammor from Casablanca/Paris, Morocco
Beautiful graphic composition !
11 Mar 2009 1:05pm
Ajay from Pune, India
First, we make glass buildings and then we need someone to clean the glass. We know how to keep ourselves busy. But a great observation and brilliant framing.
11 Mar 2009 1:45pm
sherri from Little Rock, United States
Now there's a job I could never do. Love the lines in this....and speaking of lines I can't believe he doesn't have a scaffold.
11 Mar 2009 3:00pm
Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada
Looks like he's in a world of his own, great find sweetie :)
11 Mar 2009 3:12pm
hugo poon from hong kong, Hong Kong
Amazing catch Sharon! Such beautiful framing and composition!! Love both the title and quote!:-)
11 Mar 2009 3:31pm
Steve Rice from Olympia, United States
Beautiful image. Great framing and silhouette.
11 Mar 2009 3:36pm
Andy from United States
Love the lines, great in b&w! Looks like a dangerous job!
11 Mar 2009 4:10pm
António Pires from Lisbon, Portugal
The lines, the order. And then the violation of the order, the man-fly.
11 Mar 2009 5:14pm
grouser from Ludlow, United Kingdom
How to give window cleaning that frisson of interest
Nicely almost abstract
11 Mar 2009 5:25pm
Liang from San Francisco, United States
working hard, but be careful up there! awesome composition!
11 Mar 2009 5:30pm
Spacefrog from ORLEANS, France
Quel travail. Il ne faut pas se décourager... J'aime beaucoup le graphisme des lignes et les reflets. Par contre, j'aurais trop le vertige pour enfiler le harnais à la place de cette personne.
11 Mar 2009 5:54pm
Tracey from Maryland, United States
Yikes! That scares the peadads out of me! Excellent capture.
11 Mar 2009 6:17pm
ben from Toulouse, France
Le jeu de lignes est bien rendu, la compo aussi avec le personnage décalé. Dommage que la symétrie des lignes ne soit pas parfaite (décalage entre la gauche et la droite)
11 Mar 2009 6:56pm
Viewfinder from Bradenton, FL, United States
I think Mark Twain must have had this current economy in mind with that old quote.
11 Mar 2009 7:49pm
Stef67 from in my head, France
métier de fou mais fait avec tant de grâce, capture extra du moment ^^
11 Mar 2009 7:52pm
Krims@nline.be from Wemmel, Belgium
Get it off, get it off ... stunning capture, excellent composition ... well done!
11 Mar 2009 8:01pm
EYES WIDE SHUT from United Kingdom
Whoah! Rather them than me ha ha
Great shot, sharon
11 Mar 2009 8:20pm
Polydactyle from Montreal, Canada
Nice! This is a scary job! Excellent captation and composition. The human figure contrast with the straight lines of the buildings. Excellent.
11 Mar 2009 8:22pm
Marco Marques from lisboa, Portugal
Risky job. Nice pic. Thanks for your comment.
11 Mar 2009 8:27pm
Peggy M. from somewhere in, France
A brilliant photography and which gives the dizziness!
A very beautiful image
11 Mar 2009 8:35pm
Evita from Canada
Wouldn't want that job... just a little too adventurous for me ;)
Great capture and composition!
11 Mar 2009 9:10pm
peter from new york, United States
such a well composed shot! i'm not sure that a window cleaner is something i'd ever do ahah! great capture : )
11 Mar 2009 9:31pm
daina from New York, United States
The intricate human figure in contrast to the simple glass grid - this could be a macro of a "fly on the wall" It puts the human being in perspective and in relation to the modern world.
11 Mar 2009 10:37pm
john4jack from Corvallis, United States
Outstanding capture! The lines make the person even more dramatic! Well done!
11 Mar 2009 10:45pm
Pixim from Nice, France
A geometry supplements by these solid horizontal bases crossed by these light vertical lines. And integrated into all that, this poor fellow in full activity hung as it can with these two lines which seem fragile Bravo ;)
11 Mar 2009 11:05pm
Suzanne from Huntington Bch, California, United States
That's a really cool image and the title is perfect.
11 Mar 2009 11:13pm
grant from kansas city, United States
i love the light on those windows. (this job would scare the &#@*% out of me.)
11 Mar 2009 11:57pm
613photo from United States
That's a gig I think I'd love to have. And I'd probably quit after my first day. I lived in a 14 story building once, and even at that height it's always windy. I can't imagine what it would be like 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 floors up.
I see this photo as man serving technology. It feels creepy and futuristic to me. Great shot.
12 Mar 2009 12:25am
Sidney from Manila, Philippines
That is a lot of work...he must feel quite lonely up there...
Nice composition.
12 Mar 2009 12:58am
Cricket-Tammy from United States
Oh this one makes me nervous. I would not make it past the first floor. Great shot.
12 Mar 2009 1:36am
Ivar from Indianapolis, United States
Great shot, has a great dramatic feel to it... nice work, and as 613 touched onto it surprises me that no one has come up with a way to do this without humans hanging several hundred feet above ground :)
12 Mar 2009 1:45am
John Maslowski from Dallas, PA, United States
You definitely know how to frame your shots Sharon. Superb composition, love the lines, lighting and dark contrasts. Excellent work as usual.
12 Mar 2009 2:39am
Zing from Hamilton, New Zealand
Top shot! Beautiful composition, love all the lines.
12 Mar 2009 5:15am
Tom Sheehan from Norwell, United States
I'm glag he's up there and not me. :( This image is captured and framed so well Sharon. H and V lines are perfectly placed, and the window washer being there just off set everything, is just right. Nice. :)
15 Mar 2009 2:27pm
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