Washing the bus, a photo from Poitou-Charentes, Ouest

Photographer's Note

Guerrilla street artist holds up the traffic, Rue Lebascles, Poitiers, Vienne.

I took a group of Media students to Futuroscope, and we stayed in the centre of Poitiers, as on a previous visit we had stayed in one of the hotels on-site, and had been bored to death in the evenings. (The "town" that has grown up around Futuroscope is completely soulless.)

Poitiers, on the other hand, was vibrant and beautiful, with a large student population. I guess that the hero of this situation was a student, though thankfully, not one of ours!

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dekanski (7671) 2013-02-28 2:11 [Comment]

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DINOZOR (16452) 2013-02-28 3:00

Hello Will,

Bravo pour la capture de cette scène très amusante.
On sait rigoler à Poitiers!
Cordialement.

mjw364 (1466) 2013-02-28 6:57

Hello Will

Great moment captured here. This made me laugh and then I got depressed because this is what happens when you pull up at th elights in Birmingham whether you like it or not! Does my head in! If I need my windows cleaning I use my screenwash and wipers - they are free!

TFS

Mike

No_One (4) 2013-02-28 11:22

Hi Will,
What a bizarre and amusing scene, looks like spidermans mum has found her calling. Really nicely composed and a really great image.
Cheers
Noel

fabbs99 (17179) 2013-02-28 21:36

Hello Will,

At the first glance it seems that the lady is try to catch the bus on the move; Only a hard looks show that she is cleaning the windscreen.Truly an interesting shot.TFS.

Cheers
Farhat

bayno (18348) 2013-03-02 20:13

Ciao Will,
wonderful street and funny scene, perfect timing and framing, clear details and nice colors too...tank you for your kind comment...
greetings from India...
Valter

ACL1978 (7511) 2013-03-03 9:06

Certainly not something you see every day here, Will! I can't imagine the passengers and other motorists were too pleased, but you got a wonderful and happy shot out of it! Good opportunity made perfect use of here. Thanks!

Andrew

wolf38 (30) 2013-03-05 7:31

Hi Will. I look at the photo with a lot of pleasure. Everyday life does not have to be boring when you have funny ideas. In this sense, I applaud the resourceful students. Nice that you have photographed this amazing scene.
Rgds, Wolfgang.

jemaflor (135484) 2013-03-09 0:34

Hi Will,
Funny and original photo, well captured, good contrast with all these colors, tfs.

annjackman (23019) 2013-03-09 0:39

Hello Will,
I love this. A wonderful bit of street photography caught at a fabulous momemnt. I have never seen this sort of screen washing activity before - very enterprising! The red bus and the colourful clothes and cleaning gear stand out so well aganist the grey BG.
A picture that has made me smile this Saturday morning.
Best wishes, Ann

Juzo (3031) 2013-03-09 6:21

Hi Will,
This has brought a smile to my face, always the moment matters and this one is almost surreal. Great expression by this student.
Cheers
Justin

COSTANTINO (104245) 2013-03-12 7:12

Hello
nice shot the right timing with this
lovely photo of street scenery,
great moment captured here
regards
have a nice evening
Costantino

macjake (96157) 2013-04-25 10:20

Hi Will
is that for real! my god, crazy people I tell ya!
funny thing...i like how the broom is extended out on the far right, i know its just a simple element, but its effective.
the other funny subject are the clothes this person is wearing, do they know its not 1975!
cool shot
cheers
craig

finlay (1585) 2013-05-17 0:44

Will

I am sure this must breach health and safety regulations, but as a amusing capture of street life it's fantastic. Well captured.

Finlay

kludwig20 (437) 2014-01-21 10:22

You've seen and captured something great here and funny. I actually laughed out loud when I first saw this one. It's not too uncommon to see people washing windows on cars but this is slightly more enthusiastic. Anyway, good composition and light, a polarizer would have been great to see the bus driver's expression! Either way great shot, thanks for the laugh.