Washing Lady

Vanuatu '97. Some places are still devoid from electricity and life is

much simpler than we know of. This lady wash doing her laundry and

suddenly it began to pour as it can only happen in the Pacific.

 

Thank you for viewing.

fantastic...I like the red color of her dress in the grey atmosphere

very beautiful

Impressive image. Congratulations, you caught the moment. Regards.

What a great image!

Dramatic but real life with a dash of color. Great capture and marvelous PP with impressive outcome. Thanks for sharing.

photo of the month

A strong and expressive image

great shot,congratulatios

Excellent dramatic shot..with lovely p/p work

Amazing. The contrast of colours and monochrome is wonderful. The rocks on the background with the lone woman adds drama to the picture. Great!

Good story, acomplished of an apropiated treatment to enhance the shoot. Well done

Amazing shot!

Simply fantastic!

This looks like an absolute epic shot in the same style as my favourite travel photographer Steve McCurry and his monsoon series. Just love the atmosphere it oozes.

this is so good! well done!

Thanks everyone for your nice comments. Taken during a travel of 2 months through the pacific. This is taken on Tanna Island part of Vanuatu. At that time there was no electricity on the Island besides several diesel generators. It also has a very active vulcano which I visited as well.

 

This is one of my favorite shots ever. This shot is part of a series of 3. The lady started doing her laundry when the weather was still fine. This was take one.

 

Suddenly the sky started to turn pitch dark and the first drops of rain were coming down. She looked up to see what was happening. Take two.

 

It began pouring like it can only happen in the tropics, the lady decided to take advantage of the sweet water from the rain and continued to wash her clothing without taking into consideration her less than comfortable own situation.

 

The camera I used fortunately could weather this, the lens turned out it could not I remember.

That's amazing to see, and very well taken photo. Thanks for sharing.

Different kind of work and very well executed. Lucky catch and great visual effect. I can see cats and dogs... Congrats.

 

Exceptional moment, stunning graphic document. Congratulations, Best wishes. Vicente.

Just so stunning, Ray. Worth sacrificing a lens, I think, for such a special moment. Thanks for sharing

Andrew,

 

Thanks for your comment!

 

 

Armando & Vicente,

 

Thx! Sometimes you need to have a bit of luck to stumble upon a compelling image I guess :)

 

 

Bettie,

 

No worries, the lens lasted for the trip. It fell apart a few weeks later. It wasn't one of the most expensive lenses anyway (AF 28-105/3.5-4.5). Nowadays I use weathersealed lenses but frankly I have never again tried it under these circumstances.

An above average travel shot elevated to the 'Dramatic' category by the rain. Luck favours the prepared! Fine result for your efforts. Too bad about the lens but, judging from this shot, it didn't die in vain. Best, LM.