Reflections & Men at Work. by JeffG7BRJ

Photography • Architecture • posted on Jan 26, 2008

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I had occasion to go down into Manchester City Center on Friday morning, I was taking a family member to a court hearing. This is the side of that court building. It is a strange(to me) building, it consists of all this glass that you see, then another wall of glass, then the side of the building itself. In this image, you can see the window cleaners at work, the two on the right of the image, are cleaning the windows, the one to the left along with one out of shot are moving the walk boards along for the men cleaning the windows on the next tier. First they cleaned the windows facing out then turned round and cleaned the ones behind. I was kept quite amused with their antics whilst waiting. This buidling is at least 14 stories high so you can imagine these lads were very busy, and there for quite a while. I'm still not up to much walking and did not leave the comfort of my car, it was quite windy and with the chill factor was very cold. I took quite a few shots, about 120, some of which I will post in the coming days. Thanks for stopping by for a look see, and for any comments you care to make, CC is most welcome, good or bad. May the sun shine down on you, where ever you are. Please zoom in.

Comments (23)

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Ionel

12:19PM | Sat, 26 January 2008

Excellent capture and interesting building, Jeff!

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SSoffia

12:20PM | Sat, 26 January 2008

WWOOOwwww DEAR JEFF ,AMAZING CAPTURE COLORS & DETAIL !!!!! BRAVO :)

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artaddict2

12:44PM | Sat, 26 January 2008

I want to pick this up and roll a silver ball bearing round it lol. The way the glass walls are built with another inner glass wall is just one enormous amount of double-glazing! must take some cleaning! I'd rather see the glass than all those concrete constructions built in 60's & 70's Manchester has changed so much and incredibly quickly in the last few years, when my brother comes down to see me he doesn't recognise it! Great capture Jeff, you always make everyday stuff interesting!

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stevey3d

2:21PM | Sat, 26 January 2008

Excellent Jeff! Hope you get better soon mate! 5+

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rockstrider

2:43PM | Sat, 26 January 2008

I was looking at the reflections in the glass and if you hadnt pointed them out I might have missed the workmen! Nice capture!!

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Debwhosmiles

3:15PM | Sat, 26 January 2008

Interesting capture for sure~ Hoping sunny days come your way and improved health to enjoy them~

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Kelena

3:34PM | Sat, 26 January 2008

interesting picture:)

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witch_1612

3:36PM | Sat, 26 January 2008

Very Nice!!!

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mickuk50

3:41PM | Sat, 26 January 2008

you know jeff i never think of just parking my car and looking around to see if there is anything worth taking .i must try it as you`ve proved it can be done .excellent mate mick

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timtripp

4:03PM | Sat, 26 January 2008

great image

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mark.spooner

4:18PM | Sat, 26 January 2008

Nice work.

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ledwolorz

5:02PM | Sat, 26 January 2008

Excellent work,

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beachzz

5:51PM | Sat, 26 January 2008

What an amazing sight, funny thing is I JUST got home from working with a friend and most of what we did was wash windows. Thank god there weren't this many!! Great shot, Jeff!!

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jocko500

6:29PM | Sat, 26 January 2008

give it a surreal look to the building. cool shot

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auntietk

6:56PM | Sat, 26 January 2008

What a cool shot! Well seen, my friend. I'm glad you were paying attention and had your camera with you! Excellent work.

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2Loose2Trek

8:28PM | Sat, 26 January 2008

Thanks for the explanation of the reflections ... now it makes sense to moi. Excellent photo.

MrsLubner

11:42PM | Sat, 26 January 2008

awesome and hope you are zipping along at full speed soon.

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huismus

8:37AM | Sun, 27 January 2008

Wonderful capture! Perspective and reflection together work well.

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Richardphotos

10:21AM | Sun, 27 January 2008

very strange indeed but you know governments, no matter the country they splurge taxpayers money on crappy designs,inferior workmanship, and out and out kick backs. a new multi million dollar "state of the art" animal shelter in Dallas that just opened has floors in the holding areas that are lower than the floor drains.now the liquids stands in puddles and the care takers have to use squeegees to force the water to the drains.right after it opened also the employees are in trouble for dragging dogs to the euthanasia room

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