Wash day, Cellardyke, Fife

[Daisy Mae]

Laundry drying in the evening sun along the harbour at cellardyke in Fife, Scotland...just as it has for centuries.

Something most pleasing about it as a tradition.


All C&C welcome.

[Dave Humphries]

Nicely observed and captured Sharon

[bnnrcn]

Very nice image Sharon

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured, the lighting has a classical feel to it.

[flashback]

I think this is great, quite a change from what I've (we've) come to expect. And so perfectly captured.

[dabhand]

Laundry drying in the evening sun along the harbour at cellardyke in Fife, Scotland...just as it has for centuries.
Something most pleasing about it as a tradition.

All C&C welcome.

Super image - and those ropes can be the devil when you're walking home at night without a light !

steve

[Haver Lemez]

Great photo Sharon!

[Brownbear]

Gorgeous image. The lighting is exquisite!

It is very helpful and indeed inspiring to see how one can photograph a laundry line and create a beautiful image. Thank you for sharing.

[John 2]

+1 to all that's been said Sharon and the sepia is particularly appropriate.

[ied]

Simplicity is beautiful!

Irene

[Rita]

Beautiful image. I really like the lighting in this one.

[wlou]

Great lighting, sepia is perfect for this image. One would expect a renaissance lass come out to retrieve the laundry.

[ajsmith]

Beautiful, a timeless photo.

[FootLoose]

Tricky lighting, Sharon, I like the affect of the sunflare, I think it adds to the industrial era atmosphere of the shot. Whose washing is it? People who live on the boats in the harbour, or nearbye residents? I was surprised to see bed sheets hanging from the mast of a boat in the local harbour a few weeks back. I thought the crew must have encountered bad weather at sea. I later realised that there is a single guy living on the boat.

[Daisy Mae]

Tricky lighting, Sharon, I like the affect of the sunflare, I think it adds to the industrial era atmosphere of the shot. Whose washing is it? People who live on the boats in the harbour, or nearbye residents? I was surprised to see bed sheets hanging from the mast of a boat in the local harbour a few weeks back. I thought the crew must have encountered bad weather at sea. I later realised that there is a single guy living on the boat.

Thanks Greg......it seems to be ( and always have been ) some sort of traditional 'right' that the residents can hang their washing all along the harbour wall. I think those displayed are from the local hotel.