Brooms

[Antonio Correia]

I am trying to make a collection of 6 photographs of... brooms. Yes, brooms. In the Orient we see many brooms in many different places and I started to look at them with more attention than before.
However, I have just a few as I was only aware of them lately.
Here are some. It doesn't matter where they were, they all share the same purpose: to sweep

[Shadowman]

Has a nice diagonal but other than that nothing special, needs a bit of shadow to set it apart from the drab background/base.

[Donald]

I am wondering why it is presented in that format. What does the space at the left and right hand sides add to the image?

Unless there is a reason that I am not seeing, in which case please ignore this, I would suggest this is an ideal candidate for a 1:1 (Square) image.

[mugge]

I am in complete agreement with Donald - 1:1 image.
Cheers Ole

[Antonio Correia]

Perhaps you all are right... I admit.
The image are to make a small collection and I like all with the same crop factor

[Manfred M]

I've taken more than a few pictures of brooms in countries around the world, but have never found that the ones lying down, like in your second shot, look particularly interesting. In your first shot, I find that the bright blue plastic dustpan draws much of our attention and the broom (even though it is quite noticeable) and it fight for the viewer's attention.

[Antonio Correia]

...In your first shot, I find that the bright blue plastic dustpan draws much of our attention and the broom (even though it is quite noticeable) and it fight for the viewer's attention.

Indeed... thank you Manfred ! Nicely spotted ! I will correct it. This correction I know how to
Meanwhile... and here you will find the same issue, I am sure.

[Wavelength]

A nice concept; the latest image is the best of the lot

[Antonio Correia]

Thank you !
Now, a few of them parking.

[Tronhard]

I see you are brushing up on your composition. It's a very clean image - unsurprisingly, perhaps!

I struggle with the disruption of the angled broom handle disappearing out of shot on the left.

[Antonio Correia]

I see you are brushing up on your composition. It's a very clean image - unsurprisingly, perhaps!

I struggle with the disruption of the angled broom handle disappearing out of shot on the left.

Trev, thank you for commenting.
That element is the dissonant one. I would not know hot to perfectly erase it. It would also be necessary, to fix the shadow.
It doesn't bother me...
Now, a classical pose of a broom

[Wavelength]

The series really gains strength now. Is that an Indian language seen in image 3?

[Antonio Correia]

No, it is not.
It is from Burma

[Antonio Correia]