At The Car Wash by skipt07

At The Car Wash

I stopped at the car wash today to try and get rid of the salt and grime. I got tired of the car looking like a mobile pile of dirt. I shot this through the side window at f/6.3 to create a nice blurred background and get an abstract look.
This is a great through the window shot. Love that you thought to capture your shot for the day while in a car wash!
March 18th, 2014  
Great effect here. Love the abstract colors. My car is awful!
March 18th, 2014  
A great abstract shot! I've tried taking a photo from inside the car wash but never achieved such a stunning result.
March 18th, 2014  
I've seen lots of car wash shots but what makes this one interesting are the big, bold colors you've captured in the background. I hope your car is looking more presentable now! :)
March 18th, 2014  
That's really cool, especially with the colorful background.
March 18th, 2014  
That is on cool shot to come out of a car wash with! Great colours and distortions!
March 18th, 2014  
I agree....very cool shot! Great idea too.
March 18th, 2014  
LOL This is so cool. I've taken pictures in a car wash before. Fun shot.
March 18th, 2014  
Cool shot
March 18th, 2014  
One of the best car wash images ever!
March 19th, 2014  
This is such a great abstract! Love the bright colors!
March 19th, 2014  
Great idea--I love the view through the water, soap and glass!
March 19th, 2014  
@lisatargowska @amandal @judithdeacon @doyouseewhatisee @danette @sassik @lynnb @mittens @kerristephens @lynnz @luvmynynix @paulam
Thank you for your wonderful comments! I greatly appreciate them!
I thought about taking a picture in the car wash before when part of the cycle the machine applies some multicolored foam to the car that is supposed to bring out the colors. So I was ready, but it didn't apply as much as it did before. So when I looked to my left and saw the yellow and red vehicles through the outline of the sign on the window I thought, "There's the picture!" I am glad you liked it!
March 19th, 2014  
I like this... the water makes a cool shot!
March 19th, 2014  
Great effect! Love the colors!
March 20th, 2014  
Cool - very abstract
March 20th, 2014  
@kwind @mtpagano @04haze
Thank you so much for your gracious comments! I greatly appreciate them all!
March 21st, 2014  
Nice, the bright colours outside show up well, and add a lot of interest, even though the shapes are blurred.
March 22nd, 2014  
@gardencat - I don't know what the camera focused on. I would have thought that it was the suds on the window. Unless I forgot to focus and when I saw the potential I snapped the shutter before the machine came around to spray the car. I changed the settings on my camera to use another button other than the shutter button to focus so that once I had a shot lined up and I might change the focal distance by zooming the camera didn't have to keep refocusing and wasting precious time.
March 28th, 2014  
I did a shot like this a while back and posted on my Flickr stream. It was a hit there. makes for a really cool abstract
April 2nd, 2014  
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