If you're on holiday, you are going to love this contest: photographing people who are doing manual labour. In other words, people doing work by hand. Examples could be fruit picking, building a house, cutting a tree, ...

There can be only one person in the picture, and it's allowed for that person to use a tool for the work. The tool is not a requirement, labour such as fruit picking, building a house or cutting a tree, are also considered on-theme. Important is that it has to be physical labour and not mental labour. So a person typing on a computer is not considered on-theme

So get searching and find the hardest working person who is completely caught up in the work he/she is doing

To get some inspiration, have a look at this contest on Pxleyes: here

This theme was suggested 2 years ago by user photonot on Pxleyes.

Good luck!

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Grocer calling in the customers - Pushkar, Rajastan.

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Preparing for Crush created by MyMindsEye

De-Stemming the fruit

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grasshopper1

Tuff gig.
Very sobering.
Very moving.
Very good street shot.
Thank you for sharing :)

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ShariG avatarLevel 5
ShariG replied to grasshopper1 :

Thank you, Grasshopper. I thought the same thing about her. It moved me. :)

Skyangel avatarLevel 15
Skyangel

I presume she is a street busker trying to make money by entertaining bypassers? It is sad to see elderly people like that trying to make ends meet. It is definitely a moving scene but I think the focus is a bit off. A faster shutter speed will help reduce camera shake in future.

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ShariG avatarLevel 5
ShariG replied to Skyangel :

Thanks, Skyangel for your comment. I agree, watching her was very moving. It was like watching our homeless here in America. I appreciate your input on the focus. Yes...it was taken very quickly while I was on a busy road, years ago. Couldn't be helped. C'est la vie. I still wanted to share it. Thank you!!

Olga.L avatarLevel 17
Olga.L

I agree with Skyangel's assessment that the lady counting money is not in focus, however, it is an emotive photograph.

photonut avatarLevel 12
photonut

These type of photos are difficult because the subject is emotive and if you try to focus or create a photo you could lose the moment,i think i would have set my shutterspeed before and took a shot then tryed for something different or angle after,but for us its easy to say that, i would also have given something for taking the photo,some people would walk by/ignore the person,thanks for sharing though,i sometimes think there but for the grace of god coud we be [not that i am religous though].

Adampleasance avatarLevel 8
Adampleasance

A telling photo. For my taste it is too soft - increase shutter speed or was it just focus that was not spot on. I sometimes take several shots in case the first one has the subject moving.

grasshopper1 avatarLevel 11
grasshopper1

Just want to mention that this is a street shot. It doesn't have to be crisp. If it did it might look staged. Ask yourself,does this shot stir up something, is that what you wanted to convey, is that how others feel when they see it? At least 3 or 4 on this reply felt the shot.If it is then you've done your job as a photographer and are getting closer to becoming better at it. :)

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