Rooms with a View

[agoraphile]

There's always been something special about hotel room windows for me. It gives people a cover of anonymity to be a little more open, a little riskier, than they would be at home. Sometimes that amounts simply to less interest in the care people take at home not to compromise themselves, but for some the plausible deniability seems to give vent to a natural, but usually suppressed, exhibitionism.

In one of my favorite hotel room experiences, I returned to my 12th floor room around sundown and went to the window to look out over the city. The rooms at this hotel all had bay windows, and as I looked across toward the neighbor's room I saw a young lady also enjoying the view, topless and wearing only underwear. I don't think she meant particularly to give a show, she was just being careless in a way that she wouldn't at home, where the neighbors have names and lawn problems. A moment later her companion appeared and drew the side curtains. So much for my enjoying the view -- but the memory sticks with me.

I've seen the beast with two backs from across a hotel parking lot, and a few silhouettes in the sheers. I always take a look around for the best opportunities when I stay in a hotel, but rarely have both an amazing view and a camera at just the right moment. But once last year I did. I saw this young lady shortly after wakeup one morning, and followed her a bit as she watched morning TV, had breakfast, etc. (More in the next post.)

[agoraphile]

I was hoping for something new to happen but was completely surprised by how sudden and how bold the next move was. While she was changing, her partner emerged from the bathroom and enjoyed a breakfast across the room, completely nonchalant about (and strangely uninterested in) his wife/girlfriend's window display. Me, I was interested.

[agoraphile]

Unfortunately the change of clothes didn't take long, but while she waited for her boy to finish breakfast and dress I did get some better views of her face. Not the highlight, but worth sharing. There's one frame that looks like she busted me, so that's fun -- but if she did, she absolutely didn't care because she moved right along as if nothing had happened.

The following morning the curtains were just as open, but I missed the good parts due to bad timing. I did see them departing with suitcases and coats on the way to check out, and mentally wished them safe travels and another nice hotel stay on their next trip, hopefully across the breezeway from another OCC contributor.

This has been a selection of highlights but I can post the whole set, if there's interest. It includes slight variations on the main feature and a lot more post-show shots with some real easter eggs that might in their own way be even more shocking, despite being fully clothed.

Techincal: I shot these at 18mp on a typical 1.6x ccd camera, probably around 200mm since the opposite room was about 50 feet away. I cropped away the brick wall around the window to save your download time (and Alex's disk space). That, plus the general griminess of the windows, explains why it looks like I couldn't hold quite still.

[jooo]

Originally Posted by agoraphile

I was hoping for something new to happen but was completely surprised by how sudden and how bold the next move was. While she was changing, her partner emerged from the bathroom and enjoyed a breakfast across the room, completely nonchalant about (and strangely uninterested in) his wife/girlfriend's window display. Me, I was interested.

What a pleasant surprise that must have been!

[agoraphile]

That's all for this episode, but if anyone else has good hotel window experiences to share, I'd love to see. If you have a story to tell with it, all the better. Cheers!

[Joeortega]

Amazing! Thanks a lot!!!

If anybody else has more sets like that, please post them!

[nos21]

haha nice story!

[todochicas2]

very nice

[flashphoto]

Fantastic pix. Keep lookin' for more windows.

[dave0912jb]

Fantastic job! She is gorgeous.