A GLIMPSE OF MY TOWN part 2
posted by micki at 4/13/2006 07:57:00 AM
Thursday, April 13, 2006
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No digital photography here folks. Only film, all the time. No post processing. I shoot it, I have it developed, I scan the print, I post it. It is hoped that you would respect my ownership of the images posted, despite the ease with which you could copy them. If you would like a true photographic print of any of my images, please contact me at goodiesbaker@yahoo.com and I will be happy to provide you with one. Weapons of Choice: * Minolta 7000 * Minolta 9000 *Minolta Dynax 9 * Konica Minolta 70 *Minolta x-700 * Minolta AL-F Rangefinder *1958 Minolta Autocord *Holga *holgamod Holga *PIX Panorama Toy Camera *Polaroid One Step Close Up Lenses: Too many too list, just read the stats for each shot I post Scanner: Epson 4990 Perfection Photo Favorite Films: * Kodak Tri-X * Fuji Superia * Ilford HP5+ -- Goal: To make the best exposure possible, on film. A Theme a Day *Sunday – Take A Guess *Macro Mondays *A Glimpse of My Town Tuesdays *Wednesday's Colors *Thursday's Critter *Unique Film and/or Camera Fridays *Saturday – Anything goes
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Thank you for all the great comments on my daughter’s writing assignment. It made her feel quite proud.
When I was growing up, a few decades ago, fire hydrants were only one color—red. Now I see all sorts of colors in different towns I drive through. In our town, fire hydrants are yellow. I’d been wanting to shoot one for awhile, and finally got to one Wednesday afternoon. This one was right by the exit to a parking lot in front of a small strip mall. Would like to hear what color they are in your town.
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nice series (a bit unsharp though) like the last one the most!
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Weird... I suddenly have this urge to lift my leg and...
Oooops. Never mind. I'll have to check the colors in the city.
nice series of images Micki, thing is with our fire hydrants they keep them underground, and when the fire brigade needs one they put in a stand and connect the pumping appliance up.
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Our hydrants are yellow like our fire trucks. They use to be red but changed them to make them more visible.
Our hydrants are also yellow. In fact a couple of years ago my middle son helped the scouts to repaint them :P. Our fire engines were red, then yellow, now they are red again.
Interesting shots, but I think something's missing can't quite put my finger on it though...I know a dog! :)
Lovely series, the colors and depth is superb in all the shots.
never met a hydrant I didn't like :-) very nice -- and nice use of shallow depth of field...
Another great series!
Very nice...
Now you have me wondering why the change of colour from red and who decided it. Like them all but the abstract bottom one is a "corker". (does that translate across English - American ?) :-)
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On my way to school I see these everywhere...they are bright red and the top is yellow...can't miss them. Anywayz...I'm going to shoot them and share one day the results. I'll try different angles but I knew at some point I'd hav to photograph them, but you did first.
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i'm back. thank you for your warm comment on my blog. i like the color. you are still doing good:)
the ubiquitous hydrants, I have some shots of just the tip of some of these after a snow storm, but always something familiar and comforting about shouting the everyday objects we see, although I am not sure I have seen a fire hydrant anywhere on Cyprus, I miss them
I like these -- and I like the whole "glimse into your town" concept you're doing.
I don't get to see hydrants over here anymore. In yellow they stand out really nice!
I think its looks very nice and its a nice change from the usual red one we always have here :)
We don't even see them here in the UK, so this is a lovely site to see them a different colour from what we normally see on TV.
Thanks for sharing.
Nice looks at an ordinary subject; fire hydrants are very fun to capture. You did well here. Regards, Brent
Interesting. There is a guy out there who ONLY does fireplugs. Long forgotten who he is, I sent him some from Salinas. Amazing varity of the things if you look around.
Very interesting! Different perspectives.
Nice series. I love the abstraction and the contrast is very nice on all three. There's something nice about film that digital can't touch.
We don't have those fire hydrants here in Sweden, which is a shame, because these look charming! First one is my favorite - great composition, and it has a warm feeling.
Nice yellow hydrants. We have red ones up by our high school that I like a lot.
Hope its never needed other than to wash the street! :)
Great series!!!! i love the focus and details, actually i haven't seen yellow hydrants in my life until now!! ;D here those are red or the metal colour, but i will take a look if i find something different!! :D the 3 composition are great!!! i specially like the one in the middle, and i think the last one could be one of "have a guess" ;D Well done!!! as always!!!
I really like the perspective you took,especially on the bottom shot. They all have good lighting and dof.
nice shots Micki. liking the perspective
I like the subtle colours here and the use of depth of field. By the way I liked your SP, very characterful, cheers and thanks for ambling over to my blog.
beautiful shots!
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Hi Micki! Firstly wanted to thank you for the comments you leave on my blog - I always love to hear your thoughts. I like this little series of images, its always nice to get that glimpse of town of the town you live in. kind regards ;)
Blue. There's a blue one right across the street from our home, on the corner of the street & a beautiful long alley. The man who used to live in the house there was a gardener. Now, a lawyer lives there. But, that blue fire hydrant has been there for a long time. And blue is my fav. color. I ought to get a photo sometime. I don't think the ones in our town are all blue. I'd say red, white, yellow or black, but I'll have to check later today.
These fire hydrants, like US mailboxes, are great american icons.
I remember these from my US stay when I was in my teens... :)
A lovely trio of images set in a beautiful light!
Several years back in an adjacent town we'd regularly see the same hydrant painted in different color schemes - the colors would sometimes rotate as quickly as the paint could dry. Must've been an inspired artist in the neighborhood...
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