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Somewhere along the line I developed an interest in water connections in cities. Big cities like Chicago have three or four inch connections that stick right out of the side of the buildings. They're invariably brass and classy and understated. Fire hydrants are different everywhere, as well. When I started looking for them, I realized what I had always considered to be "standard" was only standard in the county in which I lived! This is a cover plate for a water connection in Hammond, Louisiana. It's for a connection on the side of a bilding. I love the picture of the faucet. For some reason I didn't think to lift the flap and check. That only occurred to me after I was long gone!

Comments (21)


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RodS

11:13PM | Sun, 25 May 2014

Don't ask me why, but...... I have this really silly mental image of you lifting the flap and getting squirted on the forehead..... Too many hours watching the 3 Stooges, probably...LOL Aside from that, it's a wonderful, fun capture, Tara. It amazes me how you see so many cool things most of us just walk by without noticing.

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KatesFriend

11:28PM | Sun, 25 May 2014

This is rather intriguing. I had never considered that fire hydrants and other such installations had little or no standardization. Maybe its different in Canada. But that has got to be a serious challenge for emergency services. This connection looks well used. You can get an excellent subjective feel for a city's history just by studying its infrastructure such as this.

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jayfar

11:47PM | Sun, 25 May 2014

Having been a fire fighter I know a little about fire hydrants!! Not seen one like this though - nice find Tara.

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Faemike55

11:58PM | Sun, 25 May 2014

Great capture Tara - who knows what you would have found when you lifted that coverplate

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ysvry

12:53AM | Mon, 26 May 2014

great foto and well spotted.

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durleybeachbum

12:57AM | Mon, 26 May 2014

Our definitely don't look like this, as far as I know! It makes a great abstract.

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wysiwig

1:05AM | Mon, 26 May 2014

I Googled MIFAB. This appears to be one of their access doors. The coupling is most likely under this. This a wonderful discovery. I like the faucet on the cover for those who have no clue.

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mbz2662

2:22AM | Mon, 26 May 2014

I get mad at myself, when hours later, I think of something I should have done :P fun shot, and the first thing I noticed was the picture of the faucet. Nicely done.

alanwilliams

4:17AM | Mon, 26 May 2014

intrigueing

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PHELINAS

9:28AM | Mon, 26 May 2014

Intriguing but splendid ....."sculpture" of our modern (?) time.You have the eye of a policeman to leave the nest of such object !Bravo Tara!

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FredNunes

10:07AM | Mon, 26 May 2014

Nicely caught. Always enjoy your photos of things like this. Interesting!

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helanker

12:08PM | Mon, 26 May 2014

Excellent shot and story, Tara :). Ours are not connected to any building. They are standing in the street and they are mostly painted red.

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ichtvan

12:36PM | Mon, 26 May 2014

Excellent and interesting capture.

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Adobe_One_Kenobi

5:59PM | Mon, 26 May 2014

Super shot Tara, and you'd have need a box key to open it by the looks of things :)

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kgb224

8:11PM | Mon, 26 May 2014

Superb capture Tara. God bless.

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Wolfenshire

10:26PM | Mon, 26 May 2014

Again, it's so cool how you find the common most mundane thing and turn it into art.

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MrsRatbag

11:12AM | Tue, 27 May 2014

Oh, what a cool find! I never even thought about things like that. Now I'll have to keep my eyes open, of course I'm not the road warrior you two are. Great capture!

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moochagoo

2:19PM | Tue, 27 May 2014

This is rather intriguing, yes .

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dochtersions

10:42AM | Wed, 28 May 2014

Indeed, this 'mifab' is interesting, especially the image of the crane, with its colors, as well as the colors around it. A very special object to study. And now I'm thirsty LOL!

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debbielove

6:37AM | Thu, 29 May 2014

Neat bit of History! Never knew was there, thanks for showing us Tara.. Rob

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anahata.c

3:10AM | Sun, 08 June 2014

I especially feel intimate with this, because it played a bigger role in my blend of your images than any other image. (The blacks and whites were centered on this---and I mention that because those blacks and whites really absorbed me, as I was so taken by this image.) It's terrific because not only is the big black cover dark and foreboding; but you have that wonderful blue mold or decay on the bottom which you brought out wonderfully. Then the concentric rectangles are each very strong and loaded with irregularity---like a painting from Rothko or Jasper Johns---and that terrific brick is all around it. It's an abstract from 1980s New York! I love this shot! The colors are so vivid and contrasting, the decay is luscious, I luuuuv that day-glo blue mold on the cover, and the center of the shot---the cover---is all dark, brooding and even scary. I even like the logo---a mess and wonderfully discolored by peeled paint. This is a prime shot, Tara, terrific work! It's a big bold splash shot, like a slap of sloppy metal and brick in the face. A sloppy joe of the water-cover set. (And btw, I love Rod's comment about being squirted in the face---the 3 Stooges, lol. I thought, when seeing it, of lifting the cover and a little guy barks, "how ya doin'!" and he slams the cover shut.) Well I'm past 90 minutes, Tara, and I've done around 9 images. I have to stop and sleep. Wonderful journey. That's the big advantage of "catching up," I get to saturate myself in your work. Hope you have a fine Sunday, you two!!!


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F Numberf/4.5
MakeCanon
ModelCanon EOS 70D
Shutter Speed1/640
ISO Speed500
Focal Length24

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