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This is an interesting photo because it suggests someplace else other than a modern US city. This is south Philadelphia in 1982 almost 26 years ago. Most likely 23rd Street or Grays Ferry Avenue near Bainbdridge during the 1982 Odunde Festival. Even more interesting is that when I shot this I was living in west Philadelphia and would travel to Center City and to South Philly to take photos, party and attend this event. Now, through an interesting unplanned set of circumstances I live blocks away from where this picture was taken. Behind that brick wall you see in the background once was an abandoned Naval facility. Now it's luxury condos behind that wall that start at $250,000 last time I checked. The Odunde festival is still held in this area through the upscaling and gentrification of the neighborhood. Hard to believe twenty-six years have gone by so fast!
I don't even remember taking this picture at all and it was never printed. I found it on a group of negatives that I made other prints from. This young lady from what I can piece together was eating salted sun-flower seeds and probably needed water to rinse away the saltiness. I like they way her hand with nails painted red is cupping the water to her mouth as she leans on the hydrant with a bag of half-eaten sunflower seeds in her hand. The water flowing from the hydrant and her hands is also interesting, and Philly wouldn't be Philly without the grunge and empty cans along the curb.
17/52 - 52 Weeks of 2014. Geometry
This is a bit of a revisit of an idea I did a while ago. Frankly, I had a hard time trying to figure out what to do for this week's theme. But there are several geometric shapes present in this top view of a fire hydrant.
The yellow fire hydrant is the focus of this subject. I love the color against the purple flowers. It would have been nice to have the flowers in focus, but perhaps next time.
We spotted this crisp reflection of an old hydrant on the wall of the Port Credit boatyard this morning.
It was nicely foggy yesterday morning, so I took a drive to see what I could find. Believe it or not, this isn't as processed as it looks.
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When in Washington DC I stopped by the White House a few times. I say ‘stopped by’, but it’s not as if I was invited in for tea or anything. The closest I got to Obama was when a look-alike gave a presentation at one of the events I was at. No, I ‘stopped by’ meaning I stood outside the fence and peered at the building from afar like all of the other tourists. I took a few shots, but they are for another day.
Very near to where I stood looking through the fence I found this hydrant.
Fun fact – it’s pretty difficult to write an interesting blog post about a hydrant.
As soon as I started to process this shot I knew that it would only really work in black and white, so I used a few filters in ColorEfex and PerfectEffects to boost up the contrast and such so that it would pop a bit when turned to black and white. I also had to do a lot of correction of the lines as the street was pretty slanted and looked funny.
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I took this one in lower Old Quebec. I liked the colours of the fire hydrant and the details in the grate.