Category: fireplug

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Fireplug Hazed by a Snowthrower

Still fun to say Fireplug isn't it? Here's one that was doing just fine until it got hit with a snowthrower. Weren't they called snowblowers? I was looking at the Fleet-Farm catalog this weekend and they were selling snowthrowers. I though I was a snow thrower — you know, if it's good & packy. Is there a technical difference between a snowthrower and a snowblower? Anyhow, this was taken at night with a f1/1.4 50mm wide open at 200 iso, hand-held. That's the Uptown Dunn Bros in the distance.

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Fireplug Buried in Snow

I know, in America we call them Fire Hydrants, but Fireplug is much more fun to say. Seriously, what's a hydrant? It has more in common with a bathtub plug; you know, round fiddly-bits and a chain. Here's a plug buried in the snow.

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Urban Landscape with Red

Somehow these grizzly post-winter scenes seem to need modern abstract art titles.

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Back to the Source

The last day has arrived for the TFTTF Workshop (explained below Oct. 11). The assignment was: Go find the object from the first assignment and take another picture using the things we leaned in class. So back to my little Fire Plug I went. This time I used the dark wet ground as a background. We learned that light objects on dark backgrounds sand out better than the reverse, and I also used Joins to create crossing lines through the image. Throw in a shallow DOF and I think it worked!

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First day of the TFTTF Workshop in Minneapolis

This innocent fire hydrant spends it's days guarding the Chanhassen Rec Center, but on this day is starred in my first assignment for the Tips From the Top Floor Workshop. TFTTF is a podcast produced by Christoper Marquart of Tubingham, Southern Germany. I started listening to Chris years ago when Podcasting was in it's infancy. He's a great guy, and a lot of fun to listen to. He's right on with the 'tips' and I've learned oodles of things from him and have been inspired to spend thousands of dollars as well. Back to the assignment. After our introductions and an overview of the upcoming four days, Chris sent us out for our first assignment: Take a Picture, time: 15 minutes. I great way to see where we were at and to get us thinking about the 'work' in workshop. When I wandered out of the clean, organized & safe suburban rec center, I was confronted with a clean, organized & safe suburban parking lot. Being a city kid, I went looking for something that reminded me of home, and the smooth lawns and perfect flowers didn't cut it. I chose this little guy and chose my framing to isolate him from the background and to revel in his flaws. The gray Minnesotan sky adds a lonely starkness as well. I give you the mighty fire plug.