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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 2, 2010 20:31:52 GMT
I love that rich light you got in those pictures, Casimira. If I needed convincing, they would be the proof that manhole covers are things of beauty.
And you really captured some beauts, Imec!
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Post by Jazz on Jun 2, 2010 21:03:32 GMT
Very cool, Casi and Imec. Love the last work of art in #86, Imec, *ahem*...'the one with the escheresque frogs'. We all perceive things so differently, loved it, then went hunting all over to find the frogs and found it was the same one.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 6, 2010 0:20:46 GMT
Thanks Jazz. NYC is the place for manholes,I spent so much time looking at. I think I have some more stashed .I wonder if that last one that imec took is replicated somehow. I would love to see a jeweler do a brooch of it,it's that elegant. Some nearby ones here in NOLA I somehow missed.
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Post by imec on Jun 10, 2010 14:57:59 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Jun 10, 2010 15:08:06 GMT
ooh, I especially love this one, imec
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Post by Deleted on Jun 10, 2010 16:46:34 GMT
Very cool. I would imagine Chicago has quite a few. I haven't posted all my NY ones I just realized. I love the 3rd to the last one.
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Post by imec on Jun 11, 2010 13:12:32 GMT
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Post by fumobici on Jun 11, 2010 19:02:18 GMT
Those image URLs are broken somehow, imec.
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Post by imec on Jun 11, 2010 19:05:25 GMT
I can see them all.
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Post by fumobici on Jun 11, 2010 21:52:44 GMT
Yep they are working now. Earlier even a hard refresh wouldn't coax them out of the photobucket server.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2010 22:37:38 GMT
I think Chicago has given NYC a run for their money with manhole covers!!! Jeez,lots...some very cool ones. Thanks. I'm hoping to find some new ones to photo in downtown Miami next week.
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Post by imec on Jun 14, 2010 21:24:03 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2010 5:10:25 GMT
And a fine series it is!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2010 10:24:20 GMT
Yes,it is! Thanks for those Imec. Some real jewels in there! I'm guessing these were in a fairly concentrated part of the city or were you all over the place? The ones I took in NYC this time are almost all taken in the midtown/downtown area.(I didn't get to Uptown this trip).
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 15, 2010 16:08:49 GMT
Imec, besides the wonderful designs you've caught, I really, really like the way you've incorporated different angles or shadows or close-ups into the your manhole cover pictures. I tried to do some of that with mine (way back on page 1), as I like the way it brings either abstract or human interest into the picture. I also admire the way Casimira featured covers with water or drifted dirt or leaves over them, lending a whole new mood to the subject.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2010 2:02:39 GMT
Y'all didn't think I was going to leave Miami without finding at least one new one of these did you??? ( The joys of traveling en bicyclette!!)
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Post by Kimby on Jul 17, 2010 16:33:20 GMT
Not technically a manhole cover, but a well cap.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2010 16:06:26 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2010 20:38:58 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2010 13:45:24 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2010 23:16:42 GMT
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Post by Kimby on Oct 28, 2010 18:28:05 GMT
A man hole cover that is also a compass rose. I had to stand right in the middle of the busiest intersection in town to take this photo. Fortunately the busiest intersection isn't real busy in Wallace, Idaho, a town that mostly burned down 100 years ago when the biggest forest fires in US history erupted. People were rescued and taken by train to Missoula, Montana, over burning wooden trestles.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2010 18:27:11 GMT
That's half the fun of photographing these,dodging taxis,trucks,people staring at you shaking their heads . One gent the other day looked at me,looked down,looked at me again while I was photographing,shook his head,and mumbled,"how odd". (he was a Brit judging from his accent, so, I smiled brightly at him ).
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2010 18:48:31 GMT
Kimby and Casimira, that's what makes the photo above one of my favorites, since it shows both the manhole and the strange person leaning over the sidewalk to take a photo of "nothing." People are so mystified about what we could have possibly found to photograph.
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Post by Kimby on Oct 31, 2010 21:30:28 GMT
And your shadow so nicely captures the concept of "point and shoot" with the index finger hovering over the shutter button.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2010 20:37:06 GMT
Saint Malo, France
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2010 20:58:37 GMT
Cool , so regal,if that's the right word.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 29, 2010 21:02:25 GMT
Oh, those are wonderful! I love the cut-out effect. What's the story on the felines?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2010 21:24:38 GMT
De gueules à la herse d'or, sommée d'une hermine au naturel, lampassée de sable, colletée et bouclée aussi d'or, cravatée d'une écharpe d'hermine voletant sur son dos.
L'hermine, symbole des remparts, marche sur la herse, symbole de la ville. Au XVIIe siècle, le blason de Saint-Malo a pour principal motif un dogue (« De gueules à un dogue d'argent »), faisant référence aux fameux « chiens du guet », qu'on lâchait le soir sur la grève, pour préserver la ville des pillages de navires, et ce jusqu'en 1777.
Le drapeau bleu à croix blanche était celui de la marine marchande française. On y a ajouté un quartier rouge avec l'hermine marchant vers la gauche pour personnaliser les navires de Saint-Malo. Un autre drapeau identique mais avec un quartier rouge opposé en diagonale à celui de l'hermine, serait celui des corsaires malouins.The ermine is the symbol of the walls (don't know why) and the dogs are the watchdogs of the city, who would be released at night to patrol around the walls. There may be an item about Saint Malo coming up soon.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 29, 2010 21:27:24 GMT
Even more cool.
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