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Challenge: Puzzle Macro (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Sigma 70-300mm f/4-5.6 APO DG Macro for Canon
Location: Austin, TX
Date: Jun 17, 2007
Aperture: 10.0
ISO: 250
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Abstract, Macro
Date Uploaded: Jun 19, 2007

 this fire hydrant covered with multiple layers of paint sits in front of my son's school, and has been calling me to shoot it for quite some time!

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Place: 186 out of 300
Avg (all users): 5.2540
Avg (commenters): 5.5366
Avg (participants): 5.0213
Avg (non-participants): 5.4842
Views since voting: 745
Views during voting: 271
Votes: 189
Comments: 42
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06/26/2007 10:22:48 PM
radiator! or something similar. nice paint job!
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 06/26/2007 10:14:00 PM
Fire Hydrant
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 06/26/2007 07:04:58 PM
didn't find image very attractive. Also very softly focused and way low in contrast
 06/26/2007 05:33:29 PM
a little bell outside on a patio or somewhere?
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 06/26/2007 12:30:35 PM
I personally am a huge fan if texture images like this but this image isn't popping for me. I think could use some contrast/saturation work to really grab that detail and show it off. Also, It might be interesting to see the entire subject in focus.
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 06/26/2007 08:41:16 AM
Rusty painted over nut?
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 06/25/2007 11:41:11 PM
The top of a painted and repainted hydrant.
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 06/25/2007 10:37:34 PM
Love it!! Some type of bolt from an emergency something or another?
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 06/25/2007 10:02:22 PM
a Fire extinguisher, maybe they could choose a color
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 06/25/2007 06:24:06 PM
Fire hydrant? Interesting with all the paint layers.
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 06/24/2007 09:40:41 PM
this is great! wonderful texture and colors, a fireplug/hydrant
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 06/22/2007 11:04:49 PM
The top of a fire hydrant
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 06/22/2007 08:24:49 PM
Lots of old layers of paint on an old bolt. The reds make me think of a fire hydrant, but I'm not sure why a piece of metal would go around that, or why they would have painted it silver or orange later on. Great detail and texture here.
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 06/22/2007 06:03:14 AM
Fireplug?
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 06/21/2007 09:43:02 PM
layers of paint on a metal thingy that's bolted on.
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 06/21/2007 08:43:19 PM
fire hydrant!
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 06/21/2007 05:17:45 PM
Nice shot of a fire hydrant?
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 06/21/2007 03:08:06 PM
Layer on layer of paint, good detail there. Looks like a nut and bolt, probably on some old peice of machinery or vehicle. Or it could be the top of a fuel/propane tank or a fire hydrant.
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 06/21/2007 01:44:59 PM
Fire hydrant?
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 06/21/2007 01:42:35 PM
firehydrant
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 06/21/2007 08:03:38 AM
great shot the paint chips on his fire hydrant look really good lots of detail
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 06/21/2007 06:43:06 AM
A painted bolt:)
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 06/21/2007 12:32:19 AM
Fire Hydrant?
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 06/21/2007 12:22:16 AM
fire hydrant?
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 06/20/2007 10:47:57 PM
firehydrant
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 06/20/2007 09:23:43 PM
a really old fire hydrant?
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 06/20/2007 09:23:14 PM
the top of a fire hydrant?
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 06/20/2007 09:01:45 PM
hydrant baby.
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 06/20/2007 05:32:07 PM
Fire hydrant that has seen many years of use and repainting. Good placement and sharp focus on the end of it.
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 06/20/2007 02:45:59 PM
Is it a fire hydrant? Overall a nice looking shot. Just not enough wow factor for me.
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 06/20/2007 12:28:46 PM
very interesting view..is it a bolt? It has lots of character.
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 06/20/2007 11:06:49 AM
fire hydrant?
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 06/20/2007 08:23:34 AM
good compo
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 06/20/2007 07:52:07 AM
old nut.
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 06/20/2007 06:37:18 AM
A huge nut of the end of some machinery etc. Interesting textures.
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 06/20/2007 02:58:43 AM
my guess is a bolt on a fire hydrant, in or near a coastal city, perhaps Gulfport Mississippi.
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 06/20/2007 02:51:18 AM
hydrant plug?
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 06/20/2007 02:15:33 AM
Fire hydrant?
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 06/20/2007 02:12:59 AM
The side a fire extinguisher.
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 06/20/2007 02:09:23 AM
I think this shot is a little too wide to be a macro...however it is a interesting shot with good DOF and framing.
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 06/20/2007 01:35:41 AM
Okay this one's got me going to totally different directions for a guess and they may both be wrong but first guess is the positive part of a car battery and the second guess is part of a fire hydrant?
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 06/20/2007 01:27:50 AM
fire hydrant cap?
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