Motif: Color me red

[Katie Rupp]

This is from my recent family vacation in Maine and the contrasting flowers and hydrant kept catching my eye. Since then I'v been noticing how many different varieties there are for hydrants---kind of wierd, I guess.

Canon 40D; Av, Eval f1.8; 1/3200; ISO 200; 50mm 1.8

Thank you for your comments and critiques, they are most appreciated!

[Nonda Surratt]

I like it Katie. Different, sorta busy, good exposure and sharp. To me this is a fun, pleasing image.

[Gus Cobos]

Hi Katie,
NeHeHeee...:D I like this...the only thing thats missing is the dog...:D:):p;):cool: Very original. I like your way of thinking...good show...keep them coming...:cool:

[Alfred Forns]

..... Gus leave it up to you to suggest the dog !!! ..... but not bad !!!

Great use of color can only suggest separation with the flowers. In this case you can move them and use a slight different angle !!! Neat !!!

[Stephen Cunliffe]

This really appeals at the gut level (which is what this stuff is all about, isnt it), but as I think about it, it seems to me that the dark foliage background really makes this image. Imagine if it had been up against a brick wall!

[Nicki Gwynn Jones]

Hi Katie,
This is really lovely - very eye-catching and well composed. Funnily enough, when we were living Florida, I started noticing how many different coloured fire hydrants there were and I always intended to do a photographic study of them. Sadly I never got around to it...
Regards,
Nicki

[Katie Rupp]

Nicki, I've been thinking of doing just that same thing. Today I saw one in yellow and green!

[Harold Davis]

next assignment!!!! see how many different fire hydrants we can find!!! just kidding. cool photo, katie!! definitely colorful!!

[Julie Kenward]

Katie, this is really lovely! I like the way the flowers dip and wrap in front of the hydrant and the BG is fabulous! All the different colors and textures really make this one sing. Good going!!!

[Linda Dulak]

Nice image! As for the different colors -- there is a reason for that. The hydrants are color coded for the amount of water they can deliver.

Linda

[Katie Rupp]

Thanks for the explanation, Linda. I like knowing the why's of things.

[Harold Davis]

i was a firefighter for twelve years and never knew that!!! cool info!!

[Lance Peters]

Very nice - love it.

[Oscar Zangroniz]

Great tones and colors. very sahep and well composed Katie.

[Anita Rakestraw]

Really lovely image, Katie!! Who'da thought that in a picture combining both flowers and a fire hydrant, the hydrant would steal the show!! Somehow, I think these particular flowers are perfect for pairing with the hydrant. :) I think a photographic study of different fire hydrants would be great! There is (or used to be) an internet site of many, many different manhole covers! You'd be surprised what pretty manhole covers there are! LOL! Hydrants might turn out to be an amazing study!