Fire Hydrants

[icassell]

For some reason, I love shooting these things ...

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll249/icassell/_MG_2321.jpg

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll249/icassell/_MG_2384.jpg

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll249/icassell/hydrant.jpg

I shot the last one dead:

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll249/icassell/IMG_1965.jpg

[polymoog]

I took this photo last year at Hoover Dam, I thought it was pretty cool because you never see hydrants like this in Europe, well I haven't anyway ...

http://www.polymoog.se/misc/hydrant.jpg

[icassell]

Cool! I was wondering if anyone else was interested by hydrants ...

[MissMia]

Ian, is the first one from Jerome?

I have a few I can add. I just have to find them on my external drive first. :)

[MissMia]

Here's one I found!

http://www.shotbychristina.com/photos/720773320_BwDhK-L.jpg

[icassell]

Ian, is the first one from Jerome?

I have a few I can add. I just have to find them on my external drive first. :)

Yep, sure is (and so is the Red one) :)

[LaFoto]

You never see them in Germany :(.
They're always below the surface and will only get pulled up when they're being needed... Little chance for me to find and photograph any ...

[icassell]

You never see them in Germany :(.
They're always below the surface and will only get pulled up when they're being needed... Little chance for me to find and photograph any ...


Really? How do they find them if it snows?

[polymoog]

There's a post sticking up marking their location, sadly don't have any pics of that ...

[MissMia]

You never see them in Germany :(.
They're always below the surface and will only get pulled up when they're being needed... Little chance for me to find and photograph any ...


I didn't know that!

Here's mine from Jerome

http://www.shotbychristina.com/photos/720858917_UbXfZ-L.jpg

[polymoog]

Cool pics you guys have, though some of those hydrants look slightly disfunctional ;)

[invisible]

What's with the dead hydrants in Arizona? :D

Here are a few from Manitoba...

A lonely one in Headingley... (yellow cast is on purpose)
http://federicobuchbinder.com/img/v3/p189482198-4.jpg


A Canada Valve in Hecla...
http://federicobuchbinder.com/img/v4/p301353872-4.jpg


And a sunset hydrant in Gimli...
http://federicobuchbinder.com/img/v3/p154679213-4.jpg

[icassell]

Here's another ...

http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll249/icassell/IMG_2965.jpg

[KMann]

these are terrific! Wait, here's one from the Everglades,
http://www.katherinemann.ca/images/hydrant.jpg

looking like for all the world one of these ....

http://www.katherinemann.ca/images/alligator.jpg

[Fox Paw]

"What's with the dead hydrants in Arizona?"

It's due to the fire-hydrant beetle. Very sad story.

[icassell]

these are terrific! Wait, here's one from the Everglades,
http://www.katherinemann.ca/images/hydrant.jpg

looking like for all the world one of these ....

http://www.katherinemann.ca/images/alligator.jpg


I certainly hope the firemen don't get confused as to which is which ...

[Fox Paw]

If you twist it and no water comes out, run.

[LaFoto]

I found one! A visible one! Here in Germany! Yay!

http://www.fastpictures.com/images/AnniRocS/themahydranten1.jpg

http://www.fastpictures.com/images/AnniRocS/themahydranten2.jpg

I know, the first of the two photos has technical flaws, but I'm posting that one, too, to let you all enjoy the lovely German word which means nothing but fire hydrant. Isn't it short, sweet, and to the point? ;)

[icassell]

I found one! A visible one! Here in Germany! Yay!


I know, the first of the two photos has technical flaws, but I'm posting that one, too, to let you all enjoy the lovely German word which means nothing but fire hydrant. Isn't it short, sweet, and to the point? ;)


By the time I finished reading it, the building would have burnt down! :biglaugh:

Cool pix!