It's Hot Out There! by taffy

It's Hot Out There!

A break from the decaying church and back to Chicago. My get-pushed challenge this week from @zam is a spontaneous street portrait. I hope this counts! We live in an area of the city called Little Italy, near the downtown but a kind of world away. This is a scene almost directly in front of our house. On really hot days or evenings, someone in the neighborhood opens the fire hydrant ostensibly so kids can play in it and cool down. The scene tonight is typical. Across the street, you can see neighbors visiting in their chairs in front of their apartments. I know that over the years, there have been efforts to stop the free-flow of water, but it's never really taken hold. At 8:30 p.m. it was 92 degrees. Tomorrow is supposed to be a record-breaking 96. What happened to the transition to fall?
Taken with my very own, not rented, nifty 50 which arrived this evening!
Alternate for today: http://365project.org/taffy/the-also-ran-ph/2013-09-09
awesome shot, this is very cool
September 10th, 2013  
Fantastic capture. It must be fun for the kids to play with the hydrant water in such hot weather.
September 10th, 2013  
REALLY cool shot Taffy. Wonderful capture! Love the way the water looks in the light of the street.Very dynamic shot.
September 10th, 2013  
@zam Here's my first attempt at a spontaneous street scene. I hope it's the kind of thing you had in mind!
September 10th, 2013  
I really like your street scene here. It is similar here in temps and I am sure kids would love to have this available to them to play in.
September 10th, 2013  
fav
September 10th, 2013  
Seen kids playing in water hydrant water in films. Cool to know that's real. And sounds hot! Very hot. It's really cooled down here :-( great shot
September 10th, 2013  
Sorry, meant fire hydrant
September 10th, 2013  
Great capture... like a water flare
September 10th, 2013  
great shot right place at the right time to get this
September 10th, 2013  
Nice one: I also thought this only happened in the movies ;)
September 10th, 2013  
Fabulous capture! Love it!
September 10th, 2013  
It counts. Love it!!
September 10th, 2013  
Nice shot! Very hot here in Chicago, got home at midnight and it's still 85! Congrats on your "nifty 50", it's an awesome lens :)
September 10th, 2013  
great shot
September 10th, 2013  
Lovely shot... beat the heat...
September 10th, 2013  
Beautiful, crisp capture. We cannot afford such luxury here but a few paces away we have the beautiful sea to cool off. I'll be going there in a few minutes after finishing commenting.
September 10th, 2013  
awesome =))) i guess kids are very happy every time =) and congrats on your new lens =))
September 10th, 2013  
very nice Pov
September 10th, 2013  
awesome shot Taffy
September 10th, 2013  
Great shot
September 10th, 2013  
That is wicked excellent shot
September 10th, 2013  
Awesome shot T
September 10th, 2013  
Great shot!! Sounds like you live in a great community! Running water like that wouldn't happen here as we are always either in drought or heading that way so have water restrictions!
September 10th, 2013  
Great shot. It is a perfect expression of hot urban summer. Yesterday we reached 100 and it is suppose to be just as bad today but then it is suppose to cool down. This will be coming your way.
September 10th, 2013  
Top shot!
September 10th, 2013  
Yay for the 50! Congrats Taffy. Fantastic first shot. I thought the water hydrant thing only happened in old movies, it's interesting to find out it still happens. Here in Oz...we would all be in shock if water was wasted like this though. We have had many years of drought so saving water is an ingrained attitude now.
September 10th, 2013  
I really like this as a spontaneous street capture. I also love the warm glow and the pov. Super shot.
September 10th, 2013  
Fab shot, needs to be seen enlarged. I love everything about this! Fave and congrats on the new lens!
September 10th, 2013  
great pov, neat presentation
September 10th, 2013  
Love this shot. Great DOF. Enjoy the 50mm - love mine
September 10th, 2013  
What a fabulous shot Taffy. Send us some warmth, it is low 50s here and rainy!
September 10th, 2013  
Great street shot. So full of atmosphere and great dof. Like the pov too!! FAV!
September 10th, 2013  
Kim
What a great storytelling shot! I love the mood the lighting gives to this and the comradery in the neighborhood.
September 10th, 2013  
Love this.
September 10th, 2013  
This looks really neat!!! Nice capture!
September 10th, 2013  
Fantastic pov and tones. That springle of water makes everything look so soft and a bit mysterious.
September 10th, 2013  
wow very awesome!! love the effect of the streetlights and your pov!
September 10th, 2013  
Great tones ,a super street shot!!
September 10th, 2013  
great pov. Love this
September 10th, 2013  
A stunning shot, well done!
September 10th, 2013  
Its a cool shot, really like it.
September 10th, 2013  
Excellent, love the tones too.
September 10th, 2013  
Lovely shot! I am so happy that you have a nifty fifty all of your own. They are awesome lenses.
September 10th, 2013  
Fun glimpse into city life. Great pov for the capture too.
September 10th, 2013  
Caz
Super capture, love the narrative too :) Glad you're enjoying your new lens !
September 10th, 2013  
Love the colors and great use of the narrow depth of field! Great, atmospheric shot. Schools up here in Wisconsin cancelled school early yesterday from the heat, yikes!
September 10th, 2013  
@archaeofrog No such luck here...but they hardly ever would close the university.
September 10th, 2013  
Goodness, that's really hot - poor you! This is great - the water spray and the warm yellows really give a feeling of summer. I like the people sitting in the background too.
September 10th, 2013  
Cool shot.. love the tones and light!
September 11th, 2013  
Zam
Very nice shot, good composition and pov!
September 11th, 2013  
Fabulous capture! Love the pov, light, and water spray!
September 11th, 2013  
@zam Thanks Zam. It's fun looking for ops to do this. I loved your drinking shot -- so perfect! Did you tag it for get-pushed? We'll be in San Francisco this weekend so I may have better chances there when I'm not at work all day.
September 11th, 2013  
cool capture-but they should fix that hydrant 'tho:)
September 11th, 2013  
@jodimuli You'd think! It was on today as I left for class and then still on tonite when I came home. BUT, at least tonite there were kids playing in it.
September 11th, 2013  
Very cool capture
September 11th, 2013  
Lovely action shot.
September 11th, 2013  
this is really awesome! very cool pov and the light is perfect
September 11th, 2013  
This is a great capture, Taffy! I like that I can see the spray and street lighting gives a wonderful glow.
Congrats on the new lens.
September 11th, 2013  
Cool! Have fun with the new lens! Hope it cools down.
September 11th, 2013  
This project so many themes at once: evening light, heat, neighborhood . . . nice spontaneous street shot!
September 11th, 2013  
Jo
This is excellent for your challenge.
September 11th, 2013  
Global warming at its best.
September 11th, 2013  
Lee
Fabulous shot!
September 11th, 2013  
What a fun summer-in-the-city shot! The fire hydrant almost seems to have a personality -- like he's putting on a show for everyone!
September 11th, 2013  
first of all congrats on getting the nifty 50! and i love the warmth of this shot! great lighting and focus!
September 11th, 2013  
COOL. Love the light and haziness.
September 12th, 2013  
This is unreal!
September 12th, 2013  
This is cool! I cannot believe they can still do that in this day and age. And I also cannot believe it is that it up there. Down here in GA we have on,y gotten into very low 90s this summer and fall about twice. We have been having highs around 85 or so. Lovely angle, focus, processing on this pic.
September 12th, 2013  
So your nifty fifty is new? I see Arefjn saying that. Congrats! I love mine.
September 12th, 2013  
@espyetta It's a new version of my older one which talked to my D90, but won't talk to my D600. It's apparently a problem with the very old model -- you can get it to talk to it, but then the aperture settings aren't accurate. UGH. So, I figured I'd do without. But...it's so perfect on a full frame, that after renting one for 5 days, I started tracking eBay to get a used one. Funny how these totally luxury purchases seem to become necessities!
September 12th, 2013  
Jo
Ha great shot, only ever seen this scene in the movies!
September 12th, 2013  
Great focus and processing, creates a lovely feel. Enjoy the news lens!
September 14th, 2013  
I thought I had already commented on this photo but I must have been distracted by my children. I love this :) Fav.
September 15th, 2013  
What a wonderful capture - I love everything about this shot!! Instant Fav!! I have only ever seen this in a movie and didn't realise it actually happened!! Wonderful!!
September 15th, 2013  
You mean they actually moved their lawn chairs out of their parking places? lol.
Shots like this make me miss Chicago. This just doesn't happen in smaller towns. Fav!
September 16th, 2013  
@mej2011 Hahaha!! Written as a true Chicagoan!
September 16th, 2013  
Excellent capture! PoV is wonderful and I love the lighting and the mood you created here.
September 16th, 2013  
The golden light is perfect. Fav.
September 17th, 2013  
Wow! Amazing shot! Fantastic tones and light! Fav!
September 18th, 2013  
This really caught my attention! There's something about the perspective that I really like. Plus is just screams summer fun!
October 5th, 2013  
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