I enjoyed the simplicity of this water spigot – in Philly, we pronounce that ‘spicket,’ The simple plaster background really helped isolate the subject and the rooster shaped handle truly fit the theme of Chanticleer Gardens, where I took this photo. I enjoy the tiny splatters and drips on the wall – along with he cracks and texture it creates such a subtle background. The patina in the metal, along with the strange angle the little metal sign is resting, all lent to the subtle whimsy of the shot. I made this image with expired film in a vintage camera using an old lens, shooting patina and decay. We all have our hobbies. I guess it doesn’t take much to amuse me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
And there is a lesson in this image for all. When a chicken tells you not to drink the water, you should listen to the chicken. I shudder to think of what could have happened if had ignored his advice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
About the Photo<\/strong>: Shot on my of my three favorite Nikon film cameras, the Nikon FM. The whole FM family is great, but I like the FM and the FM2N, they are small, handy, light and have everything a film purist needs. My other two film camera bodies are the F3HP and the F100, which are both great cameras in their own right. It took a lot of camera tests and a lot of film to come up with this triad. The lens used here in the Nikkor 50mm f\/1.8 Ai. It’s a fast, small, light autofocus lens that does an excellent job for manual and autofocus cameras. Truly one of my favorites. The film was Kodak Gold, long expired and of dubious origin, found in an iced over freezer on an abandoned farm in Oregon wine country. Really. What could possibly go wrong. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Listen to the Chicken. I enjoyed the simplicity of this water spigot – in Philly, we pronounce that ‘spicket,’ The simple plaster background really helped isolate the subject and the rooster shaped handle truly fit the theme of Chanticleer Gardens, where I took this photo. I enjoy the tiny splatters and drips on the wall … <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":520,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,38,52,30,134],"tags":[41],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthtosteve.com\/luxWP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthtosteve.com\/luxWP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthtosteve.com\/luxWP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthtosteve.com\/luxWP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthtosteve.com\/luxWP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=519"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/earthtosteve.com\/luxWP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":524,"href":"http:\/\/earthtosteve.com\/luxWP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/519\/revisions\/524"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthtosteve.com\/luxWP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/earthtosteve.com\/luxWP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthtosteve.com\/luxWP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/earthtosteve.com\/luxWP\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}