Post your covers, post your manhole covers . . .

[Benjamin Marks]

Yeah. Call me crazy. But these urban fixtures betray a surprising amount about their locales and the cultures that produce them.

Tokyo, Japan:

So: manhole covers. Post 'em it you've got them . . .

 

[wwfloyd]

Columbus, Georgia

Columbus, Georgia

I guess we don't care what they were shot with. I like sewer covers, too. Maybe a bit heavy on the saturation.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wwfloyd/2714478502/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/wwfloyd/15432896598/

 

[airfrogusmc]

 

[airfrogusmc]

 

[Muggins]

I'm so glad it's not just me!

I spotted this one years ago in Guildford, a town mostly famous for not being home to Ford Prefect, while waiting for a pedestrian crossing light to change, and I've been eyeing up street ironware ever since.

It's a Crapper! by gray1720, on Flickr

In 2018 I spotted another, in the grounds of Stowe school, but only had an untested Voigtlander Brillant (non-focusing model!) to hand. In the circumstances, I think I did OK.

Brillant003ed by gray1720, on Flickr

Adrian

 

[Deleted member 65559]

IMG_5808 by , on Flickr

 

[Greyscale]

Minolta X700, Edixa-Reflex Schnieder Xenar 50/2.8, Rollei Retro 400S @ 250 by Mike Novak, on Flickr

 

[Doug]

At Cave and Basin Hot Springs, Banff AB Canada
Perhaps borrowed from City of Calgary about 80 minutes drive to the east...

Leica M-D 262, 35mm Summicron v.1

 

[Joao]

Not on the ground, but on walls

Not on the ground, but on walls

Iron covers for public water distribution system in a small city of Southern Portugal

Agua21 by João Freitas, no Flickr


Some more here

https://flickr.com/photos/joaofreitas/albums/72157632373357831

Joao

 

[mike rosenlof]

Tsuruoka city, Yamagata pref, Japan 2007

 

[Pál_K]

Yeah. Call me crazy. ...

I'm so glad it's not just me!
...

In the late 1990's, in the art section of a bookstore, I saw a large photo book about manhole covers; the photos were very good. I wanted to buy it, but it was very expensive.

Good photos in this thread.

 

[p.giannakis]

I don't know if this counts

ilford Pan 400 in Rodinal (1:50 for 11mins)
Nikon F90x w/ 28-70 f/3.5-4.5

 

[CharlesDAMorgan]

A Leica gullideckel!

 

[Rob-F]

A Leica gullideckel!

Well, that has got to be the manhole cover to end all manhole covers! I love it!

 

[Pál_K]

A Leica gullideckel!
...

Astonishing!

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Greetings from Yokosuka City.
A manhole cover featuring Commodore Perry and his Black Ship.

Sony A7III
Sigma 70mm f2.8
Yokosuka, Japan - May 2020

All the best,
Mike

 

[Damaso]

Brooklyn

 

[BobCoRn]

🙂

 

[cassel]

Leica IIIa
Canon 50mm f1.5