I made this photograph in a historic Charleston neighborhood not far from the harbor. I can see why cars parked outdoors in this area might need protection from the humid salty mists that sometimes frequent this neighborhood. I used a 28mm wideangle lens to maintain sharp focus from the sewer cover in the near foreground all the way to the covered car at the back of the image. The patterned brickwork links the pattern of the circular sewer cover to the shadowy curves lurking within the draping that shrouds the somewhat sinister car. My spot metering throws the background into shadow, avoiding conflict with the other elements of the photo. The 19th century brick street also offers an incongruous contrast to the mysterious technology beneath the shroud. I compare then to now, linking a hand-made street built for long-dead horses to a ghostly modern automobile.