John Holbrook
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Thursday’s Task: Fence(s) in the landscape. My examples below:
Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN
Mormon Row Historic District, Grand Tetons National Park, WY
Farm, Fayette County, KY
Thursday’s Task
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Thursday’s Task: Fence(s) in the landscape. My examples below:
Cades Cove, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN
Mormon Row Historic District, Grand Tetons National Park, WY
Farm, Fayette County, KY
A few from me - I don't really have a lot of images of fences.
A cold morning in Colorado
Fall in the La Sal mountains in UT
A local scene in winter
A cold morning in Colorado
Fall in the La Sal mountains in UT
A local scene in winter
Ken Rennie
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I have difficulty with fences. I can see that the USA has lots of weathered, photogenic fences whereas here fences are modern and characterless so I go out of my way to avoid shooting them and if they creep in I often clone them out. We do have stone walls, usually many hundreds of years old and they look good to me. I have 1 exception to the no UK fences from a local area that I photograph often. This fence leading into Derwentwater is much photographed with people claiming that it make fabulous foreground interest, I disagree. One morning while waiting for the light I decided to photograph it and I still don't like it, the rest of the image is unspectacular but nice enough.
Alpine Germany still has wooden fences, much nicer than wire, this one from the Berchestgaden region of Bavaria from the days when I could cycle across much of Europe.
Alpine Germany still has wooden fences, much nicer than wire, this one from the Berchestgaden region of Bavaria from the days when I could cycle across much of Europe.
John Holbrook
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Craig, a beautiful variety of images for this week’s task! Perhaps “The Ride Home” is my favorite but I also love “A Trace of Color” as well. The point of view of “Western Civilization” is very interesting and of course the snowy fence and landscape create a very nice image.
John Holbrook
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Jameel, very nice landscapes, especially the colors in your second image and the almost monochromatic snowy landscape in your third.
John Holbrook
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Ken, two very nice compositions you’ve presented—love your first image with the subdued color and reflections.
ProCaliberTraveler
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Onion Valley, CA
Marin Headlands, CA
Big Sur, CA
Marin Headlands, CA
Big Sur, CA
AlanLichty
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Elk Meadows in the Nelson Drury Parkway, California Redwoods:
Luther Taylor Cabin - Grand Teton National Park:
Kestner Homestead along the North Shore Road near Lake Quinault:
Portland Japanese Garden:
Luther Taylor Cabin - Grand Teton National Park:
Kestner Homestead along the North Shore Road near Lake Quinault:
Portland Japanese Garden:
John Holbrook
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Alan, wonderful series of images! I especially favor the Grand Teton images. I also like the close view of the Japanese Garden too! The Elk Meadows image has a serene quality I really like as well.
John Holbrook
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Michael, great images you've shared––I absolutely love the first image's composition! The Marin Headlands capture is composed well too––great capture!
Hey Alan! I remember Luther Taylor cabin! That was a fun meetup we had with Ben and Rick in the Tetons.
AlanLichty
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Yup - those shots were from that trip
Kyle Jones
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Looks like I've been pretty successful keeping fences out of my images. I found these two though.
1) Pelican Bluffs
2) Road to Hetch Hetchy
1) Pelican Bluffs
2) Road to Hetch Hetchy
John Holbrook
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Kyle, the Pelican Bluffs photograph is so well captured, an especially beautiful image. I love how the Milky Way and the bluffs meet at the horizon—and there’s even a fence too! In your second image the warm light in the foreground against the cool background creates an interesting image.
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dan swiger
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Well, I'm fenced in by this one!
Halls Valley/Grants Ranch on the way to Mt. Hamilton, morning fog
Fence line at sunset, Coyote Valley
This old house, some early 4x5 work
Fenced in Oak, along Hwy 41 to south entrance of Yosemite
Fence line & Oaks, early morning
OK, it's not a fence, but it's a Vine-Line!
NOT a landscape. Civil War reenactment
Halls Valley/Grants Ranch on the way to Mt. Hamilton, morning fog
Fence line at sunset, Coyote Valley
This old house, some early 4x5 work
Fenced in Oak, along Hwy 41 to south entrance of Yosemite
Fence line & Oaks, early morning
OK, it's not a fence, but it's a Vine-Line!
NOT a landscape. Civil War reenactment
John Holbrook
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Dan, the Halls Valley foggy landscape is particularly nice—love the composition and subdued colors. The B&W “Fenced in Oak” is perhaps my favorite—very nice landscape. I like ”Fence Line & Oaks” as well—nice composition. I noticed in the Civil War reenactment the fence didn’t provide much cover.
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I know I have more, but this was the only one I could find
John Holbrook
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Ben, an extraordinary landscape—wonderful atmosphere, literally!