Fenced out
I took a little trip to one of our local parks yesterday and this was the very first thing I saw, a rather non-rusted fence with a very rusted chain! I believe the fence is to stop motorized vehicles from entering the park as just to the left of this, there’s a entrance for foot traffic. I typically don’t crop my images in post as I try to get the framing correct in-camera, however, I did crop in this shot. There was just something about the fence on the right that was bothering me ssoooo, goodbye part of the fence! I’ve been tossing the idea of to crop or not to crop for this theme, I am going to TRY and not crop in post for the remainder. I’ll add something in the write-up if I do.
f/1.8 | 1/640 | iso 100 | Canon 85mm f/1.8
Fenced In
Here’s another shot, just a different angle. Both images had a black and white conversion layer added in Photoshop and then the opacity of the layer was lowered to allow some colour. Personally, I like the chains in Fenced Out but love the “icy” look to the chain link fence in Fenced In. 😀
f/1.8 | 1/640 | iso 100 | Canon 85mm f/1.8
…Enjoy!
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Fenced in for me too. Love that bokeh.
The 85mm can certainly get some cool bokeh! Thank you for the comment.
I like both images but the “icy” look here makes this my favorite! Well done.
Thank you very much Caryn.
The angle on the first one makes for a much more interesting image for me.
Thank you Mike, I still have a hard time deciding which I like better! 😀
Great DOF David.
Thank you very much Eden, greatly appreciated.
I love when simple ordinary things are made to be so beautiful by a photograph. Love these. 😀
Thank you so much! I too love it when ordinary things are captured and become noticed! 😀
These are excellent! Great composition.
Thank you so much Gracie!
I loved these photographs… excellent shots. Thank you dear David, with my love, nia
You are very welcome Nia, glad you like them!
Its a shame to lose the really out of focus part of that fence, but I side with the first shot too. How about complementary crops – do an abstract from the left side of the image as well – double value from one image 🙂
Thank you for the comment. I will be cropping the second image’s fence (left side) and use it as a texture (as Brandon suggested), as always, thank you for your insight!
El bokeh de la segunda, hace que al final de la valla a la izquierda, parezca cristal, aún así me gusta más la primera
The fence in the second image does look a little like crystals! Thank you for the comment, greatly appreciated.
For me fenced In works best! must check out the stats on the forums for the f 1/8 85mm looks like a pretty cool lens!
Thank you Adrian, it is a really difficult choice which I like better. The 85mm f/1.8 is a really great lens, I certainly recommend it. 😀
Like them both and especially how the rusted chain is in great contrast. The bokeh in the 2nd I love, but it might be a bit much, becoming the dominate element. I would be tempted to crop out that “icy” bokeh and use it as a texture overlay on something else.
Ohh hey, now there’s a great idea (cropping the icy bokeh for a texture)! 😀
Both are great. But first one is my favorite. It’s really cool! 🙂
Thank you Nandini. 😀