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Pointed Beauty
Pointed Beauty
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Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Lensbaby 1.0 (The Original)
Date: Dec 15, 2008
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Macro, Lensbaby
Date Uploaded: Jan 2, 2009

Viewed: 409
Comments: 13
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 Barbed wire has always fascinated me, starting as a young city boy who would go camping and hiking with my Father we would run across it from time to time. I just found it interesting how there was these few strings of wire that kept animals in or out. Or how trees would grow around it, just consuming it and making the wire it's own. Though I have ripped a favorite pair of pants on it before and gashed a nice pair of leather boots I still am intrigued by something so simple and amazed at how I it makes me stop and look so often. The simple things in life sometimes I guess.

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 01/13/2009 06:14:12 AM
I LOVE barbed and concertina wire. And yes, it has an amazing life of its own, doesn't it? I love the tones here, the choice of sweet spot, and the amazing soft quality of the picture despite the subject matter being sharp and unforgiving.
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 01/06/2009 12:39:29 PM
I love barbed wire too...I am always looking at it and wishing I had my camera with me
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 01/04/2009 11:03:11 PM
Some magical circle bokeh, the faintness of it helps to compliment the barb-wire without over-powering. Very nice!
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 01/04/2009 01:19:35 PM
Great composition and wow, what a bokeh! Oft times its the simplest image that inspire the most thought.
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 01/03/2009 04:48:01 PM
Those soft, buttery circles of light in the background offer a wonderful contrast to the harsh, barbed twist of wire.
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 01/03/2009 03:10:55 PM
Sweet, well-framed shot! Warm colors. Excellent image.
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 01/03/2009 11:56:55 AM
Isn't this lens great. You can take something simple like a barb wire fence and turn it into a fantastic looking picture worthy of framing.
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 01/03/2009 10:47:35 AM
Exceptionally well-crafted, great isolation of the sweet spot.
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 01/03/2009 07:47:15 AM
Barbed wire facinated me until I joined the Marines. Not so much now, but you have done a fantastic job capturing an emotion in what has become a symbolic wire. Great job.
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 01/03/2009 04:59:51 AM
Love the point of focus and the tones in this one...
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 01/03/2009 04:10:31 AM
I don't love barbed wire at all, but I was a farm boy so I got to push great rolls of it around, and also to unwind it by hand when I'd forgotten my gloves. And later to climb over it when I was in too much of a hurry to walk down to the gate (Tip: climbing over it ALWAYS takes longer than walking to the gate).

I have since tried to photograph the stuff a few times though, and I never got a result as good as this. Maybe the wire senses my residual loathing?
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 01/03/2009 03:47:50 AM
Oh I love barbed wire too - it tells such a story.
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 01/03/2009 02:24:02 AM
I like the juxtaposition between the spikey barbs and the soft circular bokeh. Lovely.
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