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The living fence post
The living fence post
Abra


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Challenge: Fences III (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Maianbar
Date: May 2, 2011
Aperture: f/20
ISO: 100
Shutter: 4 sec
Galleries: Nature, Rural
Date Uploaded: May 2, 2011

 This will get slammed in voting I’m sure as for most people it’s not very interesting and pretty. I spent a bit of time trying to set this shot up but I couldn’t get exactly what I wanted. This is as far back as I could get with my 50mm prime but I wanted to get a little wider shot to get more of the autumn leaves bokeh. Alas, the foliage behind me wouldn’t allow it.

It’s a tripod shot with aperture reduced to f/20 and an exposure of 4 secs. The sun was fading fast and the tree was already in shadow. Probably would have benefited as a HDR but I don’t know how to do that yet and I don’t have the software.

I wanted to show how the tree was growing around the wire. It required a deep DoF to maintain the textures of the tree as well as having the fence in focus. I tried a couple of small DoF shots but it suffered more than to create the interest I like from those types of shots. Once I knew I couldn’t get the background in the frame I envisioned this as a B&W shot but there wasn’t enough contrast to make it clear what I was shooting. There probably still isn’t enough and I feel this is one of the reasons it will do poorly.

I entered this only a few hours after the challenge was announced and planned to replace it with a more interesting shot but I didn’t really find anything. I planned to pull this image but after looking at it more and more (and only an hour to cutover) I decided I liked it enough to keep it in and just let my average suffer. I expect this to finish in the 4’s and very few if any comments. I expected similar with my Boker VII entry for other reasons and was pleasantly surprised with a new PB but I have no expectations for this shot.

Statistics
Place: 71 out of 121
Avg (all users): 5.4198
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.2549
Avg (non-participants): 5.5250
Views since voting: 648
Views during voting: 237
Votes: 131
Comments: 2
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
05/13/2011 12:08:36 PM
amazing how the tree has adapted over time to a become a fence post but I am more intigued by those beautiful colors behind the chain link fence.
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 05/09/2011 04:36:47 PM
poor tree. Nice detail.
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