Stopped off to the side of Rt. 97 to capture rainbows and found this little colorful side road. Even the cattle guard blended in. Used the 24-200 lens on this one.
Mike – thanks for your kind words about my Red Country Road. Yes, I thought long and hard about those power poles, both when I shot it and when I post-processed the image. I thought they helped alleviate the bleakness of the sky, and as you say, give some indication of civilization. So that’s why they stayed. When I was at the site, I could have recomposed and shot around them, but would have had to deal with a highway and railroad tracks. That would have been way too much civilizationâ€Â¦
Now, those cattle guards. They are usually about 8̢۪ or so long and the width of the road and are made of metal bars or pipes slung crosswise across the road. There are about 4 -5 inches between bars. This makes it impossible for cattle, deer, horses, etc to walk on them. And, as I̢۪m a city girl, that̢۪s the best I can do for an explanation :>( so I̢۪ll stop there. I am fascinated by cattle guards when I see them as they sometimes have splendid rust patterns to play around with!
New Hampshire! I used to visit your state once in a while when I lived in CT & then in upstate NY. I envy you the coming season. Go shoot a nice red maple for me.
Greetings,
Nice photo, have you thought of removing the powerlines in PS? Part of me thinks that they take away from the remote feel of the photo, on the other hand they also tend to make me wonder where they go, and realize that people do live around there, dunno just a thought....
Hey, one other question, as a life long NH native, I've always wondered just what exactly is a "cattle guard", I'm assuming the object at the front of the road is it, but what does it do? and how? Always wonderded about that?
Mike
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