Frosted Fense Post

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted April 11, 2012549 views16 comments

Image was shot just west of Spokane, WA, near a small town: "Four Lakes." I pulled off the main road onto a farm road and found this waiting for me.

Nikon D300, manual mode, 18.0mm focal length on a 18-200mm VR lens: ISO 200, SS 1/90, f/16.

Comments welcomed.

Comments

16 comments

Comment posted by Ken Smith on April 11, 2012 at 10:26 PM

Beautiful blend of structures and colors. The frost and fog ...esp in distant view adds much depth. I am longing for a bit more room on right side to view the meadow and see more of that perspective. Swell shot! Captures expertly the eastern Washington countryside and weather.

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Comment posted by Tonia Graves on April 12, 2012 at 9:56 PM

I like the combination of elements here including the fog. I agree with Ken that a little more room on the right would have been nice. Good image!

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Comment posted by Rick Diffley on April 13, 2012 at 12:40 PM

Regarding wanting to see more of the meadow to the right...

I wanted to but there was a large fense post with a "No Trespass" sign.

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Comment posted by Gary McGhee on April 15, 2012 at 11:19 AM

I like this a lot Rick, especially the subtle colour. Your choice of comp works well for me. I think this would make a lovely print.

Gary.

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Comment posted by Nick Bristol on April 16, 2012 at 3:12 PM

This is very nice Rick. I like this comp as is, and light and color are wonderful. This has such a nice feel about it.

Nick Bristol
lone Rock, WI

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Comment posted by Vance Gese on April 16, 2012 at 5:11 PM

Thoroughly enjoy this, Rick. The fog and frost together with the lovely warm tones in the grasses, the fence posts, and the distant trees really make this a wonderful image. Excellent work.

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Comment posted by Harry Lichtman on April 17, 2012 at 2:18 PM

Great find. The textures near and far work together real well. My only suggestion to possibly improve the image might be to "cool" the frost areas of the image and make them stand out in relation to the warm grasses. The sy and trees look like they ahave a warm color balance. Probably the simplest wa in PS to do this would be to adjust the white colors under the Image Adjustments tab and drag the slider toward less yellow and maybe add cyan. Just a thought if it were mine, very nice as is.

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Comment posted by Brigitte Lorenz on April 18, 2012 at 1:43 PM

great mood here...I like this a lot!!!

Brigitte

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on April 18, 2012 at 3:08 PM

Great eye to see this - congrats on the WP!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Rick Diffley on April 18, 2012 at 4:51 PM

Sandy...

Thank you for the comment and for mentioning the WP! I would not have known being a brand new member. Again, thank you to all for your comments and feedback!!

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Comment posted by Jenaya Launstein on April 18, 2012 at 5:31 PM

Congrats on your first weekly pick, Rick! Beautiful image! I love all the frost on the fence, and the lighting shows it off nicely. The trees in the background also add to the image. Really cool comp.

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Comment posted by Catherine Reilly on April 19, 2012 at 2:46 AM

gorgeous! great comp, too! Love the texture and color of the fg grasses that stand well for the subject and also enhance the appearance of the frosted fenceposts as the main subject. Very pleasing image to view. Congratulations for the Pick!!

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on April 20, 2012 at 2:02 PM

Wow, this looks great. I enjoy images that are taken from "normal" subjects and turned into something significant and meaningful. That's the true art. Like a street photography approach applied to natural/rural environment.

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Comment posted by Jim Hansen on April 22, 2012 at 2:35 AM

Fantastic image as posted. Nice work!

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on April 22, 2012 at 1:38 PM

Great shot.

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Comment posted by Bill Fach on April 28, 2012 at 1:12 AM

Rick: I lived in Spokane many years ago and am familiar with this area. Really good find, good vision and superb shot. Congrats on the WP. >=))>

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