Barbed wire (sepia)
A nearby farm was burning out the fence rows recently and stored some of the barbed wire on a fence post. I thought it was rather interesting. ...
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A nearby farm was burning out the fence rows recently and stored some of the barbed wire on a fence post. I thought it was rather interesting.
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larissawatson
April 04, 2016
Thank you for entering this in my Challenge.m I LOVE everything about it!
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Location
This photo was taken just down the road from my house. I was driving by one afternoon and noticed the coil of wire and knew there was a photo there.Time
This was taken in the afternoon, on my way home from work. It's a shaded spot anyway, so lighting is always filtered and nice.Lighting
I tried this image in color, black and white, and sepia. While the lighting was great (filtered afternoon light), the sepia really made the barbed wire coil shine.Equipment
This was shot, hand-held, with a Canon Rebel t5 and my 50mm lens.Inspiration
In driving by it daily, I knew there was something there. I was inspired by the coil itself and decided to play with different lenses to see what effects I could create. I've taken photos of this same coil at different times of the day and keep going back to it. I feel that there is more there and I want to capture it, too.Editing
This was processed minimally using Photoshop. At the time I took this I was only adjusting brightness, contrast, and hue. The only other things I did was use a high-pass filter and added a sepia filter. That's it.In my camera bag
My bag normally contains my Canon Rebel t5, the kit lenses, a 50mm lens, an extra battery, an extra card, microfiber cloths, and a few filters (UV, Polarizing, Macro). Quite simple, really. Many people think you can't get 'good' photos using kit lenses, but you can. My bag now contains a Rebel 6ti (baby steps) in addition to the above.Feedback
You have to keep your eyes open! Interesting photos line the roadsides... it's just a matter of finding them. Think about angles, too. I've shot this fence post and coil of wire probably a hundred times, from every conceivable angle. I keep coming back to this angle though(or something quite similar) because it's more pleasing to me. And, above all, take photos for you! Don't worry about what others like; they won't be in your house, looking at your walls.
