Barbed Wire

The first patent in the United States for barbed wire was issued in 1867 to Lucien B. Smith of Kent, Ohio, who is regarded as the inventor.[4][5] Joseph F. Glidden of DeKalb, Illinois, received a patent for the modern invention in 1874 after he made his own modifications to previous versions.

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[Shawn Kenwright]

That is a simply beautiful shot. great use of Boken, cleveer use of subject.

[virtualbrownie]

Great composition and focus -fav

[John Rambo]

Excellent

[Penelope Ann]

Rusty subjects have great texture.

[Sue Cooper]

Hmm! Barbed wire, rusty or otherwise, doesn't do it for me but I can recognise that the photography here is excellent and of course it fits in really well with your theme.

[Shelley]

Wonderful close up and love the bokeh.

[Lady Magpie (Heather)]

Lovely composition and capture.

[Lynne Hart]

Nice capture of this rusting barbed wire.

[Lisa Pouncy]

Rust and bokeh, a great combination xx

[Danette Thompson]

I really like the soft and hard aspects of this photo.

[Rona]

I like the light hitting the wire at the back :)

[Steve]

@kiwi_big_bear @virtualbrownie @jrambo001 @bjdmum @susiemc @pennystot @moxy @ladymagpie @lhart @psychographer @danette thank you for your feedback, the tonal range was huge, but texture, light and colours were so compelling, quite pleased with the result.