...and this time you get a whole row of them for the price of one. This could equally have been titled 'A New Forest' because the posts are supporting an electric fence to keep out deer and wild boar who would otherwise feast royally on the little saplings that are being cultivated within.
Learning point - keep trying: I have photographed this scene many times but never liked the result enough to post... this time, yes.
I'm so jealous, always a beautiful cloudy sky in your images. Is it sooc or do you edit the skies Richard? Seen a little youtube earlier today where someone explained how to edit some clouds and make em look so much better.. Just curious.. oh and fav :)
A simple idea Richard, and I've seen some of your earlier fence post posts. I agree with you, this one really works, not quite sure I could exactly say why. But it does.
Your narrative, struck a chord though. Saturday afternoon I was killing time before catching a ferry.
I was close to the harbour, but not at the harbour.
I saw a magnificent white, at first I thought a bull, but it was a cow with a white calf not far away.
Tried to get a shot, but fence posts and barbed wire fence stopped a clear shot. No problem, holding camera, I leapt across steep sided ditch, and got next to fence. Cow hardly moved, in fact she presented a great image, except for the power cable post growing out of her head !!!
Okay so very carefully I edged along the very damp, narrow grassy top of the ditch, trying not to scare the cow, catch myself or clothes on barbed wire, or slide into the ditch. I was nearly where I wanted to be, as I felt my feet slip. Quick as a flash, I reached out my hand to steady myself, saw the barbed wire, and grabbed the nice smooth wire on the inside of the fence !!
As I grabbed it I realised that I had gripped the electric fence !!!
Haha, fortunately either my boots stopped me earthing out, or it was switched off !!!
Just thought, I would relate this story, Richard, as a warning that your fence post photograph series has hidden dangers.
@markp Ah, Mark, thanks for the chuckle... been there, done that! I did slip once and fell against a live fence wire... falling into a muddy wet ditch suddenly seemed the preferred option! BtW you can check if a fence is live by touching it with a long blade of grass: start about 15cm out and gradually move in - if the fence is on, at some point you'll start to feel a mild tingle.
Yep knew it was yours before I rolled it up to see your name. Glad to read you take pictures of the same place in hopes of getting it right. I do believe what often makes the difference is the light.
@madeinnl Hi Ko - the image was edited in Silver Efex Pro manually - I don't use the presets - and then I did a little more work on the sky in Lightroom. Thank you for your kind comments.
Your narrative, struck a chord though. Saturday afternoon I was killing time before catching a ferry.
I was close to the harbour, but not at the harbour.
I saw a magnificent white, at first I thought a bull, but it was a cow with a white calf not far away.
Tried to get a shot, but fence posts and barbed wire fence stopped a clear shot. No problem, holding camera, I leapt across steep sided ditch, and got next to fence. Cow hardly moved, in fact she presented a great image, except for the power cable post growing out of her head !!!
Okay so very carefully I edged along the very damp, narrow grassy top of the ditch, trying not to scare the cow, catch myself or clothes on barbed wire, or slide into the ditch. I was nearly where I wanted to be, as I felt my feet slip. Quick as a flash, I reached out my hand to steady myself, saw the barbed wire, and grabbed the nice smooth wire on the inside of the fence !!
As I grabbed it I realised that I had gripped the electric fence !!!
Haha, fortunately either my boots stopped me earthing out, or it was switched off !!!
Just thought, I would relate this story, Richard, as a warning that your fence post photograph series has hidden dangers.