Ineffective Barrier
24 January 2014 -- 24/365
Lincoln, Rhode Island
The single-digit deep freeze is continuing, so for today's photo I decided to visit Lincoln Woods State Park. Olney Pond has a solid layer of ice, and I was hoping to get out on the pond and get some closeups of folks ice fishing. There's only one problem. There were no ice fisherman to be seen. In fact, in all the time I was there, I only saw one other person in the park. What did catch my attention, though, was this "unsafe for skating" sign and the small wooden fence leaning against it. The signs are amusing in that they go up at the start of winter and they come down in the spring, but since they're never removed when it IS safe for skating the signs are effectively meaningless. What that small fence is for is anybody's guess. Overall the scene struck me as comical.
Post processing started with a classic filter in Topaz B&W FX. I adjusted color sensitivity sliders, adaptive exposure, regions, contrast, boost black, boost white, and protect highlights. A levels adjustment was added in PSE.
