A Black and White Post

Taken yesterday ( Dec 27) during a 3 hour walk through woods and fields looking for anything alive and finding very little except for maybe 100 Mourning Doves ( hiding from the Hawk who was hiding himself)

Anyway.....this post caught my eye. Just the way it had been weathered made it interesting ( or maybe I was just starving for an image )...2 photos.

Not your usual subject mattter Gary. But I had very lttle luck myself yesterday.
#1 Very nicely composed. Great texture, and lighting.
Something "Alien" about # 2.

I love it, very sharp. Great shot.

I like the first one more than the second. It has wonderful composition as well as textures. You showed the rustic barbed-wire and the wonderful textures of the wood. Maybe closing the aperture by a stop could have brought in the texture of the grass behind the post a little more. That could either help the photo or detract from it, you'd have to experiment. But very good job overall, I love photos with good textures. Hope my comments were helpful!

I've always loved b/w pictures of the wood posts and barbed wire. I dont know why. LOL But it just looks cool. Nice job on both pictures.

Pamela

Both of these are excellent...very well done....

Thanks Ted .....I zeroed in on that Alien aspect of the post as that is what caught my eye so I did the same here. It was only on second view that I took in the whole image.

Thanks Michael.......I wasn't sure at first but its growing on me

I think I tend to eliminate or shroud the background in most of my shots. This is partly on purpose and is also because the lens I was using was on the camera to shoot birds (at close range mind you). I took advantage of the bright light to lower my ISO ( 100 and 200) and pump up my shutter speed ( hand holding in the cold). The F4 max aperture of the 200mm and 1.4X combo makes it almost automatic to smooth out the background even at F 6.3 ( 2 other shots were at F5.6 and F7.1). Thanks for looking and for the comment which is very helpful. The next time I am shooting similar I will take a little more time to work more seriously with the DOF and see what the results are. Thanks again!

Thanks for looking Pamela and for your kind words!

Thanks..........much appreciated!

Excellent, Gary. Nice sharpness, smooth bokeh and excellent contrast.

Thanks for looking and commenting Jay! Digital has gotten me back into some black and white after years of neglecting this side of photography.

Love the first one. great texture on the post and bokeh. Pictures like that that inspire me to do some black and white work

Nice work Gary. I like the first shot for its texture and tone. It also reminds me of days long gone by.
-Bruce

Thanks so much Brian and Bruce for your encouraging words.

Neet shots!

Dan

Thanks for looking and coometing Dan!