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I used a 28mm prime lens wide open (f2.8) to create this image. I focused on the post which is about 1/3 into the image which is the normal thing to do. Still I am wondering how the image would have turned out if I had focused in the center of the image at the peak of the fence.

Those kind of questions are important for every serious photographer. The snap-shooter would have turned the camera on automatic setting and shoot the image and he would have gotten a good average image these days, but the serious photographer reflects on his shots and goes out a second or third time to get the image he envisioned in his head.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

When I start out with a new project I usually have at least some idea what to photograph but after a certain amount of time I many times have a feeling of hitting a road block. That can be very frustrating but it also can be the beginning of something new. What I am saying is, don’t give up, work and grow on your projects! Soon or later new ideas will show up and inspire you to photograph and create great images!

Have fun and enjoy this image!

You find this type of wooden fence in the country side around Merced, CA. I converted it to black and white to give it a more “historical” feel and I also wanted to emphasise the structure of the wood.

Enjoy and photograph during the week-end!

During my lunch break I photographed the iron fence in downtown Merced, CA. I opened the lens to f2.8 to get the end post in focus and the green metal out of focus giving this image an interesting appearance.

Enjoy and keep on photographing fences!

This barbed wire fence means serious business. It is hard to overcome the it can cause pretty heavy wounds. It either say, stay out or stay in since it is used in prison systems.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

The fence functions here as a property line. Either you are in or you are out. It divides.

Enjoy and keep on photographing fences!

The photographic exercise for the coming two weeks is “Fence.” Fences separate, fences draw lines, fences also protect. Think about the function and purposes of fences and photograph them.

As always, enjoy this exercise and be creative!

Images will follow!

This is frozen water on a window photographed against the morning sun. This is a scan from a slide. I photographed this image as a teenager with my first SLR, a Minolta XE5. By the way, I still have the camera and I still use the lenses with a connector to my modern cameras. I believe I used the 50mm Minolta 1.4 prime lens to create this picture.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

This morning I went back to Lake Yosemite (a few miles outside Merced, CA) to look for some water images. I photographed the water in front of the spillway.

Enjoy and keep on photographing!

For the last couple of days I observed the water drops on my car. This morning I saw how the sun created all kinds of interesting reflections on my tail light. Normally I don’t like to photograph in direct sun light but sometimes you see a subject that exits you and you got to photograph it.

By the way, the yellow color in the image is from my turn signal. Enjoy, keep on discovering great image and photograph them.