Carpet of Gold

[SoCal Steve]

Taken on the way to Palm Desert California yesterday.
50mm F1.4 at f16 1/100

Comments welcome.



Link to larger version: http://www.pixspot.com/displayimage.php?pid=3356&fullsize=1

Edit per Greg B's recommendation here is an unframed copy and link to the larger version of it. Would be appreciative to know what some others think too.



Larger Version Link: http://www.pixspot.com/displayimage.php?pid=3354&fullsize=1

[Greg B]

Steve, I like the shot a lot, but I reckon the frame is working against it.

The colours and scene are all good. I would redo with a plain frame or none at all

cheers

[SoCal Steve]

New Image added at top of thread without frame

[Killakoala]

I like it. Although there would have been so many options open to you on how to take this shot, lower and through the fence, higher and over the fence, in portrait, the possibilities are endless, but you have chosen an interesting perspective that is appealing to the eye and the mind. It's a work of nature, tamed with the fence and wire of civilisation.

Great photo really.

'In a world without walls and fences, there's be no need for windows and Gates.'

[jethro]

steve i like to eyedrop a darker colour from the pic to make the frame its more complimentary towards the image

[sirhc55]

Steve - this is a very nice pic but any frame that has patterns or bright colours is going to detract from the image. So plain frame or no frame

[Marvin]

Steve, you've changed!!! (I haven't had a close look at the forum this week so I am probably the last to notice!)

On my monitor, the colours seem slightly lighter in the second (unframed) picture and I seem to want to look at the first picture. I really like the colour of the gold against the wire. It looks like beautiful country.

[flipfrog]

love it without the frame!
great colour

[Greg B]

Steve, happily I can agree with myself. I prefer without the frame, and in fact the biger version looks better than the one in your post for some reason.

It really is a very nice shot, the sort you could happily put on the wall and look at again and again. Thanks for sharing.

[stubbsy]

Steve

Great shot (prefer it without the frame) and another example of the fact that rules were meant to be broken (in this case the inclusion of the wire in the foreground enhances the shot even thought things like that are supposed to be a no-no)

And it's worth noting the fact that this shows the utility of the 50/1.4 - not JUST a portrait lens.

[SoCal Steve]

Steve... I reckon the frame is working against it.
...I would redo with a plain frame or none at all.

I like it. Although there would have been so many options open to you on how to take this shot, lower and through the fence, higher and over the fence, in portrait, the possibilities are endless, but you have chosen an interesting perspective that is appealing to the eye and the mind. It's a work of nature, tamed with the fence and wire of civilisation.

Thanks all, for your council and advice... The nays have it on the frame. The motion is carried. I just saw it in my head mounted on a rustic piece of wood and had to give it a try. Some ideas don't work. Glad you DID like the actual picture part, however. The California desert is quite a place this Spring. I have a couple more trips planned and a zillion images to process from two trips already last week.

Killa - I took about a dozen different shots of this spot; over, under and through the fence in all various directions. This is the one that held the best composition and visual interest. I focused at about 12 feet trying to get as much as possible in focus and not having any hyperfocal info handy. I should have just looked at my lens' footage scale. (Doh!)