Barbed Wire

[Beatnik]

A couple from a group of shots I took yesterday.
What do you think.

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b355/Scott_Johnston/Beatnik%20Photographic/BarbedWire02.jpg

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b355/Scott_Johnston/Beatnik%20Photographic/BarbedWire01.jpg

[farmmax]

Well, they are different. I like the vivid colours. Probably would prefer the white down pipe wasn't there, but sometimes it is hard to dodge things like down pipes.

[vic]

As already mentioned the vivid colours are nice. The down pipe was in the way.

Hope you don't mind, but I needed to practice my cloning and cropping skills and came up with these two.

34766 34765
What are peoples thoughts?

[Beatnik]

Hey Vic,
No worries about editing them.
I really like what you've done with them.

@farmmax: Thanks, I boosted the saturation and the contrast in post to get the look I was going for as it was an overcast day and the original images were a bit flat.
As far as the downpipe goes I was so busy trying to frame the barb the way I wanted it that I didn't even notice it. And I hadn't really thought about until you mentioned it.
I need to train myself to hunt out distracting elements when positioning my photos.

[farmmax]

I never used to notice distracting objects either, but everyone on the forum finds them, so now I'm a lot more careful :) Thank goodness for the forum - it is improving my photographs greatly.

[Kazphoto]

I never used to notice distracting objects either, but everyone on the forum finds them, so now I'm a lot more careful :) Thank goodness for the forum - it is improving my photographs greatly.

haha - you are right there... Horizons was the big lesson for me (with each and every post) - I still get them crooked in camera but at least now I try to always make sure they are straight before posting...

I prefer the composition of the original first image. Although the downpipe would be better gone I don't feel it's overly detracting in this shot - it's not as obvious as in the second...

[Beatnik]

Thanks Kaz, That's my favourite of the two also.

[Frosty73]

I think you've gone too far with saturation and contrast. In my opinion, barbed wire shots look best when they're "real", that is, no boosting of contrast or saturation, but a natural view of it.

Nonetheless, I still like these photos. Good job.

[Beatnik]

Thanks Frosty, noted for future reference.