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I'm an explorer. My entire life, I've been driven by the impulse to take the back route, the debris-strewn alley, the hole in the chainlink that forms a passage between here and there that most walk right past. Natürlich, I have always been drawn to the subject of Fences in my photography. A fence forms a barrier between here and there - a stockade carrying the artifice of separation between you and what lies beyond. A fence can be emblematic of claims to dominion over an area - a subtle way of saying This is mine - and you're not allowed in. Photographing fences, then, allows us to enter these spaces visually, subverting the builder's intentions, and to form a discussion between the interior and exterior that becomes formed. Post your favorite photographs of fences in here - yours, or someone else's. Here's a few I'd like to start with.    
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Oops, forgot to credit. First photo is unknown - found it on a photo thread on SA. Rest are mine.
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MrBlandAverage posted:This one is my favorite because it so easily subverts the traditionally held notion that fences are an effective means of control over space. The plastic chair on the ground is the fallen throne of he (because of course it's a he) that would reign over his dominion. I think you've captured a bit of why I like that one. Also, I really didn't mean anything by posting it without credit. If the original creator here speaks up I'll gladly edit in a photo credit 
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May 23, 2019 23:07
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Realize my photos of fences probably aren't the most inspiring ones ever taken  Here's a few that I really enjoy. Marion Belanger  Mitch Epstein  Robert Adams  Barbara Bosworth  Ansel Adams My favorite is the Barbara Bosworth one, even though it sorta contradicts what I'm saying in the OP.
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May 23, 2019 23:23
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MrBlandAverage posted:
Ooh
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May 23, 2019 23:37
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RangerScum posted:
Really like these, especially this one. It's delightfully absurd
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A couple from the LARPchives, from most to least recent:    
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Jun 15, 2019 05:30
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Really like the last two. Make the thread!
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Jun 23, 2019 17:53
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Krispy Wafer posted:You’ve got straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, straight line, crooked line, and a bunch more straight lines. It’s scratching something in my brain and I like it. Good phtoography is visual asmr
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Jun 30, 2019 15:11
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I just want to say I am glad I made this thread. Really fantastic stuff so far. Keep it up yall.
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Jun 30, 2019 15:14
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Nigel Tufnel posted:Nice. Wow. Its rare to see so much death and decay compressed into one picture - the ceaseless erosion and rise of our oceans, the rotting bridge, the abandoned railroad tracks reminding of us a bygone age of optimism and trust in the systems of capitalism we now see in their twilight years. I really like it.
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Sep 6, 2019 19:07
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 Nob Hill, Albuquerque. A no-mans' land, a home to no life other than black widows and the odd wandering coyote or houseless person seeking respite for the night. Walking through the nexus of gentrification in South Albuquerque, I was drawn to this little street's deceptively normal appearance on the map and its wild nature only feet from manicured lawns and trendy renovated homes.
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Sep 6, 2019 19:15
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Megabound posted:How tall must a fence be before it becomes a wall? The dual nature of them is an interesting angle. Explore it.
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Sep 26, 2019 13:24
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Sep 27, 2019 18:19
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Nice! I've always been obsessed with plants/trees growing around fences IF you couldn't tell There's this tree down the street from my work that has a short section of a wrought iron fence that looks like it's a few decades old. Not the best photo, I should try again https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Otu8on-8W/
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The Xkdc Larper posted:Nice! I've always been obsessed with plants/trees growing around fences IF you couldn't tell A good one spotted a week ago https://www.flickr.com/photos/kjelgaard/48865682422/sizes/o/
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Oct 12, 2019 01:58
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Nov 2, 2019 23:47
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A Sometimes Brutal Place.     Full series in the Art thread in the Pretentious Hipster Irony Zone.
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Excellent picture, I really like the way the picture is "flat" in terms of the objects' arrangement within the frame - there is virtually no background or foreground - but the natural interplay of light and shadow introduces additional depth. It takes skill to use light to one's advantage so well. Please consider cross-posting this one in the Art thread in PHIZ: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3052537
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Jun 23, 2020 20:18
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Did you use a flash?
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Jun 25, 2020 04:51
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Megabound posted:A considerate fence Lovely.
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Jun 28, 2020 18:45
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bobmarleysghost posted:Yea that was flashed Daytime flash, for the win.
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Jun 28, 2020 18:46
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I love this
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This picture speaks to me
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KaBob posted:Full disclosure on a few things here, folks. I do actually know my way around a camera and editing. The gate pic was an experiment of sorts showing the extremes in Luminar AI if you throw every option and slider at a photo. Yes, it was intentionally overcooked. The sky isn't even real, that can now be faked in, the flare is fake, haze was added, etc. It was a throwaway photo from a year ago that wasn't in focus and as a case study in being able to turn a crap shot into a salvageable shot I started messing with it. Once I learned that you can literally paint a new scene in Luminar I went nuts trying to make a photo that actually looked painted. I wanted to see what I could pull out of a photo that I normally would delete. So yes, overcooked but for a purpose. Dude stooop. If something looks like crap youre going to get made fun of.
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Jul 7, 2021 15:40
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I went to Pittsburgh. two Fencepix I am particularly happy with: 
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Jul 7, 2021 15:43
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tk posted:This one is for all the hardcore fence freaks out there. Here is a shot of almost every fence that I passed on my walk today. For the love of god please make these timg so the other ones dont get crowded out
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Jul 7, 2021 15:51
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My favorites from the past two pages. Great stuff!!
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Jul 7, 2021 15:53
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Twenties Superstar posted:
love this one
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Feb 17, 2022 20:33
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Great stuff you all, I havent shot much at all since I began graducate school last year but I'm ready to get back in the fence photo game as soon as things settle down.
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Feb 17, 2022 20:34
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cool, second one's kind of psychedelic, there's a confusion going on with what's near and middle ground, which I always get a kick out of
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Mar 29, 2022 15:23
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also cool
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Mar 29, 2022 15:23
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love the patterns in this one
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Jun 20, 2022 00:20
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bobmarleysghost posted:thanks, i liked the repetition as well Where is it? Looks like a national border for how overbuilt it is
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Some pix I took during my weekend in NY for the PHIZ meetup     The last one isn't my most successful picture, I wish I had taken it with a longer lens from higher up. My phiz bud "misc" pointed out that the plastic fences are sort of a skeumorph, I like how that played with the fake flowers, the leaf-like finials and whatnot. larper fucked around with this message at 19:10 on Aug 10, 2022 |
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tompepper posted:
Please post in the phiz art thread (Solemn promise not to make fun of you).
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Here is a picture of a fence I took recetnly. I would upload the picture to this website, but I have forgotten how. https://www.instagram.com/p/C0CHXSYOlcc/
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