As photographers we look for things to use as leading lines that take our viewer’s eyes to our subject or through the photo. This week Dawn Miller of The Day After challenges us to show fencing as leading lines or as an element to showcase a subject.

For instance some fences are put up to keep people out, protecting whatever is inside the fence. Down near Rio Vista we have wind turbine farms. There is fencing to keep people out. And farmers use fences in orchards to keep us out, especially during an almond harvest.

Talking about keeping things safe, how about fences that keep you safe!

Then there are fences that lead us places. They are usually located along pathways.

Some fencing is old and needs repair.

How about the opportunity for leading line shadows. Don’t we photographers love that!

And then there are fences that just add to our images.

I’ll close with a metal barrier around a memorial set up for the victims of the Paradise Camp Fire in 2018. The entire town was burned. Some rebuilt and some couldn’t go back. My neighbor lived there and took a few of us photographers to document the devastation. This memorial was erected to honor that day.

Fencing keeps us safe and where we belong. It also protects private property. Thanks Dawn for fencing us in this week. When you post, please remember to link to Dawn’s original post and use the Lens-Artists tag. And thank you Philo for a not so simple challenge on simplicity last week. I enjoyed your responses. Next week Dan Fenner of Departing in 5 Minutes leads our challenge with UNBOUND. Be sure to look for his post.

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45 thoughts on “Lens Artists Challenge #258: Fences”

  1. What a great series of photos, Anne. I really enjoyed all of them The one with the windmills really worked for me – all these turbines are a fence in and of themselves – who would want to walk through a field of them? Very effective fence!

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    1. Thank you Tiina! Unfortunately, the Paradise fire was repeated in other communities in subsequent years. PG&E (the State’s major electric supplier) is finally burying their lines.

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  9. The almond trees are making me hungry…which I guess underscores how fence-worthy they are, and I’m relieved to see I’m not the only one taking pictures of fence shadows and neglecting whatever the tourists are looking at! Great pics and approach to the challenge

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  10. A great and well thought out post, Anne. I love the old and tattered fences that bring character to our images….and our gardens as you show. Moving memorial. Reminds me of the 19 hotshots that were killed here a few years back. So sad. I still haven’t done the memorial hike as it is 7 miles round trip, and straight uphill on the way in.

    How nice to live near almond farms. Very nice.

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    1. Thanks Donna! We are lucky to live so close to countryside with farms and ranches. Then we also live equally as close to the mountains and forests. We do have to go further for the ocean, but it’s still a day trip.

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