Leaf Barrier
Another in my little series challenging myself on a walk in the rain to make photographs that contained yellow on subjects located within about 10 feet of the street edge. Yellow was not much of a challenge to find at this time of the year, but making the shots interesting is another matter.
This barrier is at the end of Foul Bay Road overlooking Gonzales Beach. Right now it serves to hold the fall leaves in place. It was placed here about 10 years ago when an old couple failed to see the stop sign on Foul Bay Road and drove right through here and over the edge, nearly onto the beach. Apparently they were not badly injured, but the city decided a barrier was a good idea. Probably if they had hit this barrier, they would have been injured, but any people below would likely have been safer.
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Looks like the left barrier had some dark green graffiti at one time, long painted over, but still vibrant under the yellow.
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Canon 5Dii, Canon 100mm f2.8 macro lens, ISO400, f 2.8, 3 brackets each image at 0 EV, +1 EV and -1 EV.
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This is great, my friend! Huh, I’ll never look at a yellow traffic thing the same ever again. I just love how photography helps you to see things that once were invisible.
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Thanks so much Toad – I agree, seeing a photo is a bit like looking through someone else’s eyes, and sometimes that can really change the way we view things. Sometimes it even happens when I see a photo I took.
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Love the first image, great mini series!
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Thank you David! It was fun.
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That first shot is the best of the bunch. The diffused stark and dark background really helps that bright yellow to ‘sing’
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Hi Andy – I am glad you like that background. It was actually quite bright and I had mask it and pull it down a fair bit to get the feel I was after.
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You have strong leaf barriers out west! Must be windy.
I was thinking about you after hearing about the earthquakes near Haida Gwaii – I hope all your friends made out okay!
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It is windy here. Today for instance. Heavy leaves too, so it takes a lot to hold them off the beach.
That was a very concerning time for an hour or two while information was slow to come out. All my friends did make out okay. I think some were quite frightened for a while. I am glad they had nearly and hour of warning.
One of the places I have camped for weeks during a job was very near the epicentre and would have had something like 1 minute and 40 seconds between the quake and tsunami, had there been one. Which is a very sobering thing to consider as it is quite possible that a major earthquake could occur close to a population centre with virtually no time to pick yourself up off the floor and get to higher ground. What I have taken away from that is if we are subjected to a very strong quake is to get to higher ground first, and then gather information second.
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What is it about yellow that is so appealing??? I’ve had an ongoing series (not quite as good as yours) with the color for a long time and I can’t stop. I like the mix of the man made barrier and the yellow leaves. It’s a nice combination. Keep it up,
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Hi Ken – glad to hear you have come through the storm without too much drama.
I have discovered that many of my yellow shots have lots of red in them too. That time of year, but also it was a highly saturated kind of day and they just asked to be photographed. I am contemplating how to deal with all the red and why I called it a yellow series! Small problem, I know.
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I was just this morning philosophizing about how the making of every photograph is an adventure. Here one and three are the ones stopping me in my tracks.
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Hi Joseph. Those are the ones I like the best too. The paint details and the colours in the leaves and the drips of water on the steel lugs.
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