Deer Fence II
This is deer fencing. The variety my neighbours use.
For those that grow things in the garden and find them mowed to nothing overnight, it is pretty easy to get a bit of a hate on for deer (though who could hate a deer as cute as this little one?)
This plastic mesh makes for an interesting subject for my lens and so do the plants that survive inside the mesh, as is evident in the rest of this series.
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Canon EOS 5D MkII, Canon EF 100mm/f2.8 macro lens, ISO100, f2.8, 1/200th (top), 1/800th (middle), 1/400th (bottom).
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burnt embers 
The first image is certainly my fav…when I first saw it all I could think of was tar! Also really love the way the colours in the back blend together so well. 😀
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Thank you David. Tar in a solid form, not that far off!
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Amazing how a mesh fence can be rendered as a thing of beauty – as you have managed, particularly in that first image.
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Hi Andy – thanks so much. Certainly not a promising subject on its own, but with the flowers it seems to work out. A few more deer fence shots lined up, and then I am done.
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Beautiful series – I like the colours and your work with DoF!
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Thank you Wolfgang! Nice to see you around here as well, thanks for commenting.
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I just had a look at your website – terrific photos! Nice to find you work.
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And now that I look more, I realise I have been there before, via you photoblogs connection (http://www.photoblogs.com/site/89.html). Thanks again for coming by.
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These are all very nice, color and all! The top and bottom ones are very nice abstractions and I love the way the red/orange/yellows pop from behind the mesh. The center photo, though, is even better, with just the right proportion between in focus and out of focus bits.
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Thank you Melinda. Glad you like them, colour and all. And, nice to have your opinion on the middle shot which I know I like, but can’t really put my finger on why. I am bad that way…
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I try to be open minded re. color, even posting a color shot today on my blog.
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So you did, but nice muted tones compared to these ones.
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Baby steps…maybe in another years or so I’ll post something with vivid colors!
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Ha! I have seen some of your old blogs, brimming with vivid colour:)
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Oh, yeah – that one year (http://365photosin2011.wordpress.com/) WAS pretty colorful, wasn’t it?!
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Yes! And that photo you linked to, we have the same set of mixing bowls and I wish I had taken that shot!
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You could do a whole series on the bowls! I will be watching for it…
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Well….this is a start I guess: http://wp.me/p1R4lY-uu
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I’d forgotten about the leek pie post – I was going to make it, but never did. So, thanks to your reminder, I can forget, again, to make it.
And, yes – there’s that red bowl from the set. I used to have a whisk like that one, too, but somewhere along the way it vanished. Or fell apart.
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very nice
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Thank you!
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Wow this really is an interesting subject…especially with the bright backgrounds! I went back in time by clicking on the link you included. Precious little creatures fawns are. great job documenting the little guy/gal. The ground level shots are fabulous!
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Thank you! And thanks for your comment on the Fawn post as well. It is pretty hard to be mad at them. I just returned from a trip out of town, and at the end of the street where three deer, one very young fawn – just a bit older than the one I photographed last year. They disappeared up a driveway, little tails jerking back and forth.
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You have mastered the art of selective focus, Obi-Wan.
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And also with you, Yoda
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A different, richer hue full of warning perhaps?
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That’s a good thought Mike. Though nasturtium blossoms are so tasty that the yellows and reds are probably a “come hither” hue, if deer see that kind of colour. The black on the other hand is abrupt and halting.
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