Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Cattle grid
Comments:
This is such a contrast to the woodland that I don't know where to begin. It's not obviously attractive - as utilitarian as the grid but it does convey a certain characteristic of the Highlands extremely well: that sort of road with that sort of gravelled lay-by and typical shrubs and trees. So it is very descriptive. Utilising the grid to fill the lower half of the picture is a clever way of giving a panoramic feel to the road snaking away down the hill. The grid itself has quite an attracive geometric pattern. Did you try it in b/w?
John
Did you try it in b/w?
I've gone off digital black and white, so no, I haven't tried a conversion.
Also I've definitely been intending to photograph the green-ness recently. For the last couple of years I have mostly been using mono and have missed the spring greens. So, shock of the new and all that.
Well, I'm afraid that you'll only get digital b/w from me!! The greens here are very good but I was wondering how the combination of the man-made and nature worked out.
The grid is an interesting lead-in to the scene, especially since I've never seen a cattle grid before. Quite obvious how it works!
I think I would prefer a bit less grid and more scene, or at least to include the top of the tree on the left side.
We build those grids different in the US. Same idea, but we normally use pipes.
This and the "duck race" picture both convey a sense of the landscape stretching out in front of the viewer without actually being pictures of sweeping vistas. It's a very graphic effect, and well used.
I also wanted to see this in B&W, but I see your point about spring greens. The risk of doing things like this in color is that they might end up looking like a mass of undifferentiated vegetation. The above mentioned graphic effect saves this from that.
Matt,
The pipe type of grid is sometimes used here as well, but the box section type is more common. Mostly, I think, because these can be used on large roads and the intention is to present as flat a surface for the traffic as possible. You wouldn't want to hit one of these on two wheels banked over in any circumstance, but the pipe sort is by far the most dangerous.
Christina,
Yes, I've clipped those trees too aggresively. Rangefinder framing.....
I've seen a calf get across a cattle grid - and very balletic it was too. I've also heard of sheep who have learned to roll across them, but I'm not sure if it is true.
I'd heard the same story about the sheep. I also heard that they slaughtered to ones that could do it to prevent the rest of the heard learning. I wonder if it is an urban myth?
The New Forest is bordered by cattle grids to keep the ponies, deer, cattle and pigs from wandering too far. Lots of houses in the forest have them at their gates to keep out the aforementioned animals.
So this image reminds me of home, it is almost like a welcome mat (or the opposite if you have four legs!)I have empathy with this image.
However the most important thing is; does this cattle grid have a Mrs Tiggy Winkle ramp?
Though that grid dominates the scene it does not overwhelm. I'm taken in by the tilting of the fences right and left of the grid which lead in to the top half of the shot and gives it the illusion of being much wider. The sloping of the field fence adds to this rather pleasing effect. Good use of some of the standard composition techniques.
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Did you try it in b/w?
I've gone off digital black and white, so no, I haven't tried a conversion.
Also I've definitely been intending to photograph the green-ness recently. For the last couple of years I have mostly been using mono and have missed the spring greens. So, shock of the new and all that.
I think I would prefer a bit less grid and more scene, or at least to include the top of the tree on the left side.
This and the "duck race" picture both convey a sense of the landscape stretching out in front of the viewer without actually being pictures of sweeping vistas. It's a very graphic effect, and well used.
I also wanted to see this in B&W, but I see your point about spring greens. The risk of doing things like this in color is that they might end up looking like a mass of undifferentiated vegetation. The above mentioned graphic effect saves this from that.
The pipe type of grid is sometimes used here as well, but the box section type is more common. Mostly, I think, because these can be used on large roads and the intention is to present as flat a surface for the traffic as possible. You wouldn't want to hit one of these on two wheels banked over in any circumstance, but the pipe sort is by far the most dangerous.
Yes, I've clipped those trees too aggresively. Rangefinder framing.....
I've seen a calf get across a cattle grid - and very balletic it was too. I've also heard of sheep who have learned to roll across them, but I'm not sure if it is true.
The New Forest is bordered by cattle grids to keep the ponies, deer, cattle and pigs from wandering too far. Lots of houses in the forest have them at their gates to keep out the aforementioned animals.
So this image reminds me of home, it is almost like a welcome mat (or the opposite if you have four legs!)I have empathy with this image.
However the most important thing is; does this cattle grid have a Mrs Tiggy Winkle ramp?