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Barbed Wire The taming of the West
Barbed Wire The taming of the West
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Fences (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Nikon D70s
Lens: Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
Location: Logan UT.
Date: Dec 31, 2006
Aperture: f22
ISO: 200
Shutter: 10/2000
Galleries: History
Date Uploaded: Jan 2, 2007

Joseph Glidden was issued the patent on barbed wire in November of 1874. This patent and the subsequent explosion of fenced land was one of the key factors in the demise of the great cattle drives and the final settlement of the West as well as helping to force the Indians onto the reservations as they saw their hunting grounds divided up into 160 acre sections.

I hope you like my perspective on barb wire.

Steve

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Place: 218 out of 315
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Avg (commenters): 5.4000
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Views since voting: 702
Views during voting: 286
Votes: 235
Comments: 9
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01/10/2007 03:30:30 PM
Hi Steve! It looks like you got some good comments! You may want to straighten your horizon (or make it more tilted, if you're going for that effect). I like the positioning of the foggy sun just to the right of the barb. You may be able to play with colors to see if you can eek more drama into the shot. Nice work, though!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/09/2007 11:29:51 PM
wow! I love it...
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01/09/2007 09:58:01 PM
BRrrr. I'd probably prefer less of an angle to the horizon line.
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01/09/2007 01:08:08 PM
Nice. One of the best "sample of some barbed wire" shots so far.
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01/08/2007 10:00:21 AM
Thats a 10 you are looking for - lol, the wire and the sun looks like 10
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01/08/2007 08:44:13 AM
Blur
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01/06/2007 07:00:53 PM
Ah, barbed wire with some CONTEXT, yay. And mood, too.
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01/03/2007 06:24:02 PM
far out and beautiful ... works real well ........
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01/03/2007 01:18:10 PM
Very stark - feels cold and forbidding!
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