Happy Fence Friday!

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Look Ma, no bokeh! Please note my restraint in posting three consecutive pictures without any significant bokeh. I haven't done a friday fence in a few weeks; this one is my first non-bokeh fence effort. It's of a very ordinary chain link fence that surrounds a construction area on the lakefront path in Chicago. It has a rather ugly blue backing to prevent one from looking at the construction zone. It caught my eye yesterday when the bright afternoon sun illuminated the backing in a surprising and pleasing way.

Much better viewed on black (press L)

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I love the lights on Michigan Avenue. Sometimes the light coming from this street is so bright that it can seem like natural evening light long after the sun has made its departure. That's the impression I got when shooting this snow fence late at night. I tried to align the top of the fence with the bokeh lights in a way that would make it seem as if the bokeh dots were floating up from this midnight fence. I was also intrigued by the contast between the untouched snow on the left side of the fence and the well-trodden snow on the right.

I think that this all white background nearly destroys the shot. Please view large on real black. Click the link (better than pressing L, but Lightbox is a decent second option):
View On Black

HFF!

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HFF

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I took this a few weeks back. Almost all of the fall colors are gone now. Happy Fence Friday!

I uploaded this picture a couple of weeks ago but never had the chance to put it in my Friday fence groups. I'm doing a double post this week.

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