Fences

Good fences are not only about making good neighbors.

Fences provide purpose to all sorts of things.

For example, a fence can limit access to an area. It can also provide a barrier to animals. Sometimes a fence is just for aesthetic purposes.

Most fences that I come across are barbed wire.

What I love about fences is that for a pretty much dull subject, a fence can provide all sorts of interest to a photograph.

A fence provides a line with seemingly endless depth. And that line can disappear into the snow, the fog, or the prairie. Furthermore, a fence leads us on a path throughout the image.

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About the images below: most are shot in Kansas, although some are in California and Oregon.

Additionally, there are various perspectives on fences throughout this post. Some have a subject other than the fence itself.

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Behind a barbed-wire fence along a gravel road in Marion County, Kansas, a windmill peeks out from behind the tallgrass prairie.

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In Butler County, Kansas, the hedge-post, barbed-wire fencing seems to disappear into the horizon. Our eyes follow the fence deep into the photo and around to the rising sun.

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In this photo, the spring flowers capture the attention. The old fence post and barbed wire provide little more than perhaps scale, although I liked the contrast in the natural versus human-made qualities.

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The metal fence posts in the image below provided interest for me; one is straight and the other is not. The crooked post draws my eye to the warm sun rays above.

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Although the barbed-wire fence below is in the foreground, it is the gently-sloped hills and blue skies that are the focal point in this image. The fence lends some interest and color contrast to the image.

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I love the lines that this simple fencing provides, on both sides of this one-lane gravel road in the hills.

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This metal fence provides a barrier to the almost 300-foot drop at Salt Creek Falls.

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Although the four trees in the middle ground are interesting, my eyes are drawn to the white-tipped T-posts. Morning Clouds Art Print.

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This little chipmunk enjoys the warmth radiating from the barrier fence and ledge at Crater Lake.

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And finally, this fence. Wait!! There is no fence!! 😨

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