Hidden Fence

Posted by Twelvebit (Victoria, United States) on 26 May 2008 in Cityscape & Urban.

Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
And to whom I was like to give offence.
Something there is that doesn't love a wall,
That wants it down.' I could say 'Elves' to him,
But it's not elves exactly, and I'd rather
He said it for himself. I see him there...

He moves in darkness as it seems to me
Not of woods only and the shade of trees.
He will not go behind his father's saying,
And he likes having thought of it so well
He says again, "Good fences make good neighbors."

From Robert Frost's "Mending Wall"

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Comments (12)

Anthony Lambert from Germany

More like good fences make good photos.Nice one.

26 May 2008 8:38am

@Anthony Lambert: Thanks.

MadScientist from Düsseldorf, Germany

A nice one! Considering American dimensions I guess this fence is several yards / meters long :-)

26 May 2008 1:45pm

@MadScientist: I couldn't see it all so I'm not sure how long it was. I'd guess something less than 50 feet though.

Ronnie 2¢ from London, United Kingdom

A rather ornate fence to be hidden away in the trees . . but I guess the two feel a kinship and get along just fine. I like the drama you have processed into this one.

26 May 2008 2:21pm

Daroru from Amagasaki, Japan

Cool deep tones; moody one.

26 May 2008 2:31pm

Stefan from Thiersee, Austria

fine tones, i like this special atmosphere!

26 May 2008 2:44pm

@Stefan: Thanks.

JoeB from Brampton, Canada

I was instantly reminded of the grassy knoll fence in Dealey Plaza specially with the angle that you have. Shadows could be easily lurking, maybe i should give up my theories of the JFK assassination and accept Oswald as the lone killer.

26 May 2008 4:15pm

@JoeB: Maybe, maybe not. But even if it was just Oswald who did the shooting, that doesn't mean it wasn't a conspiracy. There is still lots of strange activity in his background that suggests he wasn't just a lone nut. The big one: that he had a top secret security clearance in the Marines, defected to the USSR and married, and then was allowed to just stroll right back into the US, no questions asked. Very suspicious.

Alun Lambert from cheshire, United Kingdom

good mono image

26 May 2008 5:50pm

@Alun Lambert: Thanks.

Observing from Chester, United Kingdom

There is more to this than meets the eye, something mysterious, some terrible secret hiding behind this old devision. An image imaginatively captured and processed.

26 May 2008 6:43pm

@Observing: I was going to add some of my own weirdness about a portal to another dimension. This was very out of place in the location where I discovered it.

pierre from athis mons, France

great shot and processing ! I love the tones of b&w.

26 May 2008 9:59pm

@pierre: Thanks --I tweaked the greens a little and that seemed to make all the difference.

Persian King from Tehran, Iran

Beautiful very good angle

27 May 2008 3:40am

Lia from Atlanta, United States

Very poetic picture (even without the beautiful poem you have attached, this shot speaks for itself). The b&w make it so much more dramatic... I love how some of the plants come through the fence, as if they are trying to escape... very cool.

27 May 2008 4:21am

@Lia: Thanks. When I downloaded this I originally thought the color version duplicated the mood of the place better. But when I looked a couple days later it was suddenly obvious to me that my first impression was wrong.