Fretwork Abstract

THE SUBJECT:
A fretwork design in a gate that really caught my eye due to the very high contrast caused by the angle of sunlight.

THE LOCATION:
Photographed in a suburban street in Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia on a brilliant winter day.

THE MAKING OF ‘Fretwork Abstract’:
I had driven past this gate many times and wondered about the photographic possibilities of the design.
On this particular day the gate was shut, (which a good thing) and the angle of the sun made the best contrast of this suburban scene I had seen to date.
I shot at an angle shallow enough so I could not see through the holes yet see the grain in the saw cuts.
I exposed for the extreme highlights in the cuts while maintaining a good depth of field across the pattern.
I chose a very heavy B&W conversion using the Colour Channels for the more dramatic and abstract effect.
Fuji S9600: RAW, f/4 @ 1/1200sec, Auto focus, ISO80, Hand held.
Lightroom 2.2 & Photoshop CS3.

Visit the Close-up/Abstract/Still Life collection in my BubbleSite Gallery for more photographs for the thinking man.

UPDATE: 14-8-09
This abstract gate study was featured in the Former DPF Members Group.

UPDATE: 21-08-09
This unusual B&W abstract has been awarded POTD in the Black & White section on Shutterbugs.

Enjoy!

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Fretwork Abstract