7"x7" mixed media on paper

Ice on trees and fence posts at a park in Kerrville, TX after winter storm Sparta

© Nolan Napier

Warm spring sunshine helps many different things to grow

Fence_Posts_cemented_into_retaining_wall

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I just liked the colours.

I was playing around with the depth of field here. It is so narrow on this largest aperture that only the side of the post is in focus, not the front of the post, closest to the camera. This one breaks composition rules, but I keep looking at it, so I posted it.

The fuzzy, out of focus, gray thing on top of the post is a feather stuck to the wood. The fuzzy, out of focus, white thing on top of the post is the mountains.

Hand split cedar fenceposts for a large fencing project

Olympus OM-2N

OM Zuiko 50mm f/1.8

Kentmere 100 @ EI200

Kodak Xtol 1+1, 13:30 @ 20°C

Roll 66, Frame 29

Kathy Ormiston, Roberta Barnes' Garden, Los Altos, CA

On a threatened site, in Strathspey, Scotland.

The fence has long gone around St John's churchyard - but this corner post remains.

Tenuous link: nail in wood

A weekend at Boomerang Beach with "The Gang"

Thanks to Boris for id. On a fencepost on a threatened site in Strathspey, Scotland.

by mikeSF

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Just after sunset with Mt. Diablo on the horizon. Rainy season has not yet hit this area, in fact, it is 2.5 months late and still no good rain in the immediate forecast. Spring usually sets these rolling hills aglow in vibrant green tones as the wild grasses return to the hills.

Calico Ghost Town, Yermo, CA, September 28, 2019

NOTE added 7/12/2020: Learned this past week that "Henry Fencepost" (Bill Wright) passed away on July 4, 2020. He was a very talented honky tonk pianist, and long-time employee of Calico House Restaurant at Calico Ghost Town. Will miss him and his talent; may he rest in peace.

Circa 1993, Innisfil ON. Negative's damaged as hell, but I thought it was a cool shot just the same.

Yellow lichen on a concrete fencepost in February. Dumbarton, Scotland

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Thanks to Aart for spider id. On a threatened site in Strathspey, Scotland.

Megacoelum infusum plant bug found on a fencepost in woodland to the south of Little Bampton Common in the Finglandrigg Wood Nature Reserve, 19 September 17.

What a day! After finding my first adult Megacoelum infusum at Low Ploughlands a few hours earlier it never entered my head that I might find more of them in Finglandrigg Wood! However, as soon as I spotted the bright orange cuneus I was sure I'd bagged another one! Unlike the previous specimen this bug was perched in bright sunlight, and so I managed to get some pretty decent shots in situ without having to resort to flash photography.

Note on identification: All of the relevant features noted on the British Bugs website for this species can be seen to fit the specimen in question:

www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Miridae/megacoelum_inf...

The only confusion species identified on the website is Megacoelum beckeri (which is actually the rarer of the two). However, M. beckeri is found on Scots Pine, whereas this bug was found in a block of broadleaf woodland directly under the low-hanging branches of an oak tree.

Texture courtesy SkeletalMess

Wistow/Bugle Ranges, South Australia.

From Handforth rail station... Into the Ark

View On Black

One of the first shots of the trip taken early in the morning as we began our ride around Cades Cove. Close to these fences one can find many sightings of deer and even bears. Unfortunately, visibility was minimal, though we were able to catch a few deer close by.