AUminer Loc: Brandon, Ms

I saw this on the Natchez Trace and thought that the fall leaves offered a nice frame. Ideas on how to improve it?

De-Fence

jrb1213 Loc: McDonough GEorgia

No reason for the fence. It is a section of stacked wood since it can't keep anything in or out. As a pattern it does not dominate the image. the bright area in the upper right accented by the yellowish leaves is distracting from the image and the image as a whole feels like its falling off to the left.
I see interseting moss and lichen on the fence but it is not the main subject of your photo.

minniev Loc: MIssissippi

i can't help myself, I have to respond to this one since I have about 100 photos of that same fence in every season. I love the fence, probably cannot be objective about it but will try.

You've got a nice color palette with the yellows, greens and the grays, and varying textures. It appears to be fairly sharp front to back of the fence though the front leaves are a little OOF. The light is not unkind (it often is).

BUT : I think the nice structure of the fence is hard to appreciate from this perspective and it shows itself better from the front, from about the point of the first crosshatch in your photo, looking down towards the road, or the reverse, from the Trace end of the fence looking up the hill. Then you can show more of the unique design of it with the split rails diminishing in the distance (in your direction of choice), preferably at an angle. As shot, it could be easily mistaken for a woodpile. The road, in the upper right corner, is a bright distraction that you don't need.

You can also get some better framing with colorful leaves if you shoot angled from the ends, and from there it isn't as obvious that the fence is decorative rather than functional. From this view, the leaves are hiding the best parts of the fence.

My more satisfactory shots of this fence are closer, lower, and angled, with the roads (both the Trace and the access road) safely hidden either by blur from the focal length or shooting from the other end.

I thought I was the only person in Rankin county who owned and camera and shot out of doors. In all my rambling I have never seen but one other person out there.

artBob Loc: Near Chicago

Three things are fighting for attention. The darkness in the woods, the fence, and the leaves,. I think you might want to crop to decide on which of those three you really like the most, or perhaps you have three photographs.