Cany143 Loc: SE Utah

Russian Thistle --'tumble weeds'-- assemble and ready their attack near Dugout Ranch.

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PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

Great B&W image with the fence as a leading line. Superb image

Is nice that the Dgout ranch is protected.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Tone, texture, leading lines, caption - this one has it all, Jim!

Cany143 Loc: SE Utah

True, true, Stan. It is just as 'nice' that the owner/rancher had the foresight to donate the land to the Nature Conservatory. Heidi is good people (pardon the slight understatement...). She still lives on and operates the ranch, and does so based on the very best of Western principles.

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

Need to put it on my bucket list for 2022 when I hope we are near normal.

Cany143 Loc: SE Utah

Hope it can be so, Stan. For your sake as well as everybody else's.

Vector

Nice!

will47 Loc: Indianapolis, IN

Great photo.

Cany143 Loc: SE Utah

Rather than do the 'thank you' thing, let's instead look at something else. "Leading lines."

This should probably be a separate post, and it might be better placed somewhere other than in the Gallery section, but that notwithstanding, here goes:

People sometimes (often?) point out 'leading lines' in an image that gets posted, and while that's fine, I sometimes wonder if the presence (or absence) of this generally more obvious of compositional devices --i.e., 'leading lines'-- either makes or breaks and image, compositionally speaking. Fences, roads, a line of masts, whatever, often man-made structures generally, but no less commonly more natural features --a line of trees, the tones in a bank of clouds, a repeating or dominant set of 'lines' that progress into, and presumably 'toward,' some motif or feature that somehow becomes the heightened and 'pointed to' 'subject' of an image. Is this actually the case? Or is it simply that some 'line' suggested by whatever it may be that 'leads' the supposed 'eye' somewhere in an image is somehow superior --compositionally or psychologically-- to a more chaotic or random set of elements or motifs that may be otherwise be included/found in somebody's image?

I don't have any answers here, and I wouldn't presume to take a hardened stance on the worth or lack thereof of the use of 'leading lines.' For myself, I (obviously) use the device from time to time --sometimes its the obvious choice-- but overall, I do prefer --compositionally-- to break the 'lead' up somewhat, and make whichever of those that may occur to be more contrapuntal, or, if I were describing more literal translations, prefer the use 'off-rhymes' rather than more obvious 'moon/June/tune' simplicities.

For my money, 'leading lines' neither make nor break an image, and while the device is useful at times, other aspects of an image are more important.

<Kicks over soapbox and expectorates exaggeratedly.>

camshot Loc: Peterborough ontario Canada

Excellent photo and processing. Hang this one up!

Ourspolair

Ansel would be proud of you! Great B&W rendering of a nicely-composed image. Keep up the good work and keep on posting. Stay well.

Cany143 Loc: SE Utah

Ansel would've snickered. And/but I do --and urge others as well-- to stay as 'well' as possible.

Xmsmn Loc: Minnesota

Great shot and commentary. As someone who is often compositionally challenged, I would probably lean toward employing leading lines until I have gained enough skill to be able to make that judgment. Thanks for making me think again.
Mark

J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio

nimbushopper Loc: Tampa, FL

Excellent!