Sunnyside Rail Yard II

The thought did cross my mind, but my argument for staying legal (the

fence was insurmountable without a cherry-picker or a very long

ladder) was that I should show viewers my impression of the scene and

let them read into the shot what they will. And given the various

intrusions upon our freedoms these days, a bit of chain-link fence

obstructing an interesting vista may defend its presence more

eloquently than I can just by being there. Maybe I'm copping out, but

I didn't want to pass this one by, and I think the shot works as is.

Thanks for looking.

Experiment with that 10D! Mess around with a wider aperture (2.8 or so) and focus on the background. This way you'll get a blurred fence and a nice focused background. The fence is too much into the face to make the photo acceptable.

I reshot this using the lens wide open and stopped down a bit, and I'm not sure I prefer the results. Maybe cutters would have been the only way to improve it. Thanks for your comment.