Painting the town red!

We have a picket fence, and it was looking quite shabby.  We have a brief window when we can paint it between the time the weather is warm enough and the plants start to grow.  If we wait just a little too long, the plants have covered up the bottom of the fence and it's impossible to paint for another year.  We managed to use the good weather to our advantage this year.  The 9 year-old decided on the colour - brick red.  I think it looks a lot better, and I'm glad that chore isn't hanging over my head any longer!

F Number	6.3
Lens ID	-45mm F3.5-5.6
Focal Length	17.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 34.0 mm)
Exposure Time	1/80
Exposure Program	Aperture-priority AE
ISO	100
Exposure Compensation	0
Flash	Off, Did not fire

Monthly theme day - Fences

On the first of the month, the City Daily Photo blogging community chooses a theme for us to post a photo of.  This month, the theme is fences.  Click here to view thumbnails for all participants
 
I must admit that I didn't look up the theme until a few days ago, and then I scrambled to take photos of fences like a madman.  They were all horrible.  Industrial.  Commercial.  Common.  And then I saw Ciel de Quimper's post and knew that these would not do.  So I started looking through the archives.  And remembered this.

This horse was at the Love Apple Orchard's petting area.  He was interested in me because I was feeding him clover.  At the time I took this, I was hoping the fence would be less... prominent.  Because afer all, isn't the horse more attractive than the fence?  I think so too, but in this case, the fence isn't there to stop the horse from roaming about.  It's there to stop the goats from annoying the horses.  With this fence, this industrial, chain link fence, the horse can walk a few feet and be untouchable.  If he wants, he can be away from annoying goats.  And annoying people.  I felt privileged that he chose to spend a few minutes with me.

F Number	7.1
Lens ID	-45mm F3.5-5.6
Focal Length	30.0 mm (35 mm equivalent: 60.0 mm)
Exposure Time	1/320
Exposure Program	Program AE
ISO	400
Exposure Compensation	0
Flash	Off, Did not fire

Fences

A neighbour's fences in the morning light, before the leaves all blew away. My camera is too slow (well, maybe it's me who's slow!) but I couldn't capture the falling leaves in the frame, so I settled on this still life study.