When You Should Worry

Capitol Hill Barbed Wire

Camera & Lens   Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XT (Canon) & 50.0 mm     Shutter:   1/3200 s
Creation Date:   2009:02:18 14:47:07     Aperture:   f/2.5
Artist:   Ari Brown     ISO:   200
Exposure Mode:   Aperture priority     Focal Length:   50 mm


Just strolling the hill the other day and noticed this house. Since the crappy rowhouses just down the way (and right across the street from a hospital and a 7-11) are going for 600k (good luck with that), this place must be “worth” even more. When you need to put barbed wire around it, maybe you need to start thinking about why your neighbors hate you.  Anyway, I just like the picture.   Love that dreamy bokeh – without it, you could never make the barbed wire stand out in front of a subject like this.

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4 Responses to “When You Should Worry”

  1. Laurie says:

    Nice blur. Strong image. I wonder if a crop would improve the “bang”? Lot of non-fenced blue sky.

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  3. Laurie says:

    I wouldn’t fret. Every picture can be improved. It makes me think of the mortgage crisis ;) That blue area is where you put the “we’re screwed” slogan text.

  4. kap0w says:

    You’re probably right. This was not well composed… holding your camera up over your head is an art that I have yet to master. Definitely could have cut it down a bit.

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