Security Minded [Contest Finalists March 2006]
Uploaded: March 11, 2006 00:11:34
Coiled, barbed wire around the top of a security fence.
(Changed sky/cloud color only)
Evy Johansen March 11, 2006
Very cool image, Pat!! #406667Ray Clarke March 11, 2006
Like the shapes this barbed wire makes Pat, wouldn't want to get too close though (AC) #2520168Su Sana E. P March 11, 2006
Wonderful graphic shapes!! Excellent cpture and framing, Pat!! #2520183Jill Odice March 11, 2006
Great stuff as a subject, I shot some of this stuff while I was in Tijuana..:-) Very cool Pat! #2520199Robyn Mackenzie March 11, 2006
Ouch!! Great composition, Pat! #2520230Karen Engelbreth March 11, 2006
WOW - cool shot, Pat! #2520295Leanne M.E. Boyd March 11, 2006
I like the b&w, graphics and shapes. Great shot, Pat! #2520304Carolyn M. Fletcher March 11, 2006
You gotta quit hanging out at San Quentin, Pat! LOL. Sharp shot!! #2520326Donald K. Cherry March 11, 2006
Excellent comp and PoV, Pat! Lol, Carolyn...just hope she's on the outside looking in and not vise versa!! #2520345Kerby Pfrangle March 11, 2006
Wonderful shapes clarity and compositon. INteresting image to view. Looks like it belongs at prison.Kerby #2520380
Bonnie C. Lackey March 11, 2006
Great impact with this, Pat. Great job! #2520433Lorraine A. Cook March 11, 2006
This is what I would have to tackle in order to get into the Penn Maid Dairy Company's truck lot. Wonderfully Captured, Pat!!<:)) #2520605Cindy Paquette March 11, 2006
Wow! That's some sharp image Pat! :-)Pamela Shane March 11, 2006
Boy - this would really smart - ouch!Kaye Burazin March 11, 2006
Superb abstract Pat. The coils seem to go on to infinity as it must feel to those on the other side of the barbed wire. #2521086Jenny Bosmans March 11, 2006
Excellent composition and great image, Pat!! Love those shapes!! #2521155Pat Gamwell March 11, 2006
THANK YOU Jenny, Kaye, Pam, Cindy, Lorraine, Bonnie, Kerby, Don, Caroline, Leanne, Karen, Robin, Jill, Susan, Ray/Audrey & Evy! Love you all. #2521330Laura Clay-Ballard March 11, 2006
ouch! fabulous macro! #2521366Laurence Saliba March 11, 2006
Awesome design and composition Pat!!! #2521382Stan Kwasniowski March 11, 2006
Pat, no words needed of "why" #2521405Rakesh Syal March 11, 2006
Indeed a winning kind of work, Pat!!! #2521527Mary N C. Taitt March 11, 2006
YIKES! RAZOR WIRE! Cool shot of this scary stuff! Mary :-) #2521543Glenn E. Urquhart March 11, 2006
Very powerful image Pat! Well Done! Cheers, Glenn #2521697John Connolly March 11, 2006
This excellent capture is definately suited to a B&W image, Pat! Well done! #2521752Kristi A. Howson March 11, 2006
Remarkable capture of this subject and it works so well in B&W Pat! #2521755Milan Banik March 11, 2006
great shot and beautiful conceptPat. #2521779Hendrik Storme March 11, 2006
I love the repetition of the circles.Great shot, Pat! #2521855Claudia Kuhn March 11, 2006
Love the texture and the coiling spiral going on thru the image! Terrific Pat! #2521972Linda Proctor March 11, 2006
Great B/W Pat!! Love the design! #2522002Roger Bernabo March 11, 2006
Great title for a great image!! #2522343Mary K. Robison March 11, 2006
Very cool intersecting circles, Pat. Those nasty barbs seem to become the letter H intermittently, making a wonderful pattern. Great eye to see the potential of this! #2522680Renee Doyle March 12, 2006
Great find and fantastic capture Pat!!!! I really like the endless coil!!!Marvin H. Gohlke Jr. March 12, 2006
Very POWERFUL image!!! The perspective and framimg are fantastic!! I would not be suprised if we see this one again. Great, great shot, Pat. #2523061Stan Lubach March 12, 2006
Great capture, full of mood. Your treatment of it was really well executed. #2523669Sylvia Rossler March 12, 2006
Geee...I would not mess with that nasty wire!!! Looks like it could cut everything in parts!!! Great image Pat !! #2524512Boris Kirpichnikov March 12, 2006
Ordinary subject---extraordinary photo!Shelly A. Van Camp March 12, 2006
LOL..Pat! Are you at Leavenworth??? Wow, thats some sharp stuff! Great picture...nice work!! #2524923Melissa G. Meiselman March 12, 2006
Terrific capture. Focusing of the subject matter, it gives a chilling effect.#2525394
Goshka G. March 13, 2006
LOVE these patterns, Pat - good eye to spot this!! #2527789Donna Roberts March 17, 2006
Just playing catch up Pat - this is really eyecatching....great design and the monotone presentation works so well.Mary Clarke April 25, 2006
More congratulations Pat - well done! #2685721Life Expressions April 25, 2006
Congrats again, Pat! #2685933Sylvia Rossler April 25, 2006
Big congrats again Pat !!!! #2686297Stanley J. Contrades April 25, 2006
CONGRATULATIONS once more, Pat!Glenn E. Urquhart April 25, 2006
Congrats again, Pat ... Well deserved! Cheers, Glenn. #2687157Ken Smith April 25, 2006
Congrats again. Well done. #2687650Carla Metzler April 25, 2006
Congratulations, Pat!! #2687895Stan Lubach April 25, 2006
Congrats, Pat! #2687919Mary K. Robison April 25, 2006
CONGRATULATIONS on this well-deserved finalist, Pat!! #2687945Jill Odice April 25, 2006
AGAIN!!! :-) CONGRATS :-) #2688461Boris Kirpichnikov April 25, 2006
CONGRATULATIONS,PAT! #2688499Karen Slagle April 25, 2006
Congrats, Pat. #2688525Steven Gunnerson April 25, 2006
Congratulations on your finalist!!! #2688665Terry L. Ellis April 25, 2006
Congratulations again, Ms. Pat!!! WTG! Terrific finalist! #2688840Jill Flynn April 25, 2006
You are HOT this month Pat! Way to go and congratulations AGAIN! #2688938Pat Gamwell April 25, 2006
THANKS EVERYONE! Friends just don't come any better than you all! #2689135Renee Doyle April 25, 2006
WTG Pat!!!! Congratulations again on a wonderful finalist!!!! #2689604Candice C. Calhoun April 25, 2006
Congratulations!ccc #2689918
Jim Kinnunen April 25, 2006
Terrific image, Pat!!! Congratulations!!! #2690271Pamela Shane April 25, 2006
Congratulations on another super finalist Pat! :) #2690608Su Sana E. P April 25, 2006
Woo Hoo!!! Big Congratulations again, dear friend!! WTG, Pat!! #2690624Kristi A. Howson April 25, 2006
Congratulations on your wonderful Finalist and Best of Luck in the next round Pat! Great seeing and capturing this! #2690977Jenny Bosmans April 26, 2006
Congratulations on another super finalist, Pat!! #2691689Paul Sikora April 26, 2006
Congratulations, Pat #2691767Leanne M.E. Boyd April 26, 2006
Congratulations Pat, and good luck on the next round! #2693204Rakesh Syal April 26, 2006
I knew it earlier, Ha Ha!! Congrats, Pat!!! #2693442Lorraine A. Cook April 26, 2006
Congratulations on this fantastic finalist, Pat!!! WAY TO GO!!!<:)) #2695779Corinne M. Thompson April 27, 2006
Neat unique capture, Congrats! #2699003Cathy M. Gromball May 12, 2006
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist, Pat!Cathy :) #2755960
Claudia Kuhn November 22, 2006
Love the repetition and curves Pat! Terrific eye to get this! #3616626Ron Roberts April 05, 2007
WOW PAT YOUR GALLERY IS AMAZING AND BEAUTIFUL GREAT SHOT OF THIS RAZOR WIRE...RON... #4133495Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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