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Post by hmca on Sept 12, 2020 16:03:24 GMT
The first image that includes a living person, Clive. Wondering if this might be the cemetery where your image was taken? |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Sept 12, 2020 18:43:27 GMT
Thanks Helen. Yes, that's the one in your link. We had a half day to spare and hired a driver to show us around Havana. Fishing was good in Cuba.  Of the three photos I took there, I preferred this one for the human element. Clive |
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Post by tonyb on Sept 12, 2020 20:01:54 GMT
I like how you have used lighting to enhance the mood for each of your images, Tony. As I have done with other submissions to this thread; I googled Colma and discovered that it is known world-wide as the City of Souls. As I said in response to Dennis' post, I am enjoying following up on the different images submitted to this challenge. Thanks for adding the additional pictures. Hi Helen,
Yes, Colma is very well known for its cemeteries. I was struck by how elaborate and large many of the plots and statues were. Here's a few more examples.
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Post by hmca on Sept 12, 2020 21:12:33 GMT
They certainly are elaborate tonyb......thanks for adding them.
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Post by jim0004 on Sept 16, 2020 13:29:01 GMT
 From the National Cemetery atop Marye's Heights in Fredericksburg VA dedicated to US Federal troop that were killed during the battles in and around Fredericksburg during the American Civil War. Jim |
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Post by jim0004 on Sept 16, 2020 13:30:55 GMT
Another from the National Cemetery atop Marye's Heights in Fredericksburg VA dedicated to US Federal troop that were killed during the battles in and around Fredericksburg during the American Civil War. Jim  |
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Post by hmca on Sept 16, 2020 14:31:49 GMT
I'm glad you decided to add your two images, jim0004. What I find particularly challenging at a cemetery, and which you seem to have a good eye for, is composition. While the monument in your top image is your obvious subject there seems to be a path of some kind that leads our eye to the trees in the background. The bottom image is presented on a nice diagonal and the tones are beautiful. Would you mind sharing how you achieved the sepia tones? |
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Post by WayneS on Sept 16, 2020 21:03:52 GMT
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Post by hmca on Sept 16, 2020 23:36:47 GMT
Reading about National Cemeteries, I came across this interesting quote by Kim Ode from a Minnesota News paper.....
"In the end, rank falls away.
Across the acreage of a national cemetery, identical headstones stand in mesmerizing formation. Placed with the precision that defines military service, whether in the angle of a hat or the corner of a bedsheet, the markers create their own geometry. From any angle, they resemble a taut line of soldiers hearing their first “Ten-hut!” echo across camp.
As service to country began, so its legacy ends."
I have never been to a National Cemetery but was always struck by the precise formation of the headstones. Nice share, Wayne.
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Post by hmca on Sept 17, 2020 0:05:08 GMT
I went out to All Saints Memorial Episcopal Cemetery this afternoon. It has a beautiful setting and the church is a National Historic Landmark. I think these were the two most interesting pictures I took. Black and white conversions were in LR.   |
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Post by WayneS on Sept 17, 2020 0:18:06 GMT
Thanks Helen, they are an amazing site, and Sarasota's is quite new and opened in 2009, so there is still a large area without graves and markers!
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Post by jim0004 on Sept 17, 2020 8:58:18 GMT
I'm glad you decided to add your two images, jim0004 . What I find particularly challenging at a cemetery, and which you seem to have a good eye for, is composition. While the monument in your top image is your obvious subject there seems to be a path of some kind that leads our eye to the trees in the background. The bottom image is presented on a nice diagonal and the tones are beautiful. Would you mind sharing how you achieved the sepia tones? Thank you for the kind words. As for the sepia toning, I did that with Topaz B&W. Jim |
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