Yay, made it to the middle of the week. But I'm really looking forward to the weekend.
This apartment looks like a coven of banshee threw a party or sacrificed something in here!!!
I like shooting tombstones. I find them challenging and fascinating. I'm still trying to find the right 'look' to my images. I pour over other people's shoots over at
mourning_souls with envy when I see some of the pictures they take, their composition, their lighting conditions and the whole feel they get from their pictures.
These aren't anything like those! These are all shot against a brilliant blue sky in dazzling sunshine and snow. But if you'd like to stroll through a cemetery with me,
These first few are of a few of the concrete angels I shot
The next couple of stones show a few dates
I didn't know that there were such a variety of celtic cross knots
I wanted to try and get a different 'mood' from the above cross by converting into a black & white
The remaining images are just an assortment of more of the same
Oh, this is Sir Wilfred Laurier's tomb (Canada's 9th Priminister from 1896 - 1911) (He wasn't the crazy one who talked to his dog about national issues)
Another attempt at 'mood' - first the original, followed by the desaturated version. Which is better?
I'll apologize now for this being a photo heavy post.
This apartment looks like a coven of banshee threw a party or sacrificed something in here!!!
I like shooting tombstones. I find them challenging and fascinating. I'm still trying to find the right 'look' to my images. I pour over other people's shoots over at
mourning_souls with envy when I see some of the pictures they take, their composition, their lighting conditions and the whole feel they get from their pictures.These aren't anything like those! These are all shot against a brilliant blue sky in dazzling sunshine and snow. But if you'd like to stroll through a cemetery with me,
These first few are of a few of the concrete angels I shot
The next couple of stones show a few dates
I didn't know that there were such a variety of celtic cross knots
I wanted to try and get a different 'mood' from the above cross by converting into a black & white
The remaining images are just an assortment of more of the same
Oh, this is Sir Wilfred Laurier's tomb (Canada's 9th Priminister from 1896 - 1911) (He wasn't the crazy one who talked to his dog about national issues)
Another attempt at 'mood' - first the original, followed by the desaturated version. Which is better?
I'll apologize now for this being a photo heavy post.
Comments
Thank you for the very good idea.
Cemeteries are fantastic places to wander, aren't they?
I went to a local cemetery this afternoon - the city's been blanketed in fog for the last two days. It looked so cool.
Doctor Who himself is barely in the episode at all, yet it still manages to be one of the all time best Dr. Who episodes ever. :D
That one with the crow - oh sweetie. Oh, it's so good. I can't stop staring at it. I'm not criticizing one iota here because I am in love but if you play with the levels and sharpen a bit, that pic will POP! OMG I LOVE YOUR PHOTOGRAPHIC EYE.
Could you make the sky in the B&W ones WHITE - that might give more of a contrast.
I really like the 4th from the bottom, how the snow is sparkling around her.
I also like the 4th from bottom. I would sharpen it up a bit and clone out the sticks. Well, I'm assuming you have photoshop or something similar. I like them all pretty much .. the last one is lovely too with the blurry background.
Y'know, I contemplated cloning out the branches too. You've just confirmed it. I'm gonna go back in and do exactly that. Thanks for the suggestion. Gonna play with the unsharpen mask too. Thank you!
And I don't know. I think them either way, with the desaturation, etc. or with the bright colors, but I think I like the bright colors a little bit more, because it's so unexpected for cemetery shots. The white snow and bright sky and brilliant lights just sort of counter the usual gloomy/sad thing that graveyard photos often have.
Also, I really love the colors and the vibrancy in the one with the cross on the dome, with the lichen (moss? rust? whatever... :D ), and the aged dome, and the perfect white snow and blue sky. Just stunning.