Old Cemetery
Jul 1, 2012 09:45:55 #
I too love shooting in old cemeteries. Here are two images from an old farm graveyard in Salem county, NJ.
Jul 1, 2012 09:51:56 #
Pw0812151
Loc: St. Petersburg
Nice, like the B&W best, it is what I usually shoot in any Cemetary, as it tends to set the mood. (actually, I always shoot in color and convert PP, the B&W setting on my camera creates too much grain)
Jul 1, 2012 10:24:51 #
Pw0812151
Loc: St. Petersburg
Two cemetery shots, the shells are covering the top of a grave. This was apparently a fairly common decorative style in the late 1800's among the Cuban immigrants.
Greenwood Cemetery, St. Petersburg
Old City Cemetery, Tampa
Jul 1, 2012 11:49:07 #
Farmers Wife
Loc: Louisburg, KS
No 1 looks like a ghost on the tombstone nearest the tree hard to make out
Jul 1, 2012 14:18:06 #
Hello,
I too volunteer my photography to "Find A Grave.Com"...It is a wonderful database of cemeteries. Volunteers are working all over compiling information. Some of us photograph grave stones, others collect info from the stones and create memorials, some of us do both things. Nice to hear from another volunteer.
Another important aspect of "Find A Grave" is that it is an effort to preserve some record of these deceased people and their grave markers. Many of the stones are disintegrating and have already or are becoming unreadable. By photographing them now, we are preserving some record of this!!!!
If there is anyone out there that is in the least bit interested, I highly encourage you to visit the web site and offer to answer some requests for grave stone photographs. People from all over are requesting photos and it is so rewarding to receive heartfelt thank yous from them for just a small bit of effort. Some people are unable to visit their loved ones graves and this way they have a way to pay their respects...
My motto is: "Each person is valuable in God's eyes and deserves to be remembered"...this is what drives me to help with this endeavor.
All the best,
Susie Q
I too volunteer my photography to "Find A Grave.Com"...It is a wonderful database of cemeteries. Volunteers are working all over compiling information. Some of us photograph grave stones, others collect info from the stones and create memorials, some of us do both things. Nice to hear from another volunteer.
Another important aspect of "Find A Grave" is that it is an effort to preserve some record of these deceased people and their grave markers. Many of the stones are disintegrating and have already or are becoming unreadable. By photographing them now, we are preserving some record of this!!!!
If there is anyone out there that is in the least bit interested, I highly encourage you to visit the web site and offer to answer some requests for grave stone photographs. People from all over are requesting photos and it is so rewarding to receive heartfelt thank yous from them for just a small bit of effort. Some people are unable to visit their loved ones graves and this way they have a way to pay their respects...
My motto is: "Each person is valuable in God's eyes and deserves to be remembered"...this is what drives me to help with this endeavor.
All the best,
Susie Q
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Jul 1, 2012 14:34:10 #
A10 wrote:
This is Sand Hill Cemetery in Columbus, IN. Last burial was 1922. There are folks born in the 1770's buried there as well as Civil War vets. This had some very unique markers until vandals toppled them a couple months ago. These photos are being used to raise money for the restoration and repair of the markers.
What type of infrared photos are these? In standard IR photos the green leaves of tree would be white. I'm guessing these are not true IR pictures? Just curious.
Mike
Jul 1, 2012 18:56:40 #
SusieQ thank you for your comments. I will check out the .com and see if there are requests in my area.
Jul 1, 2012 19:04:14 #
Your right renomike. These were taken with a Pentax K-5 in monochrome and infrared mode. Not true IR but still has nice effects. This mode is close to Panachromatic B&W film from the "old days".
Jul 1, 2012 21:36:49 #
A10 wrote:
Your right renomike. These were taken with a Pentax K-5 in monochrome and infrared mode. Not true IR but still has nice effects. This mode is close to Panachromatic B&W film from the "old days".
Thanks, I was curious... I shoot IR and love the effect it produces, they look nice though.
Mike
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Jul 2, 2012 04:09:33 #
hlmichel wrote:
I'd love to see some of the grave stones shot from a shorter distance.
Here is one of our local cemetery,
Dont have too much trouble in our small town. the farmers all have guns.
One more.
Jul 2, 2012 04:37:20 #
Dear Hal81,
These photos are really quite nice. I wish I could be there in person to read some of them....
SusieQ
These photos are really quite nice. I wish I could be there in person to read some of them....
SusieQ
Hal81 wrote:
Here is one of our local cemetery,
hlmichel wrote:
I'd love to see some of the grave stones shot from a shorter distance.
Here is one of our local cemetery,
Jul 25, 2012 11:38:18 #
At one of the old grave yards in Manhattan, they reached the point where the markers were laid flat on the ground so that the vandals would no longer be able to knock them over. I hope it doesn't come to that where you are
Jul 25, 2012 12:55:07 #
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