Chinese cemetery, Pulau Ubin, Singapore, 2007 by Phil Douglis

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31-AUG-2007

Chinese cemetery, Pulau Ubin, Singapore, 2007

Many of the tombs in this cemetery are embellished with ceramic landscapes. Leaves, both dead and alive, blanket the gravesites. The presence of new growth amidst the dead leaves is a relationship of opposites. And the presence of the idyllic ceramic landscape on a gravestone is the opposite of what we might expect, as well.

Leica V-Lux 1
1/125s f/4.0 at 22.0mm iso100 hide exif

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Date/Time	31-Aug-2007 13:35:54
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Focal Length	22 mm
Exposure Time	1/125 sec
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ISO Equivalent	100
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Phil Douglis		21-Jan-2008 05:11
Thanks for noting the scale difference here, Patricia -- if the leaf had been any smaller, I doubt if I would have made this shot. The image is quite dependent on scale incongruity.

Patricia Lay-Dorsey		21-Jan-2008 03:53
Phil, this is marvelously seen and captured. Here we have the incongruity of a dead leaf that is larger than a lushly-depicted landscape with towering mountains.

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