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08-JUL-2011 Michael Edwards

Thirteen Years Old...

Shiloh, Tennessee

Leica M9 ,Leica Summilux 75/1.4
1/1500s f/4.0 at 75mm iso160 full exif

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Frank Kavanagh Photography13-Jul-2011 19:53
The shallow dof works a treat on this shot Michael.
13 years of age, way to young to be walking into battle.
Pete Hemington13-Jul-2011 10:06
A moving shot and my mind is stirred more by focus on one than on a large number.
Cindy Flood13-Jul-2011 03:41
Both are very powerful photos, but this one really has an amazing look to it and the focal point conveys a very poignant message.
Michael Edwards12-Jul-2011 15:43
Bob, Steve and Jeff, thanks very much.
Lennart, you have looked into the mind of the photographer. War, and death, it seems to me, despite all the collective action, is always experienced individually. The pathos here is that it came at the very start of the life of a child.
May God grant that such a scourge never visit this country again. Nothing iss worth the price of such waste.
Lennart Waara12-Jul-2011 07:39
I think that this one with the shallow DOF gives a much stronger impression! The enormous amounts of gravestones are here more implied. The death is always individual and I tend to think more of this one soldier and his fate than when he is in focus. It is harder to grasp the fate of 100 000 men fallen in a battle than the single young soldiers name on a gravestone! Excellent work here Michael and I will learn from this picture!
stoge11-Jul-2011 23:09
I think that this one has a lot more feeling and
mood to it. You don't need the background to be sharp,
as long as you know that they are tombstones.
Steve Mockford11-Jul-2011 21:35
I am really torn between these two images Michael. I do like the context of the first shot, but I find the shallow dof in this shot certainly serves to focus the viewers attention on the headstone. I would be happy to see either one hanging on a wall though - nicely done.
Guest 11-Jul-2011 18:04
You have made incredible use of DOF to create a very poignant image. I'm up
in the air as to whether I like this or the previous image more. I think that
the prior image makes the context much more obvious but with this subject,
less may be more. Both are outstanding, IMHO.

It will be interesting to see how others weigh in on this one.