June 6 2004: A Forgotten Life by Ray :)

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A Forgotten Life

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June 6 2004:
A Forgotten Life

St John's, Surrey

One wonders who Hetty would have become had she lived to enjoy childhood and entered adulthood.

I don’t know who this child was, or her family, but it makes you think.

Photoshop:
Cropped and Resized
Greens desaturated
Diffuse Glow: Graininess 6; Glow Amount 8; Clear Amount 15.
Framed using Pantone Cool Gray 1C

Canon EOS 300D Digital Rebel
1/125s f/10.0 at 47.0mm iso1600 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto

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photo and copyright: Ray Pettit

Elizabeth Glass		20-Jun-2004 03:01
Fantastic finish on this. Not quite black and white. Very very nice.

Guest		09-Jun-2004 22:10
Beautifully done, Ray!

Karen Leaf		08-Jun-2004 03:44
Very nicely executed. The young ones are always so sad, especially around the holidays, as Hetty was.

Guest		07-Jun-2004 08:53
This is really nice, Ray. I find graveyards fascinating but it's difficult (well,I find it difficult) to capture their atmosphere...you've done that really well.

Pall Gudjonsson		06-Jun-2004 22:47
Beautiful and touching.

jude		06-Jun-2004 21:49
Beautiful and eerie... nicely done

virginiacoastline		06-Jun-2004 21:16
I like how when you desaturated the gravestone, that you kept just a hint of the green showing its age, and highlighted the text with the blue . . nice subtle, enhancing touches!

Carol E Sandgren		06-Jun-2004 19:45
Really a lovely shot commemorating a sad event. Your soft color tone choices are perfect for this mood as well, and quite intriguing to look at.

Jill		06-Jun-2004 19:32
Treatment is superb. Yes whilst visiting cemetary I have too seen the dates of life and death wondered what had caused such a early demise. Very sad it is.

Guest		06-Jun-2004 17:50
Very sad, Ray! Makes me wonder why this thing happens.