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04-SEP-2005

Flowers and gravestone, Mirogoj Cemetery, Zagreb, Croatia, 2005

Someone had left a bouquet of artificial flowers just to the side of this gravestone. I noticed that the shape of the bouquet followed the posture of the grieving angel on the stone. I moved my vantage point until the bouquet fit tightly against the figure on the stone, echoing its flow. The flowers symbolize life, the grieving angel represents death, and the two become opposite sides of the same coin. I expose on the flowers, allowing the figure of the angel to recede into the shadows.

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20
1/200s f/4.0 at 21.1mm iso80 hide exif
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Date/Time04-Sep-2005 12:34:04
MakePanasonic
ModelDMC-FZ20
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length21.1 mm
Exposure Time1/200 sec
Aperturef/4
ISO Equivalent80
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White Balance (10)
Metering Modemulti spot (3)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Programprogram (2)
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