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25-NOV-2007 Justin Miller

1st Place
Shadows of Death*
by Justin Miller

Veteran's Cemetary

Visiting my grandfather's grave at the local Veteran's Memorial Cemetary, I immediately saw the pattern in the headstones as a potential entry here.

I processed it to B&W, and darkened so the highlights on the sunlit edge of the stones created the pattern.

Sony DSC-T100
1/400s f/7.1 at 29.0mm iso80 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time25-Nov-2007 12:41:24
MakeSony
ModelDSC-T100
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length29 mm
Exposure Time1/400 sec
Aperturef/7.1
ISO Equivalent80
Exposure Bias-1.00
White Balance
Metering Modecenter weighted (2)
JPEG Quality
Exposure Programprogram (2)
Focus Distance

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John Potter29-Nov-2007 21:14
Well seen and well caught! John
Helen Betts28-Nov-2007 22:55
Very striking, Justin. And what great light!
Daniel Bollag28-Nov-2007 15:06
Well seen, Justin, and well done! -- db.
mlynn 28-Nov-2007 02:39
Very nice, well done.
Katherine Stanback's Photos27-Nov-2007 22:05
Wonderful composition - I love the lighting and your post-processing!
willvan27-Nov-2007 20:21
Very well done Justin. Bill
Guest 26-Nov-2007 18:46
Marvolous minamalist rendition. Excellant treatment of the subject. Dale
Justin Miller26-Nov-2007 17:36
Thank you all. I took many photos of this cemetary, as I was photographing my grandfather's resting place for a book project. Here's a link to the dpreview critique thread with more photos of these stones:http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=25760281
And a little background on my grandfather and the book project can be found in this thread: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=25764199
Franky2005 26-Nov-2007 07:55
Great shot! I love the way you have worked out the pattern so intense. IMHO the image could have a different title. Something like "Lights of Memory".
Denise25-Nov-2007 23:54
What a beautiful tribute to your grandfather!! Excellent processing, Justin. Beautiful pattern.
Guest 25-Nov-2007 23:34
How creative Justin! The processing was a great idea and so well done. Perfect entry for the challenge!