To A Early Grave

[cjogo]

San Juan Batista ---   

[Christoph C. Feldhaim]

I like it.
One suggestion: maybe darken the inscript a little bit?

[AFairley]

Nice placement of the fence in the backround.

[Ed Blagden]

Beautiful treatment of the emotion.  Just right - simple and poignant. 

I have a few like that taken in a war cemetery near us, but I'll post in another thread sometime.

[cjogo]

I like it.
One suggestion: maybe darken the inscript a little bit?

I'll try -- you know it hasn't had a coat of paint for many years ...  :-}

 I put a 4% burn on my wand  of the midtones ....

Coming from the film days  > you just didn't have the opportunities for much post intricate work.   You shot the image with exposure and processing = that was it .

[AFairley]

Personally, the lettering is readable OK, and the fadedness adds poignancy to the image.

[WalterEG]

Personally, the lettering is readable OK, and the fadedness adds poignancy to the image.

I concur 100%.  I utterly deplore the notion that everything must be enhanced simply because there is a tool at your keyboard to do it.  The faded text, for me, is as much a part of the context of the statement  as the setting itself.  In the commercial world one does occasionally encounter art directors who, as compensation for the ravages of definition caused by translating as dots of ink on paper, would even go so far as having retouchers paint over faint detail.  But let's all attempt to rise above the cesspit of of the commercial world in our private work.

Cheers to any art directors reading this,

W

[cjogo]

I started shooting cemeteries in the 70's  ---  have a great collection --

[cjogo]

Nice placement of the fence in the backround.

this was right afterwards -- I was drawn to the fence ...

[cjogo]

Beautiful treatment of the emotion.  Just right - simple and poignant.  

I have a few like that taken in a war cemetery near us, but I'll post in another thread sometime.

One of my favorites from War Cemeteries >  Normandy

[Todd Suttles]

I love it! The fence keeps me in the image too. Nice touch.
Grave markers by their very nature call to me to ponder all the important questions; those of the individual and life in general. Past, present and future. Hope you don't mind my input, a newbie. Everyone, including you, have been so kind and patient with me and my little stuff -just wanted to say something that was giving instead of taking.  Thanks, -t

[stamper]

Unfortunately the first thing I saw before expanding the image was the fence and then the headstone. I feel the fence is a distraction because it is lighter than the headstone which is meant to be the focal point. Shooting the scene with the headstone cantered with the two trees flanking it and a soft vignette would be my idea of a good composition. The fence should be darkened or omitted from the image.

[cjogo]

A little more of isolated graves ..

[Rob C]

Like HC-B always said: it's about geometry. It always is; that's design.

I feel very attracted to your style - I also love square...

Rob C

[cjogo]

Thanks  ::  I spent many a hours in the field -- sculpting that eye for design.......... Not sure how one can capture without a tripod and slowly manipulating each part of your final frame ?  Guess that view camera -- 120 roll days really forces one to work for their art :-)