Monday, October 01, 2007

DP Theme Day: Cemetery / Tombstones

As If From Heaven - a cross on a tombstone at Lone Oak Cemetery in Stayton Oregon

This month City Daily Photo theme day is Cemetery/Tombstones. Stayton has two cemeteries side-by-side, the Lone Oak Cemetery and the St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery.

The photo above is of a cross on the top of one of the upright tombstones. The sun happened to be shining through the clouds right behind the cross, so I set my camera to make the cross in shadow to show more of the light.

For those who are into this sort of thing, the effect was done in-camera (f/22, 1/500 sec, ISO 100), with only minor color and contrast changes done in processing.

Click here for more photos from my walk of the cemetery.

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22 Comments:

Blogger Sally said...

Extremely atmospheric, Celine.

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9/30/2007 07:41:00 PM  
Blogger Kate said...

The cross against the blue sky blanketed with clouds is very dramatic.

9/30/2007 08:06:00 PM  
Blogger iBlowfish said...

This is really very dramatic scene of the cemetery. Beautiful shot!

9/30/2007 08:14:00 PM  
Blogger Fénix (Bostonscapes DP) said...

Very nice!

9/30/2007 09:07:00 PM  
Blogger Michi - Fotoblog said...

WHOW, a great shot!

9/30/2007 09:55:00 PM  
Blogger Lavenderlady said...

A very powerful photo. Thanks for sharing...the information is also interesting.

9/30/2007 10:17:00 PM  
Blogger slinger said...

The low perspective looking to the sky....very well done!

9/30/2007 11:31:00 PM  
Blogger Kerry-Anne said...

Great shot! Those clouds are beautiful.

9/30/2007 11:44:00 PM  
Blogger Jilly said...

Now, that's a stunning photo. So dramatic.

10/01/2007 12:51:00 AM  
Blogger R&R in The Netherlands said...

Wonderful perspective! And your flickr gallery was beautiful too.

10/01/2007 01:24:00 AM  
Blogger alice said...

The symbol is very strong, well done.

10/01/2007 02:57:00 AM  
Blogger Olivier said...

une athmosphere magnifique. superbe photo qui prend au tripe


a splendid athmosphere. superb photograph which takes with the tripe

10/01/2007 03:46:00 AM  
Blogger jelvistar said...

This is simple and beautiful, great photo.

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10/01/2007 08:40:00 AM  
Blogger Mike said...

Absolutely stunning shot!

10/01/2007 12:57:00 PM  
Blogger Neva said...

Wow...I am not into the fstops and all but this is an AWESOME photo.

10/01/2007 01:12:00 PM  
Blogger isabella said...

What a fantastic shot! Just jumped out of the portal at me ;-)

10/01/2007 01:49:00 PM  
Blogger Lynette said...

How beautiful. And the hands are exquisite, in the other photos.

10/01/2007 02:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Michelle said...

Absolutely beautiful, very striking!

10/01/2007 03:35:00 PM  
Blogger travelphilippines said...

and this is my pick for the best theme day photo very dramatic and i love the sky.

10/01/2007 11:20:00 PM  
Blogger Celine said...

Thanks to everyone who took the time to comment. I haven't made it around to the other blogs yet, as I wasn't feeling well today. I'll try tomorrow.

@travelphilippines: thank you! :)

10/01/2007 11:26:00 PM  
Blogger Bernt Seipl said...

Wow, that's a goodie! Very dramatic, and yet a simple choice. Could have been anywhere.

10/02/2007 08:16:00 AM  
Blogger Denton said...

Your's is a very powerful photo. I like what you did with the light, the clouds, and cross in silhouette.

10/03/2007 08:59:00 AM  

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