10-26-11 – Graves 3: Return of the Land of the Dead

All right. Any input for #3?

Me peeking out from behind.
http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/fark/Grave_0267.jpg
Fallen headstone. Creative use of DoF to focus on DIED
http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/fark/DIED_9850.jpg
f/22 for starring the sun + on-camera flash to expose the statue
http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/fark/Springdale_0020.jpg

3rd one (sun flare) wins it for me.

THIS

I agree,

Lens Flare = most votes

But I like the first one best personally though, it’s a beautiful shot.

Thanks for the input. My wife picked that one too.

I almost chose this one instead of the ‘Anderson’ headstones. 25 sec exposure, light the front with an LED flashlight for 5-10 sec, run behind headstone and make some back-light the same way. I did the peeking out version sort of as a whim and didn’t like it on the camera. After getting home and seeing it on a monitor I thought I could make it work with a few more tries. But then I ran out of time and the skies got cloudy.

http://photos.imageevent.com/ulle17/fark/g_0276b.jpg

Gambitsgirl, I really like the shots and the story. My mom passed away about 18 months ago, this contest was the first time I’ve been to a cemetery since the funeral. It was difficult for me too.

Gambitsgirl, I really like the shots and the story. My mom passed away about 18 months ago, this contest was the first time I’ve been to a cemetery since the funeral. It was difficult for me too.

I’ve been to about 10 funerals (ALS community is small and close knit) but this was different. I hope you found some peace out there also.

gg

Welcome to the forum gambitsgirl. I appreciate the courage it takes to share your story with an audience like Fark. I hope, however emotional the shoot was, there was an element of catharsis too.

Thank you. This is my third week entering and when I got to this one I went “WTF really”? but I’m known for my dark humor. A little while after he died there was a TF thread “Where do you and your SO sleep” and I said “I’m sleep in the bed and he’s in the china cabinet”. It took a few posts but there was a general “holy shit’ laugh. It did help and I’m sure his mom will want a print of this and the kids were pretty happy with it too.

…and I said “I’m sleeping in the bed and he’s in the china cabinet”…

I haven’t been through the death of an immediate family member and I have no idea how I will react. But I hope that at least some of the time I will act like this. I’m positive that if my wife passed away, she’d be cool with my taking pictures.

And welcome. Stick around. There are some good people here.

Welcome to the forum gambitsgirl. I appreciate the courage it takes to share your story with an audience like Fark. I hope, however emotional the shoot was, there was an element of catharsis too.

Thank you. This is my third week entering and when I got to this one I went “WTF really”? but I’m known for my dark humor. A little while after he died there was a TF thread “Where do you and your SO sleep” and I said “I’m sleep in the bed and he’s in the china cabinet”. It took a few posts but there was a general “holy shit’ laugh. It did help and I’m sure his mom will want a print of this and the kids were pretty happy with it too.

…and I said “I’m sleeping in the bed and he’s in the china cabinet”…

I haven’t been through the death of an immediate family member and I have no idea how I will react. But I hope that at least some of the time I will act like this. I’m positive that if my wife passed away, she’d be cool with my taking pictures.

And welcome. Stick around. There are some good people here.

If you wipe her ass for 4 years you will be farked up like me :D. And thank you. I think I can tell everyone is pretty awesome. Talented at least.

Welcome to the forum gambitsgirl. I appreciate the courage it takes to share your story with an audience like Fark. I hope, however emotional the shoot was, there was an element of catharsis too.

Thank you. This is my third week entering and when I got to this one I went “WTF really”? but I’m known for my dark humor. A little while after he died there was a TF thread “Where do you and your SO sleep” and I said “I’m sleep in the bed and he’s in the china cabinet”. It took a few posts but there was a general “holy shit’ laugh. It did help and I’m sure his mom will want a print of this and the kids were pretty happy with it too.

…and I said “I’m sleeping in the bed and he’s in the china cabinet”…

I haven’t been through the death of an immediate family member and I have no idea how I will react. But I hope that at least some of the time I will act like this. I’m positive that if my wife passed away, she’d be cool with my taking pictures.

And welcome. Stick around. There are some good people here.

This is all a true story. My mother passed away in 1999. I was 17 at the time, and the first viewing was on a Saturday night. When my brother and I got to the funeral home the flowers overwhelmed my sinuses and I had to go to Rite Aid for medicine. My brother tagged along (for breath savers in case anyone kissed him).

During the walk over, there was a dumpster with a road sign in it that read “Slow Golfers Crossing.”

As I ran back to the home to get my fathers keys, he just looked at my brother and I with a WTF look, as we carried a road sign into his car, both of us wearing suit and ties.

oh dear – we shall get along just fine :D.