Arnos Vale monuments


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14/12/2014 - 17:11bwlchmawr
CategoryArchitecture
Shutter Speed1/25
Aperturef/5.6
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ISO100
Focal Length30mm
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Bobbinalorry

Link Posted 14/12/2014 - 18:51
Great colour, exposure & detail. Super shot.
Best Regards, Larry.

All the gear & no idea.

Teaka53

Link Posted 14/12/2014 - 20:18
Bobbinalorry wrote:
Great colour, exposure & detail. Super shot.

I agree
Malc

drobbia

Link Posted 15/12/2014 - 00:08
Perfectly exposed and vibrant. Confirms why cremation and scattering at sea, remains a good idea for moi. Cool. T
"It's not what you look at that's important, it's what you see" - Thoreau
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davidwozhere

Link Posted 15/12/2014 - 01:45
It's got a timeless sense of brooding that underlines the idea of 'Memento Mori'.
(I think I would prefer that to being dissolved in cold water).
Both the *istDS and the K5 are incurably addicted to old glass

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drobbia

Link Posted 15/12/2014 - 06:27
As to dissolved in cold water - My water is a already chosen "secret" cove near Hana in Maui Hawaii. A calm place where every year the whales return from Alaska to calve and teach their offspring how to leap and roll. WaterTemperature high 70's F.- Air temp avg. mid 80's F it's called Hanaluilui bay. Wife and I expect to be visited by thousands of local folks and some tourist mammals forever, the place is unforgettable to both and doesn't require any upkeep -IMO, beats damp ground with worms into which a body is interred and as the image indicates- often eventually forgotten.
davidwozhere wrote:
It's got a timeless sense of brooding that underlines the idea of 'Memento Mori'.
(I think I would prefer that to being dissolved in cold water).


"It's not what you look at that's important, it's what you see" - Thoreau
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bwlchmawr

Link Posted 15/12/2014 - 06:54
Thanks for the generous comments folks. It's certainly an amazing place and tells us a lot about the Victorians and the way they thought about life and death.

As regards earthly remains, for photographers, family researchers and historians these old cemeteries are invaluable and Tony's beautiful cove in Hawaii sounds idyllic, but it is surely the fate of our eternal souls which should concern us most.

As the man said: "...in sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life."
Best wishes,

Andrew

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autumnlight

Link Posted 15/12/2014 - 13:27
What a fantastic set of stones, very typical of the sort of location for a Dickens novel, super shot again
Kind regards Maria

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davidtrout

Link Posted 16/12/2014 - 09:36
Victorian churchyards were surely placed there for the benefit of future generations of talented photographers like Andrew. Not much call for snappers lurking around crematoria or snorkelling beneath the waves in search of nostalgic images.
David

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drobbia

Link Posted 19/12/2014 - 21:04
My daughter asked if We'd have at least a plaque - I said the pacific ocean would be our plaque, We figure powerful God that God is, God will know exactly where our souls might be, come judgment day. -Tony
davidtrout wrote:
Victorian churchyards were surely placed there for the benefit of future generations of talented photographers like Andrew. Not much call for snappers lurking around crematoria or snorkelling beneath the waves in search of nostalgic images.
David

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"It's not what you look at that's important, it's what you see" - Thoreau
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drobbia

Link Posted 19/12/2014 - 21:05
x 2 -- tg
drobbia wrote:
My daughter asked if We'd have at least a plaque - I said the pacific ocean would be our plaque, We figure powerful God that God is, God will know exactly where our souls might be, come judgment day. -Tony
davidtrout wrote:
Victorian churchyards were surely placed there for the benefit of future generations of talented photographers like Andrew. Not much call for snappers lurking around crematoria or snorkelling beneath the waves in search of nostalgic images.
David

PPG: http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/artists/davidtrout



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