Not 100% happy but close

[zombiemann]

We've been having a really had drought lately that is playing hell on the foliage in the area. It's kinda rough taking landscape shots when everything is brown and dying. This was taken at a local cemetery a few days ago.

 

[DGMPhotography]

I like it! Although it's still summer, it looks very Autumn-ish! The composure looks great to me, good job

 

[zombiemann]

Eh, the composure is a little off. Truth be told because of the severe drought we're having it LOOKS like autumn around here.

This next pic is JUST to illustrate how dry the area is right now, I know most people won't like it because it's kinda over cooked but its not for C&C, just to show an example



Yea, that is a boat in its dock totally land locked at the moment, all of that dirt is actually a lake bed

 

[FanBoy]

The cemetary picture is kind of painterly and autumnal. I like going to cemetaries for subject material; it's "peaceful" to do photography work, and the architecture and landscaping makes for good composition.

I've noticed the drop in chlorophyll in greenery lately--days are getting shorter...

 

[zombiemann]

The cemetary picture is kind of painterly and autumnal. I like going to cemetaries for subject material; it's "peaceful" to do photography work, and the architecture and landscaping makes for good composition.

I've noticed the drop in chlorophyll in greenery lately--days are getting shorter...

The cemetery I took that in has some amazing mausoleums, and a relatively nice Civil War section. Sometime soon I am hoping to get a chance to go over to Oak Lawn Cemetery in Springfield where Abraham Lincoln is buried. There are some interesting sites over there as well.

 

[zombiemann]

Here is the same stack not quite as over done. I liked the first one, but kept on playing around with it. I think this one looks a bit more realistic.

 

[LinkTheWorld]

For what its worth, I really like the first shot!

 

[PlanetStarbucks]

I think the overall composition is what's not working. The elements of the pictures are out of balance with eachother. the building is not quite in frame, the pattern of the stones is broken by the road, and the trees in the center are misshapen.

 

[Bynx]

I think what bothers me is the space on the left of the trees, while on the right the building isnt complete. Swinging the camera a bit to the right would have made things a little more pleasing to the eye.

 

[zombiemann]

I'm on the sidelines for a few days (sprained my ankle last night paying more attention to my camera than where I was walking) but when I'm up and around again I am planning on going to reshoot this one.

The cemetery is one of the most scenic I have seen, at least in my neck of the woods. Of course like all graveyards this one has its share of urban legends attached to it, adding to the appeal of friends and family when I show them. For example, about 90 degrees to the right of this picture is a small set of stairs that at certain times an ethereal young lady can be seen standing on. I grew up about 3 blocks from this cemetery and during my youth spent multiple nights there on a dare. I saw things that spooked me, but looking back through the eyes of a relatively educated adult I can't help but wonder how much of what I saw was perfectly normal and natural but tinted by my adolescent thrill seeking mind.

Actually my home town quite a rich history and multiple books have been devoted to paranormal activity in the area. I don't know that I believe in that kind of thing, but the stories are fun to read. One of my long term projects is a photographic journey through some of the locations mentioned in said books. Not for "ghost" pictures or anything of that nature, but more to show the beauty of these places with checkered history. Places like an old speakeasy, a theater that was very popular on the vaudeville circuit (including story that I find fascinating about magician Harry Blackstone Sr making an audience disappear), numerous locations associated with Abraham Lincoln etc. The pictures here were test shots for the beginning of the project, and practice for refining my HDR technique so that when appropriate situations occur I am prepared to take the shots I need and process them the right way.

 

[The Barbarian]

I like the second exposure better, but I prefer subtle HDRs. Often, I go back and reshoot things. I think you could get a much better result with bit of change in composition.

Keep shooting.

 

[Bynx]

Good luck with that Zombie. And a speedy recovery.

 

[Steve5D]

Here is the same stack not quite as over done. I liked the first one, but kept on playing around with it. I think this one looks a bit more realistic.

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Would've liked to have seen the mausoleum in its entirety...

 

[zombiemann]

It's going to be reshot when I get a chance, hopefully sometime this weekend. There are a ton of interesting mausoleums in the general vicinity of where this one was taken. Including one that is partially underground... with a vent pipe that nobody seems to be able to explain lol.

 

[Steve5D]

Looking forward to seeing what you come up with!