i love the pics..know what else i lov ethe way japanese graveyards are like never dirty.. i mean i saw a few pics... it was spotless and the flowers were there and stuff...nicely done

Really? When we went to visit my grandmother's grave site it was really hard to get to her stone the graves were really packed. Every that I stepped on someone's stone I kept saying I'm sorry. The next time I go I'll take pics so you can see what I'm talking about. :D

Oh, very nice. ^_^ Thanks for putting them back up. Which graveyard were you at? If you don't mind me asking. It looks very old. Pretty, though. I love all the greenery.

This ^ is all I said, didn't think it offended you. I also said that what you do with taking da pics were cool:vsign: never said any thing negative, just that you should thank them for the lovely pics that you were able to take 'cause of them. (like a bow or something:rolleyes: )
You can't please every1 & besides its your art!! Why do ppl get so dramatic over these things???!!?

And I still think taking one at night with the moon out would be beautiful;)

Thanks for the added support, guys!
So I may have over reacted a little ^_^'
I just get deffensive sometimes over stupid things!
NightChilde25 you asked where I took these?
In a couple cementaries in Georgia...
The other pictures of gravestones themselves...I actually had permisson to take thoes...they were in the backyard of some friends old plantation house...
But the others...they were at a old Civil Church...

Future home? Did you fight in World War II...? Something tells me you didn't :rolleyes: and if you had, there still wouldn't be a place for you cause that is for those who died back in the day, so ha! :mtongue:

And the big headstones are just commemorative stuff, it's the little white ones that have a dead corpse lying underneath, and the name of every American soldier who died in there is written on the gravestone, but now I'm thinking how hard it must have been for them to recognize the bodies so the name it says and the person buried probably don't always match.



This is Lieutenant General McNair's gravestone.



A view from above, that beach must be Omaha Beach, where the invasion started.

aww don't get so discouraged
i think your pictures are very well done and i personally think you have skill... lots of skill

leave the thread open

All of your support is highly appreciated! ^_^'
Thank you all very, very much!

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Glad to see you put the pics back up. I missed them the first time. Very nice images. From a technical standpoint id give them some more contrast.

I have had a facination with old gravyards myself. Just something about the old ones. To see when an individual lived and died, and wondering what thier life was like.

Back in college one of my photo assigments was to create a small photo book. I had read an article on an cemetary used by some of the first Spanish immigrants back in the 1840's. Its now a California State Historical landmark. Some of the graves are only marked with a homemade cross, and some headstones were crudley carved. Unfortunatly I dont have a scanner or I would post a few. I may have to make another trip out there.

As far as people not liking the images, well not everyone is going to like everything. You sometimes have to be a little thick skinned. Again back in college I had a teacher who was very straight forward. If he didnt like your work he told you. On a few occasions he said my photos for a particular assigment were crap. He even once made someone cry. I had the utmost respect for him. He was pushing me and eventually I began to create my own style, which was his intentions. Over time he actually hired me as an assistant on some of his shoots.

Even if you just do this for fun as a hobby. Dont let others dictate your creativity.

Heres a shot I did awhile back. It was taken with infrared film. which is why the trees and grass look white. Gives it an erie effect.