Cemetry Shoot

[Greg_C]

We had some nice light yesterday arvo for a POTN Graveyard shoot here in Brissie. The late afternoon sun led to quite a few silhouettes of the monuments and fellow POTNers.;) Not you usual flat piece of land this one, very hilly, which made for some different angles. Comments Welcome.

No.1
http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image17424.jpg


No.2
http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image17427.jpg


No.3
http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image17428.jpg


No.4
http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image17426.jpg

[Meaty0]

Oooh nice! Is that angel in No.2 picking her nose?

[Greg_C]

Oooh nice! Is that angel in No.2 picking her nose?
Thanks
Mmmm, I didn't quite look at it that way. You know - thoughtful, introspective and the like.:D But now that you mention it.:oops:

[Parkinho]

I really like no. 4, nice image. The silhouetted people work really well - great poses and great positioning right on the tip of a vanishing point. Although they are relatively small in the image the rest of the picture feels nicely balanced, not too airy. Well done.

[BrandonSi]

Nice! I like #3 and #4 the best.. Cemetery's are awesome places to shoot.

[Miniflash]

Very intresting pics I like them alot ~

[Greg_C]

Thanks for the comments guys. Here's another from yesterday. Big different from my usual stuff, lots of photoshop work to get to here. I was thinking along the lines of greeting cards etc. What do you think?

http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image17436.jpg

[SYS]

Number 4 leaves people imagining.... What are the grave-diggers -- or whoever they may be -- talking about?

[SYS]

I also love the first photo, except I'd like to see the twigs cropped out.

[misskitty5077]

The first is my favorite.

I love wandering around in a cemetery for hours :)

[SYS]

The first is my favorite.

I love wandering around in a cemetery for hours :)

Yea, I love befriending the dead. :lol:

[kendickson]

Greg,

Nice work as always. I really like the number 3 and 4 shots.

Ken

[Greg_C]

Thanks for looking and commenting. I did a series of images like no 1 all at different zooms 100, 200, 400, this is the 200 one. What drew me to this was the terraced effect.

No 3 is a blend of two out of three images in a 2 stop exposure bracket. One for the sky and another for the foreground. The mountains exposed the same as the foreground but this looked artificial so I masked them way for the sky version.

In no 4 I had two level adjustment layers, 1 for the sky and another for the grass. The grass was quite dark out of the camera and it was a snapshot so I hadn't bracketed. I wanted to bring out the grass to bring out the road. Leading lines and all that.

[hammerhead]

Nice series, I love grave yard photos. #3 is my favorite.

[nilroy]

I love #2 and #4!
The greyish cloudy background gives an immense depth to #2, that might not have been possible in bright daylight. And #4 has a far-off n empty feel to it. The figures make for great models with perfect silhouette (... and no gravediggers them for sure, SYS! :) )

[joegolf68]

I like three and four and think number one should be wider. Nice shots.

[Greg_C]

Thanks for the comments guys. Here's a different treatment to number two that was suggested elsewhere by a fellow POTNer. A real quickie this time. Funny thing about it is that I did do anything to make it green, it just came out like this as part of the process. Edges are a little rough still so more work needed I guess.

http://www.steadyhands.net/photogallery/albums/temp/image17437.jpg

[WilliamL]

i like #1 and #4 best... all of them are good