Silence Lane

Artist: Mark German
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Silence Lane

Silence Lane
I love cemeteries.
For some people, cemeteries are places of dread. For me, they are places of wonderful quiet and peace. A place of resting, whatever your religion, if any. Memories wrapped in stone and tree shadows. A place to reflect, and wonder about life. Perhaps our lives are just perfect – loved ones all around, financial independence; maybe fame and fortune.
In the end, we all wind up here.

One life, one chance to feel good about it.

My rules for photography and art are very simple – I like it, or I don’t…

Thanks for visiting my folio :)
I certainly appreciate your taking time to view what I’ve been up to, and enjoy reading your comments.

Writings (or ramblings)
Come, Dark
Chandelier Brain
Eat Me
The 10th
You’re Strange, Rick
Ever-Queen
Sleeping
Beauty
The Black, White & Grey

Hope

One

Reap what you Sow

Trust

Directions

Unconditional Love

The Long Road

Silence Lane

Silence Lane belongs to the following groups:

OCAU Photographers, IPA -International Photographers Alliance, The Fine Art of Photography and The Urban Environment

Denny Hill, 10 months ago

Wow….this is great!!!!:) Into my favorites we go…...
Lizzie Keitel, 10 months ago

hauntingly beautiful!
Brett Foster, 10 months ago

Excellent mate!
mick8585, 10 months ago

man Im getting worried about you trawling these grave yards. Beautiful image here. Sharp as a pin. Did you do anything here? The sky looks like it has been dropped in later? Good use of ambient light ?
Mark German, 10 months ago

Everything original, including crop, Mick.
Only adjustments are exposure/contrast and straightened the black-looking cross.

Yes, I worry about me too ;)
Deri Dority, 10 months ago

Yep, this is going straight into my favorites too.
Susan Zohn, 10 months ago

This is a great shot. I thought about you today as I passed a cemetary. You like these places don’t you! :) Well, you have pulled off another great shot so keep them coming. They are fantastic yet as mick stated. If you need help, we are here for you! ;)
Andrew Brown, 10 months ago

Absolutely stunning image Mark
Nicole Goggins, 10 months ago

this is fantastic!
SylviaHardy, 10 months ago

I absolutely love your black and white! The lighting is so fantastic in this scene! I have to say it is one of my favorites
David Thibodeaux, 10 months ago

Terrific piece, Mark. Well composed, and very cinematic.
Rhana Griffin, 10 months ago

I have no words that can do this image justice Mark.
Torfinn Johann..., 10 months ago

Excellent my friend!
LisaG, 10 months ago

I agree with Rhana, there are no words that could possibly explain the journey here…I’m moved deeply.
The setting not normally thought of as beauty, but beauty is what I find….looking here…

Stunning Capture Mark…
marieancolie, 10 months ago

Ditto Rhana and Lisa… To moved to say something.. except, I have tears in my heart and eyes.
Fav
marieancolie, 10 months ago

Forgot to ask. Is it the fallen angel on the upper left corner ?
chriso, 10 months ago

What an amazing photo. Silence is just the response this evokes. Great B&W image.
Brad Sumner GLP, 10 months ago

ooooooooo….........I can feel the hairs rise on the back of my neck already! Wonderful shot!
Mark German, 10 months ago

Thanks, all.
I happen to love this shot also, for the same reasons as many of you have mentioned. Hope that doesn’t sound vain – we are allowed to love our own shots sometimes, right?

Dear Marie – I will keep you wondering about that one. Some things are better when they are mysteries, no? ;)
Mel Brackstone, 10 months ago

Fabulous light, Mark, you’ve nailed this one!!
micmac, 10 months ago

what a great place, yo did something fantastic,the compo. and the lihgt are amazing.You are a genius
Christina Martin, 10 months ago

Beautiful work.
Susan Grissom, 10 months ago

I too love graveyards. I like the dramatic feeling of this, the contrast of the sky against the “gravescape” and the shadow of tree branches across the grave stones. Good work
Miss Misery, 10 months ago

nice pic real moody like it
Charles Dobbs, 10 months ago

Love the feel of this, nice shot!
maniac, 10 months ago

great photo! real eerie.
Antoine Dagobert, 10 months ago

I love the feel of this mark…Excellent bnw too..great job my friend
Carlo Cesar Ro..., 10 months ago

W O W ! ! !
Kristy Lee, 10 months ago

Oh my god…don’t have the words..this is PERFECT ..in every aspect. I’m in awe.
Louise Cooke, 10 months ago

OOohhh, moody, dramatic, and love the composition – great work Mark!
Bridgett Ferguson, 10 months ago

wow….what more can I say….this is perfect!
amazing work Mark!! :)
Joan Smart, 10 months ago

Excellent shot love it
Basia McAuley, 10 months ago

I love the lighting, the shades and the eerie feel.. it’s exquisite.
Mark German, 10 months ago

Thank you all, from Mel down :)
Taylor Jury, 10 months ago

Wow beautiful shot Mark. The composition is great also the contrast.

Taylor
Vonney, 10 months ago

Cemeteries are fascinating places!
and you have captured this one with skill and
an eye for beauty. I don’t think anything at all
about someone ‘haunting’ a graveyard for
good shots, plus some of the words on the
tombstones provide much fodder for novels.
Bruce Halliburton, 10 months ago

Subject matter a big favourite of mine. Perfect balance with pure blacks and whites yet so much detail preserved in the mid-tones. What format did you use?
Mark German, 10 months ago

Thanks all :)

Bruce – shot on digital :)
I was lucky with the lighting.
WitheringMoon, 10 months ago

This is an incredible shot, i love the shadow’s!!!
Nick Hartigan, 10 months ago

nice picture and i love the use of black and white it really adds a new element to your photo great shot!!
Loredana Crupi, 10 months ago

Love it!! Stunning b/w!
Martin Mullen, 9 months ago

Brilliant work!
Gives you ‘that’ feel.
Tiffany Dryburgh, 9 months ago

corrr, I LOVE cemetaries!!!
MegCouch, 9 months ago

Nice shot. Love the atmosphere.
Andy73, 9 months ago

Wow, stunning…Love it!
Jewd, 9 months ago

Wow… so little adjustment, I really admire that, I get so over all the pieces that are 100 generations away from the original, not that it really matters to create that way, but it is refreshing to see a piece thats concieved and lives as it was born…this is just a truly magnificent composition, the tones, the light, love the tree framing the whole piece, a bit Tim Burton…where is this graveyard? I love them, especially the country ones…
Mark German, 9 months ago

Thanks, all :)

Jewd – looks like a mystical forgotten location – but is, in fact, in St Kilda :)
Mark Tisdale, 8 months ago

mhmmmm – great light in this – awesome contrast
Jennifer Vickers, 8 months ago

Great title for an awesome black and white.
JUMPer, 8 months ago

that’s really awesome
great shot!
:)
HouseofSixCats, 8 months ago

Awesome, truly stunning!
Tony Moore, 8 months ago

Very beautiful image, the tones are fantastic,
The sky full of depth.
Great work
mwgids, 8 months ago

hell mark! or let me rather say,good heavens mark!
what great mood for a dreary scene.
great work man!
berndt2, 8 months ago

An amazing shot – the detail throughout is astounding. The lighting is so peaceful on the stones, even the shadows seems quite soft, but the bark of the tree looks so rough, solid and final.
SnapHappy, 8 months ago

perfect!
nikki024, 8 months ago

NOTHING YOU HAVEN’T HEARD BUT ITS AN AMAZING SHOT.
Jan Kölling, 8 months ago

excellent, love the Atmosphere in this
garain, 7 months ago

eerie & lovely!!!!! sheri
Von McKnelly, 7 months ago

Killer work with the zone system. Luv how the tree frames in the shot.
Bruce Watson, 7 months ago

Wonderful shadows and tonal range. A beguiling and mysterious work indeed. Looks like a movie set from a 1940s spine-tingler – but with better definition!
Zigga, 7 months ago

Beautiful work Mark! The light & shadows are fantastic!!!
John Hurle, 6 months ago

Superb…
gordontant, 6 months ago

The shadows and casting Light from the sun lead you form one stone to the other, truly an outstanding shot., I doth tip my cap to you sir.
lanced200, 6 months ago

fantastic
Jonicool, 6 months ago

This is very Beautiful!
Oliver Andrews, 5 months ago

Very Serene, was it taken in IR, it has that ‘otherworldly’ that IR gives out.
Mark German, 5 months ago

Thanks, Oliver – this is one of my favourite shots.
No – it is not IR – just longish exposure and processed to B&W.
Plukie, 5 months ago

I love it!!! There is something special about graveyards, I thought I was just a freak. lol.
Meiko Janke, 5 months ago

wow I love it!!!!!!!
Shannon Paskaruk, 5 months ago

great image!
Jeremy Harrington, 5 months ago

this is a wonderful shot Mark, the lighting is perfect and you have done a great job by using the tree for framing
Amanda Hammock, 5 months ago

Brilliant.
Dee Boylan, 5 months ago

This is wonderful and timeless Mark…..Looks just like a Still from an old Black and white movie full to the brim with romance…plus my Libran sence of balance appreciates the perfect shot alignment as well!
ed wong, 5 months ago

surreal image; hauntingly beautiful light
Jaeda DeWalt, 5 months ago

i love the visual silence . . .
hauntingly surreal and sacred.

E N C H A N T I N G
German Saravanja, 5 months ago

Great lighting and contrast. B&W was definitely the right choice.
iman, 5 months ago

Beautiful shot.

Iman
Michael Gatch, 4 months ago

great shot.
Rosina Lamberti, 4 months ago

i love these types of shots…very dark and mysterious
Kacholek, 4 months ago

Excellent image …beautifully captured!!
WayneD, 3 months ago

cool shot. nice lighting.
dimarie, 3 months ago

stunning shot!
Apostle, 3 months ago

I was fascinated with cemeteries when I was younger, so many stories and so much history in one place. I luv this pic, it’s reminiscent of the scenes from original 1930’s Dracula movies with Bela Lugosi.
Sue Buckingham, 2 months ago

Love it. Stunning work. One for my favs x
Richard Veal, 2 months ago

Wow Mark. This is excellent. The lighting, contrast and clarity are superb. A magnificent B&W mate.
Keeli, 2 months ago

Very nicely done . . . almost surreal.
wendyL, 2 months ago

dark and spooky…love it!
steve conti, 2 months ago

hey there mark love ya stuff cemeterys are definately a different place to shoot love it.
Suzanne German, about 1 month ago

stunning photograph mark….and the presene you speak of…certainly there and haunting in its beauty! I have just read something Shawn wrote (inspired by this) – all I can say is What talented brothers i have – gosh I am so so proud of you both!!!
love your sis’
Suzanne xxx
Shelly Hiebert, about 1 month ago

Mark I think it has all been said probably more than once and I agree with what everyone has said. I LOVE this photo!
exposedbutloved, 12 days ago

oh i know exactly what you mean about cemetaries… I love this photo its a fanatstic shot really
kudos
Lisadee, 9 days ago

You have created an atmosphere here that is almost cozy and welcoming; there is a happy peace.