Corner of a foreign field - for Harry Patch

Artist: GlennC
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Corner of a foreign field - for Harry Patch

Taken in the week the last surviving of the great war died;

If I should die, think only this of me:
That there’s some corner of a foreign field
That is for ever England. There shall be
In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;
A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,
Gave, once her flowers to love, her ways to roam,
A body of England’s, breathing English air,
Washed by the rivers, blessed by the suns of home.
And think, this heart, all evil shed away,
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less
Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;
Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;
And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,
In hearts a peace, under an English heaven.

Very kindly nominated by Donald Cameron for the pay it forward group. He had to say this about the image;
“ I nominate Corner of a foreign field – for Harry Patch by GlennC . An outstanding image in terms of composition and technique, taken to another level with the use of an 8 minute exposure and subtle tones in the black and white conversion. However what really makes this image unique is that it forms a tribute to the passing of the last World War I veteran Harry Patch, accompanied by fittingly poignant text. In my opinion probably the most powerful image on Redbubble.”

canon 40d/Tokina 11-16/10stop nd/2&3 stop grad. 8 mins exposure F16

Corner of a foreign field - for Harry Patch belongs to the following groups:

All Water in Motion (A Camera In The Description Before It Will Be Accepted), Canon DSLR (One Image Per Day & A Canon Camera Must Be In The Description Before It's Accepted), Capturing Emotion, Ebony and Ivory, Eerie Lighting, Minimalist Landscapes, Moody, Dark, Evocative (no nudes), Pay It Forward, SEA, Shades of Grey, Skyscapes, The Beauty of the European Waters, Timelapse/Long Exposure Photography, United Kingdom and Who Needs Color For Beauty? - Black & White Art At Its Best