Every now and then I like to “step outside” my boundary of usual subject matter and do something really different. This is one of those images. Captured outside the town of Central City, Colorado, I happened by this scene by luck, along with the other 2 cemeteries close by it. Long closed, these are the real deal “wild west’ cemeteries, long forgotten, long not seen. Looking like a scene out of the movie “Pale Rider”.....I had to photograph it. The ruts in the ground were still visible from where the old wagons used to carry the bodies up from the town. Quite an amazing place…. / Thoughts welcomed! —-John —-—-—-—-—-—-— / More of my work can be seen on my website at http://jdebordphoto.com / All artwork is © John De Bord, All Rights Reserved. You may not use, replicate, manipulate, redistribute, or modify this image without my express consent.
The cold morning mist had yet to rise over this North London Cemetery when I took these shots… very spooky trust me!
Another misty morning shot taken in a London Cemetery
This is the 3rd shot from today’s series of photos from the local grave yard.. I had heard recently that grave yards make a great subject for IR photography, and I personally think I have to agree as I believe that this is my best IR shot so far.. / The cross that you can see behind the headstone in the middle of the shot is the cross that I used as the subject for my So Dark The Con Of Man shot.. / Anyway let me know what you all think and i hope you like it all as much as i do.. Thanks for looking! Uploaded 31/01/2008
Gothic shoot Art Direction by Alateia from Shooters Gallery / This imagery was made possible and shot under FILMING APPROVAL thanks to FAWKNER MEMORIAL PARK / View all of the shoot here / Take a look at my other photos / Add me to your watchlist / /
from my 2008 Cemetery Collection – created in the Through the Viewfinder Style Using a lightblocking tube, I shot the square viewfinder of an old vintage argoflex 75 using my digital Olympus E330
Watching over – at the local cemetery on a bold sky afternoon.
Memories fade, echoes diminish / But if you listen, in the quiet times / You can just faintly make out / Laughter, Love and Life A Rose of Cloth is all that’s left / To symbolise a vibrant life, guard a final resting place / And absorb the regretful tears / A simple Rose of Cloth / / ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / / Photographer for Hire – All Occasions – Mail Me :) / / 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. Calendars: Sets available on request. / / Writings (or ramblings) / Music of the Spheres / Another World / Time & Tears / The 3rd / The 10th / Weaver / High-Flyer / The In-Between Place / The Haggard Crone / Come, Dark / Chandelier Brain / Eat Me / You’re Strange, Rick / Ever-Queen / Sleeping / The Black, White & Grey
Photographed at the Forest Hills Cemetery around Attica, New York (USA). Nikon D80, 18-135mm
A powerful and bold sky above the old section of the Millicent Cemetery. The work and effort put into the headstones in these days is a testament to the love, honour and memories of those passed and those left behind. Canon 400D, 3 shot HDR, converted in Photomatix and tones altered in Photoshop.
Infrared Photography captured using a Nikon D80 Hoya IR filter. The long exposure created a nice movement style to the clouds. 10 sec – f5 / 18mm
Letting go is never easy Goodbye from the living / Goodbye to the dead / When all’s said & done / All that’s spoken is said No words can console us / No deeds can undo / The pain & adjustment / That we must go thru The colours we wear / Do not matter at all / To the sound of the tear drops / As they splatter & fall By Chris51 IMPORTANT Any profit from the sales of TOTS images will be donated to: / National Breast Cancer Foundation TOTS is a survivor of Breast cancer If you are very lucky during your life a person of TOTS quality will cross your path. During our musing she has taught me many lessons in discipline, courage, persistence and above all humility. Model: the adorable, delectable and very creative TextureoftheSin her friendship, company and humility make anything possible. Model: the sublime, delightful, sexy and wonderfully creative TraceyMac her enthusiasm is infectious and her company is inspiring.
Knights in White Satin Knights in White Satin / Angels sit upon your grave / Guarding what we could not save / But have no doubt no pain no fear / What matters most, does not lay here There is one memory I would ask / Satin sheets on comfy beds, / Lying together love instead / Of pointless work- a useless task By Chris51 Featured in Everyday Women IMPORTANT Any profit from the sales of TOTS images will be donated to: / National Breast Cancer Foundation TOTS is a survivor of Breast cancer If you are very lucky during your life a person of TOTS quality will cross your path. During our musing she has taught me many lessons in discipline, courage, persistence and above all humility. Model: the adorable, delectable and very creative TextureoftheSin her friendship, company and humility make anything possible. Model: the sublime, delightful, sexy and wonderfully creative TraceyMac her enthusiasm is infectious and her company is inspiring.
Lost Without Your Love My life is but a graveyard / My days are drab & drear / My existence is so empty / Now you’re no longer near By Chris51 Featured in Everyday Women IMPORTANT Any profit from the sales of TOTS images will be donated to: / National Breast Cancer Foundation TOTS is a survivor of Breast cancer If you are very lucky during your life a person of TOTS quality will cross your path. During our musing she has taught me many lessons in discipline, courage, persistence and above all humility. Model: the adorable, delectable and very creative TextureoftheSin her friendship, company and humility make anything possible.
Photographed in Kensal Green Cemetery, North West London on a very foggy day in December 2007. Canon 10D / 15-30mm Sigma lens @19mm / 1/350 sec @f16 / ISO 400 / Lens distortion corrected in Photoshop / Lens vignetting added in Lightroom
More cemetery pics..
Toddler leaning on soldier’s gravestone at a National Military Cemetery in the United States. This is one of those moments when I felt I was destined to be at this place at this moment in time. Nikon F3, 300mm f2.8 EDAF lens, Kodachrome 25
Sunset taken in April in the grounds of Baldongan castle and cemetery. North County Dublin Ireland. / / ©MCN:CD6BA-BE336-378B2
In the west the falling light still glows, / and the clustered housetops glitter in the sun, / but here Death is already chalking the doors with crosses, / and calling the ravens, and the ravens are flying in. (Anna Akhmatova)
The angel folded you up like laundry / your body thin as an empty dress. / Your clothes were curtains / hanging on the window of what had / been your flesh and now was glass. (Marge Piercy)
Do not cry for me, Mother, seeing me in the grave. This greatest hour was hallowed and thandered / By angel’s choirs; fire melted sky. / He asked his Father:”Why am I abandoned…?” / And told his Mother: “Mother, do not cry…” Magdalena struggled, cried and moaned. / Peter sank into the stone trance… / Only there, where Mother stood alone, / None has dared cast a single glance. (Anna Akhmatova )
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