Christmas at the cemetery
After I read about the depth of field assignment, I thought of hundreds of pictures I will be taking. And now, in January, I found out I only have three. This one, I took when I went to a Catholic cemetery before Christmas. In Eastern Europe, the cemeteries look very different from those here in the US. For Christmas, we bring there small christmas trees, dried flowers and thousands of candles. Although without candles, people decorated this cemetery in LA with trees, poinsettias, artificial snow and other creative stuff. I have chosen this tiny Bethlehem scene.
Settings: f/5.6, 1/60, ISO 1600, 18mm
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What were the other shots you thought about taking?
It is so funny that you thought to go to the cemetery…Were you visiting someone?
Over all this pic seems so gray to me…which is maybe apt since it is a cemetery…I feel sad looking at it.
Maria – This picture is very interesting. I found that for both of your pictures this month I needed to really take my time looking at them…there was a lot going on in the small details of the picture. The foreground of this picture with the nativity scene evokes a lot of emotion. The joy of the nativity yet the sadness of the gravestone. I also found myself looking back to the yellow fenced off area. I can’t decide if that’s a distraction or not. At first I thought it was a warning fence for say a hole…then I realized it’s decoration.
My favorite part of this whole picture though is the barely noticeable self portrait of you in the silver bulb in the very front of the picture. That is brilliant! And I just noticed your name on the gravestone.
Very Interesting picture. Good work!