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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 7/29/2009
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Thanks a lot for the detailed comment, Dan!
I start understanding now.
Cheers!
Nick
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 7/28/2009
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Thanks a lot, Gustavo!
Cheers!
Nick
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Dan Wilson
{K:21104} 7/28/2009
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Definately not too green, yes most likely an illusion based on the fact that everything else in the shot seems to be shades of grey including the sky. Based on all this I feel the grey sky creates a grey/sad mood to the shot which fits so well with your subject, and It appears on my screen a softish focus which I also think makes the overall mood much stronger. Very well done Nick
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Gustavo Scheverin
{K:164501} 7/27/2009
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Solemne, solitaria, dramática.
Me gusta!
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 7/25/2009
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Indeed, such cemeteries can be also very interesting as places of historical evidence and documentation, Stan. They tell what happened and how it happened and they also tell some small personal stories of the people. Much like histoty books in the open air, or something similar, but they include the untold history of all the unknown human beings that were never VIPs or celebrities. I think that if the whining generations of today would face the difficulties and the misery of those settlers they would be finished in one week. (Indluding my own self in the very forst place.) We simply forgot how to consider the little that we have as enough.
This one here was not a real cemetery but an isolated tomb in the middle of the gras, and thus also the title. Unfortunately I don't remember the text on the plate. When I get back there I'll write it down and I'll also try some shots more of the plate.
Thanks a lot again!
Nick
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 7/25/2009
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Thanks a lot Andre! It is that kind of green, the "fresher" one in early sping, of which I always have the impression that I dont't manage to get natural on the image. So I am glad if it looks OK to you.
I think that such a green contains also some amount of yellow(ish) tones. If they get overenhanced then it looks more and more like smaragd-green. If they get underenhanced then it goes toward the deeper green of pines. And somewhere in the midle there is a small area of color intensity that works well. Or perhaps I am also completely mistaken here.
Cheers!
Nick
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 7/25/2009
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Thanks a lot Marcio!
It is somewhere in Germany at the east of Karlsruhe, and very near to the borders to France. The region is known for its good wine, so the soil must be pretty fertile.
Cheers!
Nick
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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 7/24/2009
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Nick, I have just noticed the light more as I continue to look at images and what makes them tick for me. I like the way you framed the shot and the natural colors of the resting place. I love old cemeteries here in Montana because of the historical documentation of disease and hangings. One graveyard in Elk Horn Montana is filled with almost all children that had died from small pox in the late 1880's. Sad but also very thought provoking to stand in the midst of such human tragedy and imagine the loss of the community. The settlers of this state worked hard to tame a very harsh environment with little technology or comforts.
My best, Stan
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Nick Karagiaouroglou
{K:127263} 7/24/2009
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I didn't think of the sun illuminating the front of the tomb, Stan, but now that you say... Absolutely! It would make it much better! What a pity that the tomb is rather far away and I can't retry that as easily. But should I get there again, I'll surely give it a try when the light hits the face plate.
About the curiosity for the facts on such tombs, well... I would rather say that it is more human than it is morbid. Isn't that the interest to see who was that guy, and also wondering about his/her life, character, events, etc? In some way I see it as the analogon of the interest about any still living human being.
Cheers!
Nick
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Andre Denis
{K:66327} 7/24/2009
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The green looks fine Nick. The greens could be toned down if you want to. But, this looks quite natural on my monitor.
Andre
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Marcio Janousek
{K:32538} 7/23/2009
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The place seems very fertile ..
Wonderful picture and framework...well done.
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Stan Hill
{K:35352} 7/23/2009
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I think that the green was there before the chicken!! Now the egg is a different story. Just kidding. I think this would have been nice to see with the sun lighting the face of the monument. The back light seems to leave the details in shadow. I always have the morbid curiosity for the facts on tomb stones. I like the way this is composed and think the green moss on the headstone goes nice with the grass's color to my eye.
be well, Stan
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