Monochrome Monday; Winter Tree In Fog

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One of my long term projects is photographing cemeteries and what I find interesting in cemeteries.  Many might not like being in a cemetery but, since I will be a long term resident one day, I thought I would get comfortable in them.  lol.  I've always thought that what you find in a cemetery, especially what monuments and headstones you find as well as what is written or depicted on a headstone, is a direct comment on the culture at the time of death.  It really is interesting when you look at headstones from more than 150 years ago.

Whenever I traveled for business, I would try to take some time to poke around the area to see if I could find an interesting cemetery.  Some of the cemeteries on the east coast of the United States go back to 1600s and have some very interesting headstones.  Lots of dancing skeletons and skulls with crossbones.  That would be considered very strange in today's world.  

If you would like to see some of the images in my cemetery project, visit my website and I have a portfolio of images posted.  The link is below.  The project is not finished as I need to add scenes with people that are alive and capture whatever they may be doing while in the cemetery, whether attending a burial, visiting a deceased loved one or jogging, etc.

A couple of things about this image.  It was a very dreary and foggy day, a perfect reflection of how we feel about death and dying.  Not a happy occasion.  Additionally, this tree seemed to be symmetrically shielding the headstones that surround it.  I darkened the image a little from my original exposure to emphasize the spookiness of the scene.  However, it was a dark and dreary day.

This little vignette caught my eye and I thought it was worth photographing.

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Thanks for looking. Enjoy!  

Dennis A. Mook  

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