Cross Sky

The top of a tall grave marker in Ross Bay Cemetery.

You can find out more about Ross Bay Cemetery in these earlier posts.

Canon G15, 30.5 mm (=140mm full frame), ISO80, f2.8, 1/60th +/- E.V. 2.0.

19 thoughts on “Cross Sky”

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David A Lockwood on February 28, 2013 at 11:42 am said:

Rather Gothic… great image.

David.

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- ehpem on February 28, 2013 at 12:06 pm said:
  
  Thanks David – the effect was a bit ruined in my mind by the row of beer bottles along the bottom of the monument – a small drinking party must have taken place the night before I was there. I have a picture of that which I was going to try to work into a useable image.
  
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K. Ryan Henisey on February 23, 2013 at 10:24 am said:

Beautiful texture and coloring.

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- ehpem on February 23, 2013 at 12:59 pm said:
  
  Thank you Ryan!
  
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LensScaper on February 22, 2013 at 2:38 pm said:

Tremendously powerful image.

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- ehpem on February 22, 2013 at 5:28 pm said:
  
  Thank you Andy!
  
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Laurie MacBride, Eye on Environment on February 22, 2013 at 7:27 am said:

Gorgeous image! The texture is amazing, and the brooding sky behind really makes the marker jump out at the viewer.

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- ehpem on February 22, 2013 at 7:45 am said:
  
  Thank you Laurie. I am very pleased with how this one came out. The sky was great, a series of pillowy grey – a bit like mammatus, but I think probably something else.
  
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drawandshoot on February 22, 2013 at 6:02 am said:

There is a shroud on that cross. A highly cinematic shot. Beautifully done, Ephem.

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- ehpem on February 22, 2013 at 7:43 am said:
  
  Hi Karen 🙂
  There does appear to be something like a shroud. However, there is some doubt as to whether that is original or the result of poor conservation. There are quite a few graves with circular or linear cleaning marks on them where some kind of quite abrasive tool has been used to remove lichen and so on and in the doing have scarred the headstones. It is possible someone was going at this cross as well. I will need to have another look at it and see if it looks original – I did not notice it until I was working with the photo.
  
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  - ehpem on February 22, 2013 at 7:59 am said:
    
    I just noticed that the whole monument is visible in the third image in Grave Tiles II but viewed from the other side. Looks as if there is something up there in that one too – could they have made a similar mess of both sides during cleaning?
    
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Melinda Green Harvey on February 22, 2013 at 4:59 am said:

You definitely made the right choice with the color version – this is beautiful!

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- ehpem on February 22, 2013 at 7:39 am said:
  
  Thanks Melinda – the black and white version was nice on its own, but next to this one just did not cut it.
  
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  - Melinda Green Harvey on February 22, 2013 at 8:01 am said:
    
    You’re right – I’m glad I saw the b&w version by itself, before the color.
    
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oneowner on February 22, 2013 at 4:40 am said:

This is stunning! Really.

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- ehpem on February 22, 2013 at 7:39 am said:
  
  Thanks Ken – it is one of those shots where the original is quite bland, but a bit of processing made all the difference. I darkened the whole image to get the sky more pronounced. I masked the cross and pulled it back up and then I adjusted various levels for the whole works, though not a lot I don’t think. I am very pleased with the versatility of the G15 too, this is at it’s maximum zoom.
  
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Carl Milner on February 22, 2013 at 1:29 am said:

Fab–u–lous

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- ehpem on February 22, 2013 at 7:35 am said:
  
  Thank you Carl!
  
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