Ross Bay Cemetery VI
This shot from Ross Bay Cemetery was taken yesterday.
I can’t find anything out about this simplest and smallest of headstones. I have to wonder if there are aesthetic or economic choices involved. Or maybe it marks the grave of a baby, stillborn and unnamed.
I really like that it is so spare. Although genealogists probably despair at so little information.
You can find out more about Ross Bay Cemetery in these earlier posts.
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Canon 5Dii, Canon 50mm/f1.4 lens. ISO100, f-5.6, 1/2,000th
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burnt embers 
poor boo boo 😦
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I agree, if indeed it was a baby. I kind of think not though, not really enough sentiment in this headstone for that I don’t think.
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I agree with everything that Ken pointed out, and I’d like to add that the pine cone at the corner of the stone is interesting. It and the shadow give the effect of an arrow pointing toward the stone.
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Hi Melinda, not only did I not really examine the shadow of the headstone when taking this photo, but until you mentioned it I did not notice the shadow of the cones. I like that arrow now that I see it – thanks!
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The diagonal lines of the shadow of the stone add a lot of interest and gives it some dimension. And the ground cover is an odd color and texture and the overall tone brings a little mystery, too. This is very nice.
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Thanks Ken. The shadow was not really what I was seeing when I took the photo, but I am pleased with how it dominates in the photo.
The ground cover is an interesting mix of stuff from the overhead tree(s) – I lost some of its colour and texture by exposing for the very bright marble, and having too shallow a depth of field. I tried to fix that a bit, but did not want to mess with the image too much.
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I corrected the exposure data which was from another post I copied as a template. f5.6, not f16 – the latter might have been better for this shot.
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