POTW 6-10-12

[anirbanbanerjee]

<p>And I continue with my B&W street shots on film! Let me know if you get bored!<br>

Pentax Pz1-p, Tamron 28-75/2.8, Arista Premium 400 at ISO 400. North Kolkata, India.</p>

<p><img src="http://d6d2h4gfvy8t8.cloudfront.net/15897472-md.jpg" alt="" width="679" height="453" /></p>

[anirbanbanerjee]

<p>Oops, so stupid of me to post last week's image. And to take 2 days to realize it.<br>

Here's the one for this week:</p>

<p><a title="Who is Who by A n i r b a n, on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/anirbanbanerjee/7353398446/"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8009/7353398446_7fc29ff131_z.jpg" alt="Who is Who" width="640" height="424" /></a></p>

[MattB.Net]

<p>My picks for the week:<br />Robert - cool snake shot! I find them on the trails from time to time too. Glad you were able to miss it!<br />Markus - great presentations. Looks good!<br />Bob - the inside Notre Dame shot.<br />Jean - Like I said before that second one is really nice. Great light!</p>

[markus maurer]

<p>Great contributions everyone, thanks for the comment as well Matt ;-)</p>

[jemal.yarbrough]

<p>My favorites this week:</p>

 

<p >R. Buck - snake</p>

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<p >Jean b. - ridgetop</p>

<p > Great work everyone.</p>

[frank_b._baiamonte]

<p><em>Heather and I recently returned from a weeklong trip to the southeast U.S., a part of the country we've never been to before. I put up a series of posts on my blog, here is an excerpt from one of them . . . a Ghost Story of sorts.</em></p>

<p>On the evening of June 10, 1987 a local Charleston amateur photographer named Harry Reynolds poked the lens of his camera between the wrought iron bars of the fence around the graveyard at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina to get some shots of the tombstones. Afterwards, he sent his film in for developing, and when it came back he was in for quite a surprise. In one of the frames a cloaked “ghost” figure was supposedly visible, kneeling over a grave. The film was examined by experts at Kodak and it was determined that this was no hoax. Further research at the time revealed that June 10^th was the 99th anniversary of the 1888 death of the stillborn child of one Sue Howard Hardy, who herself died just 6 days later. The cloaked figure was kneeling over the grave of Sue Howard Hardy. The story circulating ever since is that the cloaked figure was in fact the ghost of Sue Howard Hardy.</p>

 

 

 

 

<p>Heather and I knew nothing of the story of the ghost of Sue Howard Hardy when . . . .</p>

 

 

 

 

 

<p>. . . . on the evening of June 4, 2012 I poked the lens of my camera between the wrought iron bars of the fence around the graveyard at St. Philip’s Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina to get some shots of the tombstones. Thanks to the magic of digital photography I didn’t have to wait for film to be developed. When the first image popped up on the screen Heather let out a little scream, saying something about a ghost. We both laughed, and then thought no more of it. Sure enough though, if you look at the small tombstone in the back right portion of the frame, just under and to the right of the left side window, you can see what appears to be a face.<br>

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Neither of us had ever heard of Sue Howard Hardy, Harry Reynolds, or the ghost. We never did take one of the many “ghost tours” offered in Charleston. What caught our attention was this sign, positioned just inside the fence. We had no idea what it meant at the time. We found out a few minutes later. </p>

<p><img src="http://frankbaiamonte.smugmug.com/Travel/Fly-Drive-Road-Trip-Southeast/Charleston-SC-June-2012/i-sZhpr6W/0/L/51FB3611-L.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="530" /></p>

<p>Just as Heather mentioned the "ghost" in my first shot (the one above), we noticed that we had an audience. About 15 people had walked up in a group – it was an actual ghost tour. I was kneeling on the ground propping my camera on the low stone wall at the base of the wrought iron fence. The guide started to tell the story of Sue Howard Hardy, and even had a convenient prop (me) when he got to the part about the amateur photographer “taking photos of the tombstones, much like this gentleman right here”. I wouldn’t be surprised if a few patrons thought I might have been a plant.</p>

 

 

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<p>Later we moved across the street to another part of the graveyard, where we spotted a trio of dark gray cats. Two of them found a cool spot to lounge on one of the stone vaults, and Heather asked if I could get a shot of them. It was pretty dark, but I tried a bit of light painting with my pocket flashlight, which illuminated them just enough to make them look like ghosts. The camera's flash would have totally ruined the nighttime effect, so I didn't bother with that.</p>

 

 

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<img src="http://frankbaiamonte.smugmug.com/Travel/Fly-Drive-Road-Trip-Southeast/Charleston-SC-June-2012/i-XtPfCPj/0/L/51FB3647-Version-2-L.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="584" /></p>

 

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<p>Here's a closer view of the Ghost Cats of St. Philip's.</p>

 

 

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<p ><img src="http://frankbaiamonte.smugmug.com/Travel/Fly-Drive-Road-Trip-Southeast/Charleston-SC-June-2012/i-ZSRzDRG/0/L/51FB3648-Version-2-L.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="533" /> </p>

 

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#1: K-5, DA15, 1/6 sec. at f/4.0, ISO 640, handheld.<br>

#2: K-5, DA40, 20 sec. at f/5.0, ISO 100, Manfrotto table top tripod braced on low stone wall.<br>

#3 K-5, DA40, 13 sec. at f/5.0, ISO 100, Manfrotto table top tripod braced on low stone wall. </p>

 

 

[markus maurer]

<p>a fun sunday morning reading, thanks Frank. May the ghosts be with you.</p>