...Life Go's on....

The old Jewish cemetery started in the 15th century, the oldest monument in Prague.Was used till the 18th century. It is assumed that it contains several layers superimposed one on top of the other( because of lack of burial space).Its form of thombstones is not in the usual order and are from different periods of time, and it is a result of stones lifted up fron lower layers.

Thanks , Pnina

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Excellently composed Pnina. The slightly off centre tombstones in the foreground lead the eye to the young girl. The greyish tones are very good too and of course your message is so true - well portrayed through your lens.

Great composition , especially i love the present of the little girl

I like this picture. Very nice composition. Well done.

Congrats.

Excellent composition,exposure and tone. The presence of a young girl amidst dead past evinces symbolism.Caption is apt,Pnina.

Great image from that place Pnina.good work

 

Best regards Shuki

Pnina, very good photograph. This cemetery is really picturesque and it gives many possibilities for meaningful images (though some people do not like to be photographed on the cemetery - it is a kind of a superstition I think, but I found myself in a very embarassing situation once because of it). Anyway I think that the composition could be better after cropping it from the left. We should get rid of this distracting patch of light on the tombstone and cut at least some of this blue container (?) in the background. I have some preferences concerning the compositions including people also - though you may call them superstitions too 8^D - so I find the cropped version better balanced at the same time because the girl does look into the middle of the picure and not out of it. It is not a rule that I obey always, but when a person is placed so close to the center of an image the direction in which his/her head is turned may change the balance of the whole image.

 

Thank you for commenting my work. I promise to visit your gallery as often as I can. Regards.

Michal, thanks for your suggestion and cropped version, I think it has enhanced the composition! as it is very importent image for me I have uploaded it and uploaded as well the uncropped one for comparison. I upload also a second version of the image.

 

Thanks again, I like your work Michal and your skills.

Second version, not instead but as an addition.

Nice shot, meaningfull composition, I prefer the first one.

 

Regards

This picture makes a statement Pnina, having the girl in the photo tells us death is a part of life, and not to be feared. Very well done.

Great choice of comp, layers of old headstones centered by youth, very interesting. You represent where you live very nicely I might add! ((-:

Pnina, This is a truely well thought of and symbolic shot of the present and past connection......Jim

to all of you. I appreciate your comments.

 

Don, my country is in a very cruel war for our survival, with ruthless people, that is an unsupportable situation. We are buring our deaths again,but we have survived all along the history, because we belive in life and not in death.we belive in peace and not in war.

 

I speak of life among the tombstones.!

 

Pnina

strong!

A very strong image Pnina with an interesting perspective and foreground. I think a B&W conversion would be interesting, it would also take care of the blue container!

Thanks Hanna and Kah

 

Kah, B/W has merit, but I think that it loses in this case the different hues of the thombstones that I find importent, I think as well that the colors of the child's dress, are adding to my saying ( life! ) better than in monochrom as it distinguish better her figure. The blue ellement can be easily clone out or darken( look up at the original I have darkened it).

 

I upload it anyway as you have suggested and thanks. Do you like it better?

Satisfying picture. Full of calm power. And the merely photographic aspect is overwhelming as well.

Pnina, it's a very strong image - as I said - and I wouldn't turn it into b&w, because it loses depth then. the 'almost b&w' with a tad of color is just right here. although I agree on the container.

Ahhh photographers and model together, ;-)) ( Daily, your new bio is very nice, who is the photographer? )

 

Thanks to both of you, it is an importent saying for me, taking into account what we are passing through as a nation.

 

Hanna, I have explained in the previous comment why I think like you...I converted it to B/W as suggested to express my point.

 

Pnina

Pnina, you are right, the B&W conversion does not work here. Although I would not burn the container, I would rather try to desaturate it so it would not differ in colour and luminance from the tombstones. Regards.

Michal, thanks. BTW, I did not burn the container, I changed its color ( fill) with the same color taken from the photo itself. and it looks in harmony with the other colors in the frame on my monitor.

I was there last year and shot some photos, but this one, with the little girl reading is very special.

Pnina, of course - there are many ways for darkening, and you did not burn the container, sometimes I forget that burning is only a way of darkening and darkening does not necessarily mean burning :-). This blue container is not so distracting really. But I think that after your manipualtion it looks a bit artificially as it has lost all the details from its surface. I post my suggestion - now the container is almost invisible, but still it looks naturally. The manipulation has been done with a simple selection using magic wand and a hue/saturation/lightness adjustement. To make the tombstones which are in front of the container stand out I decided to use a sharpen tool on their edges.

 

Anyway no matter what you do with this container, the photograph is really a masterpiece. It appeals to me more and more.