Mother and Father, Eden, NY

I'm not too good with dodging and burning, but I tried dodging the "Mother" on the first headstone. Not enough? Or try a different method? Do you like the color ... or should I have done this in B&W? Any other thoughts?

 

I keep coming back to this image because I can't imagine why in the world there aren't names on these two headstones. They're not in a family area or near enough other graves that it would be assumed that they are the parents of children who were all killed as a family or anything. I mean, the Titanic sank in 1912 ... but how would two unidentified bodies from the Titanic end up in Eden, NY? Strange....

Any comments or ratings are appreciated!

Nice idea, but too much space around the stones

I duplicated the image layer and changed the top layer to "screen" blend mode. Then I created a layer mask to "hide all". I used a small brush at 25% opacity to gradually lighten "MOTHER". Don't know if this works for you.

Thanks, Richard. It's closer than what I did! :-)

Hi Lou Ann... I like your composition.And a love to photograph

a place like this.

 

Thanks for sharing your memory.

 

Greetings ! from Philippines,

sally

Keep the color, I don't think b&w would work very well here because of the darkness of the overall image. Richard's adjustment is good!

I have it a little like you. When walking in a cemetery or a churchyard there are so many storys you will never get to know but makes you wonder: who were they, what life did they have, what stories could they tell. In a Danish churchyard I once noticed 4 stones in a line with the exactly same white dows on each of them. They were sisters all dying very young over a very few years. What a tragedy it might have been ... but we don't know how there lifes were and from what they died ... just like here.

 

Keep the colors. A very nice picture Lou Ann.

Lou Ann, Of your current 3 posts I like this one best, mainly for it's esthetics. Your bulldozer is cropped way too tight and your Pike's Peak shot was taken in non-dramatic flat (over-the-shoulder-mid-day) lighting. With all due respect to Guy, I think the space around the headstones is fine & the areas in the foreground and background are in desirable proportions. In short, a keeper. Best, LM.

LTNS :) What about making this B&W? I think the color, while nice, may be distracting from your subjects. Hope you don't mind, I couldn't resist playing. My take :)

Play whenever you want! I like it. You know I always welcome your "takes". :-) Thanks for your two cents, too, Len.