"Family Plot Near Boone"
Blue Ridge Mountains, NC - February 2001 (Click to embiggen)
Zoning restrictions and other regulations keep them to a minimum in the cities and suburbs, but in the mountains and other non-urban areas of the state, small family cemeteries like this one are common sights.
Update: A lot of people commented on this shot, but one person went a step beyond that. The writer and poet Shadow composed a verse inspired by it that is... well, you really have to read it for yourself to sully appreciate it. And while you're there, check out some of her other work. She rocks!
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Oooh, sorta spooky, especially in black and white!
Perfect mysterious and misty light on that particular subject. All an atmosphere, here.
Our city cimeteries are so 'crowded' that there's no more place between each grave. Here, one can breathe, way to say ! If one doesn't run off.
The snow makes for a very stark image.
Peace and traquillity....
even more so in B/W
Great job in B&W. Love it.
Smiles B
Wonderful shot! It wouldn't have worked nearly as well in color. PS...I love graveyards.
It is stark and eerie. I haven't seen one family grave on the island,.
That's a cool photo. Kind of lonely for a family gathering, though.
We know some folks the next town over who are the ultimate swamp Yankees, I must say. Bury their trash on one side of the manor, the relatives on the other. They don't go out much. Truly.
The tombstones really show up well against the snow, don't they?
(Swamp Yankees? Sandy cracks me up.)
The snow covered ground and the monochrome really add to the feeling of intense quiet that this image generates. Nice one.
Now, that's something you don't see every day ;-) Very cool shot.
I love seeing things in B&W, removing all the fakes and being original is always the best look :)
with the wind whistling it could be eerie...
lovely capture!
Unusual subject for a blogpost ;) But anyway perfect for Monochrom Monday. Spookier whitout coulors :)
now this picture demands a story or a poem or something... it's so spooky yet not, cold and lonely, i like it!!!
Something new,Thanks for sharing.
Perfect B&W image.
may i? may i really??? i'd love to try.....
I love cemeteries and have been dying to do some shots with snow, however it's difficult here as none of them are plowed and trying to find parking is difficult. Love yours!
What a great place and shot!
Nice they gave the corpses lots of room to spread out.. in case there were plot hoggers ...
Now that is fantastic, you thought of a great shot and did it to perfection!
Cemeteries are kind of eerie to me. I'm glad our are confined to specific areas.
i wrote some words over here
http://gsp-shadow.blogspot.com/2009/02/black-and-white.html
hope you like them...
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