Another autumnal offering

[Peter Roberts]

I make no apologies for some more seasonal shots. These where taken on the same occasion as my gardener shot and again in Kensal Green Cemetery. Autumn and cemeteries always seem to go well together in my opinion. Or perhaps that's my sense of morbidity at the closing of another year.






















As the cemetery borders the Grand Union Canal which loops round North London we continued our walk to stroll along it until the light started to fail. The low sun was picking out the frontage of this derelict building so I switched the 5D MkII to monochrome for a final shot. As there are posters mentioning Oktoberfest and Halloween it seems appropriate to include it.

 

[Gary R. Smith]

A great set of shots Peter! I really like the second and third, each of which has its own frame included!

 

[Gianluca Drago]

I make no apologies for some more seasonal shots. These where taken on the same occasion as my gardener shot and again in Kensal Green Cemetery. Autumn and cemeteries always seem to go well together in my opinion. Or perhaps that's my sense of morbidity at the closing of another year.


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As the cemetery borders the Grand Union Canal which loops round North London we continued our walk to stroll along it until the light started to fail. The low sun was picking out the frontage of this derelict building so I switched the 5D MkII to monochrome for a final shot. As there are posters mentioning Oktoberfest and Halloween it seems appropriate to include it.

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Quite interesting set. To my eyes the first one is the most outstanding.

 

[Peter Roberts]

A great set of shots Peter! I really like the second and third, each of which has its own frame included!

Thanks, Gary. I always look out for 'self framed' shots. They don't always work as they can be tricky to meter.

 

[Peter Roberts]

Quite interesting set. To my eyes the first one is the most outstanding.

Thanks, Gianluca. Here's another version from closer in and in monochrome. Another 'self framed' shot. The building is the Anglican Chapel and behind it are the colonnaded vaults.

 

[Bill Brown]

Great set of shots Peter. The inscriptions are so interesting to read. It seems even in death there used to be more heartfelt emotion shown. I think that's one of the things that drives me to produce something of purpose that will live beyond my life here.

This shot seems to beckon me to step forward and enter another realm. Beautiful!

 

[Gary Ayala]

I was about to comment on the tones and your superior skills on exposure and process ... but all your images are professionally exposed, processed and framed. The shot of the Birch branches and the crooked headstone is the perfect example of cemetery overgrowth (your theme). Well done Peter Roberts!

PS- The inclusion of the gardener in the setup shot provides a scale of man versus man's tribute to death.

 

[Peter Roberts]

Great set of shots Peter. The inscriptions are so interesting to read. It seems even in death there used to be more heartfelt emotion shown. I think that's one of the things that drives me to produce something of purpose that will live beyond my life here.

This shot seems to beckon me to step forward and enter another realm. Beautiful!

Thanks so much, Bill.
I find cemeteries places of never ending interest. Contact with the past, serenity in an increasingly dystopian world, somewhere to contemplate the changing of the seasons; that's all there and more. As you rightly say, another realm.

 

[Peter Roberts]

I was about to comment on the tones and your superior skills on exposure and process ... but all your images are professionally exposed, processed and framed. The shot of the Birch branches and the crooked headstone is the perfect example of cemetery overgrowth (your theme). Well done Peter Roberts!

PS- The inclusion of the gardener in the setup shot provides a scale of man versus man's tribute to death.

Thanks, Gary. That's much appreciated. I'm really pleased that 'The gardener' worked for you. Luckily she was taking her time so I was able to frame everything just right to get in all that I wanted to express.

 

[Beth Anthony]

nice presentation, i like how you showed the overall view down the cemetery lane followed by the closeup shots of the gravestones. very much in the season in both subject matter and style. i love your use of leaves as framing in several of the photos.