Late entries to the DU Photo Contest

[intheflow]

Since there are only 10 slots open in the DU Photo Contest, but there are many, many talented photographers, here are the photos that were entered after we had reached capacity.

Don't forget to vote in the contest: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=2712043#2712688


intheflow (My shot--as contest coordinator, I'm ineligible to submit photos.)
Town's Oldest Cemetery, Wilbraham, MA


smurfygirl
Day of the Living Dead


Swamp Rat
Cemetery of Yearning


Baclava
Matanuska Valley Alaskan Native Cemetery


randr
Stairway to Heaven


Lefty48197
Behind an old Methodist church and cemetery in Ontario


Grovelbot
Self-Portrait

[Rick Myers]

1. I've ACTUALLY been to one of those places!

The cemetery in the Matanuska Valley, back in 1976, while in the USAF in Alaska...

VERY COOL!!!

:toast:

[d_b]

3. It looks like the Eklutna cemetery.

[Longgrain]

2. They are all great but...

I vote for grovelbot's submission...:hi:

[intheflow]

14. Grovelbot's such a jokester!

He cracks me up every time!

[randr]

4. Great Job!

Thanks for all your efforts.

[Rocinante]

5. Those are really good

Stairway To Heaven got to me a bit I must say...

[shesemsmom]

17. Likewise

brought a tear to my eyes

[HeeBGBz]

6. Damn, I never see these threads until too late

I want to play.

[intheflow]

7. Come and play in the Photography Group.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topics&forum=280 :hi:

We'd love to see your stuff! If specifically interested in entering in the next contest, you might want to start checking it in about 2 weeks to get in on the March contest.

[Blue in a Red State]

8. Your shot/non-entry is truly beautiful

Remarkable sunlight and shadows. The cemetary theme is so interesting and melancholy. I myself had to photograph the headstone below because I found it so poignant. Old, broken and reading: "Thirst no more".

[intheflow]

11. This is a great shot!

The green grass and the brown leaves frame the stone beautifully. Where was it taken?

[Blue in a Red State]

12. Thanks! It was taken at a little, tiny cemetery

Not far from where I live here in Leander(suburb of Austin), Texas, called the Davis Cemetery. It was established in 1839 to bury victims of the "Webster Massacre", a small party of settlers killed by the Comanche.
The dead leaves in the living grass with the broken and toppled stone are what really struck me about this particularly lonely memorial...

[intheflow]

16. Really?

I would have thought it was taken on the east coast. Having never spent time there, I always picture Texas as desert, never green. That makes the photo even ore interesting, imo.

[GOPisEvil]

9. Intheflow - I like your lighting.

Love the interplay of the shadow and sunlight. :thumbsup:

[intheflow]

10. Thanks, GOPisevil.

That's my home town on a good day. :)

[Rhiannon12866]

21. Yours is really beautiful. I think I would have chosen that one.

I wish that I could take decent photographs. The ones I take are mostly of my pets and they usually have glowing eyes.:shrug:

Actually, I've spent a lot of time in cemeteries, oddly enough, so these seem familiar to me. When we were kids, my grandmother used to take us to the cemetery all the time, to "visit" Little Lulu Cooper. This was a girl who died in the 1800s, and had been an only child, and the stone is this lovely sculpted likeness of her, set behind glass. Actually, I just think my grandmother liked visiting cemeteries, since when I was learning to drive, she took me there to "practice.":shrug:

And where my father is buried, it's the newest part of another cemetery, and the stories, written on the stones, can just tear your heart out. A lot of them are children. There is one of them, with a photograph of a six-year-old girl who was killed in a car accident, and I remember when it happened. Just thinking of what it says makes me tear up. And I've seen her family there, her parents and brother and a little dog. Just too sad for words.;(

[intheflow]

26. Thanks, Rhiannon.

I think I like my photo becase it looks like how most of uswould like to spend eternity: some place green and warm and sunny, but with plenty of shade, and not a glaring sun.

The first person buried in this cemetery was a ELisabeth Cock ril (that's how it's written on the stone), in 1763. Her tombstone is just a chunk of rock that her brother-in-law carved her name and birth and death dates on. Can you imagine having to carve your own sister-in-law's tombstone? She was visiting her sister when she died.

I want to be cremated myself, but if I were to be buried, it would be in this graveyard.

[Rhiannon12866]

27. That's probably the reason I liked it so much.

It was the most reassuring and conveyed exactly what you said.:-)

I visited another cemetery, a few years back, with my aunt who is into family history. This one is referred to in books and documents, but I don't know how she found it. It's abandoned, set way back in the woods, and the stones there are mostly from the 1700s, tall and thin and mostly fallen over. Many years of leaves and needles have fallen on them and some are buried. That would be the least pleasant way to spend eternity, I'd think, abandoned and forgotten.:-(

That is a strange story about ELisabeth Cock ril. It must have been very creepy, to carve your sister-in-law's tombstone, but I think that death was much less shocking and unexpected for earlier generations. Didn't they also sometimes make their own coffins?:shrug:

The earliest grave in my grandmother's favorite cemetery is Jane McCrea, who died during the Revolutionary War. She was scalped by Indians who were supposed to be giving her safe passage to meet with her fiance. I've seen any number of paintings of the actual attack, since it's a local story, and each is more gory than the next.:-(

[intheflow]

13. kick

:kick:

[intheflow]

15. A kick for the poor souls

pictured in the photos.

[ralps]

18. Thanks for setting up the contest intheflow

now to go vote for the best photo although I wish Swamp Rat had gotten his photo in on time.
:hi: :yourock:

[intheflow]

19. Thank you, ralps

for being a contender! :hi:

[intheflow]

20. One last kick before bed.

:kick: :boring:

[Rhiannon12866]

22. I know someone who I don't think voted yet

I'll ask him, since I know he's up, so he can kick this for the morning crowd.:-)

Sleep well!:boring:

[intheflow]

24. Thanks for the kick, Rhiannon!

:kick:

[Rhiannon12866]

28. You're more than welcome! And thank you for sharing all the photos!

That must be a lot of work to put together. I also spoke to my friend who hadn't voted yet, and so he did, but it doesn't look like he kicked it. So it's good that I did!:-)

[Freebird12004]

23. "Stairway to Heaven"

:kick:

[intheflow]

25. Another kick 'cuz these deserve to be seen!

:kick:

[intheflow]

29. Where's Tahitinut?

The Grovelbot gag was especially for him! :shrug: