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Life after death
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Life after death

by Geoffrey Baker

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted September 29, 201077 views4 comments
I was sat on a bench in a graveyard one Sunday with my camera and Bigma around my neck Nothing unusual about that I hear you say :wink:
when a robin landed on top of this cross, so I instinctively shot it.

I didn't think I'd ever use the shot but unlike in the days of film, this digital method is more or less free so I wasn't wasting anything.

When I saw it up on my PC monitor how I interpreted this image was that sadly, a person has died and been buried, their loved ones have left some flowers in a nice new vase at the foot of their grave and now this robin is using the cross as a perch.
This person has died yet life carries on all around.

Perhaps I think too much eh? , what do you think, about the photo I mean, not about me thinking too much :wink:

Top, bottom and right are all as shot, I just removed some distractions from the left to concentrate on the main part of the photo.

Sony A350
Sigma 50-500 EX
1/250th second
f6.3
ISO 400
500mm
-0.3 stop exposure compensation
Centre-weighted metering
Hand held

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Simon Bosworth on September 29, 2010 at 1:01 PM
I think you caught a poignant moment here.I like the texture of the cross. I am not sure about the area of black on the right. Maybe that's symbolic too ;-)
Registered on September 10, 2010, 18 Posts, 63 Comments
Comment posted by Alessandra & Rocco on September 29, 2010 at 2:56 PM
Really nice, Geoffrey ! :wavey:
Registered on March 3, 2007, 122 Posts, 778 Comments
Comment posted by Jim Sabiston on September 29, 2010 at 10:52 PM
I like it. Makes one pause and think. I think I would like to see the background even more deeply blurred to really highlight the foreground.
Registered on April 7, 2007, 134 Posts, 443 Comments
Comment posted by John Tobias on October 1, 2010 at 10:19 AM
Interesting image, good detail for being HH with that long of lens. IMHO the if the flowers were closer it would be a stronger image, but somethings you can't change. Thanks for sharing.
Registered on September 12, 2009, 2120 Posts, 6455 Comments