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Uploaded: May 27, 2012 18:37:56

Description

I went to a few cemeteries today to photograph American flags placed on the graves of veterans for the Memorial Holiday. Sadly, I found very few. At one cemetery I saw just one and the cemetery in this shot had just three. I wish I had taken some flags with me to place on the graves of the forgotten.

I wasn't too happy with the color version of this shot, so I added a texture to it and converted it to black & white.

Exif: F Number: 1.8, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/3200 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 100, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 50.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II

Comments

Ellen Hodges May 28, 2012

Beautiful and thoughtful image, Shawn!! #1465821

Ken Smith level-classic June 05, 2012

That's pretty sad..lack of flags. Lots in the Omaha area over the holiday. I hope you're having a nice spring, Shawn!! B/W works great on this one! #10169886

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