Curious what people think and how they could be improved - any level of critique is welcomed.
#1 -
American Cemetery I by cedarsphoto, on Flickr
The intent for what I was going for is pretty clear I hope. This is HDR, albeit only really apparent in the sky and the torso of the statue when I look at the originals.
#2 -
American Cemetery II by cedarsphoto, on Flickr
This was the most unusual approach I tried. Standing in the middle of the graves with the headstones stretching to the horizon I was finding that I couldn't capture that impression fully no matter how I framed the shot. To achieve the effect I did I held a prism in front of the lens which had the effect of pulling in views of the cemetery from two additional perspectives. Naturally it incurs some "optical inaccuracies" but I very specifically wasn't going for a record shot and instead trying to convey more of a feeling of the place.
#3 -
American Cemetery III by cedarsphoto, on Flickr
This was taken using the lensbaby and is probably my personal favourite of the day. I ended up focusing on an unknown soldier which I thought was apt given how the detail and form of all the other graves merge into one "unknown" group because of the qualities of the lens.
