VR lens is great, but it helps if you turn the function on. D'oh!
In the rain, trying to balance an umbrella strategically in order to keep the rain off, resting the camera on another gravestone (just as well).
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I did quite a lot of processing, in a way, but most of what I did I undid.
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I like the juxtaposition of the gravestones against the baby store, life beginning vs. life ending. I imagine it's the low light that caused the unsteady hand. If you're comfortable with it you could of used a tombstone to prop the camera against to help steady it.
I'm giving this a pretty low score, but want to make a comment just to let you know that I respect your effort here. The choice of the baby shop sign behind the cemetery was well found - and the title makes sure the viewer doesn't miss the meaning. I like that about this entry. The part that made me vote low is the technical quality above all. It feels like it might've been shot out a car window. Now that I think about it, maybe the flimmery, out of focus look is what you're going for. If that's the case, sorry that it didn't work for me.
Oh...this is perfect if only it were a little better quality. I guess it's ok (the blur) because then I think it would be wrong to be able to read the names of the dead. I'll go with an 8.
A good idea, the transposition of life and death. I feel that you could have made more of the framing - it is a shame, for example, that the tall black pinnacle obscures the baby motif. The focus on the gravestones is also off, which means that we can't read the insriptions, and I do feel for this to work it needs the focus to be crisp from front to back.
Love the idea. The hedge and the tombstones are blurred. I suppose this is part camera shake, and part limited DOF. Using a tripod and stopping down might have resulted in a better picture.
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