Thanks, Walt. :-) In a message dated 8/26/2011 6:54:45 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: That's an arresting photo.
-- Walt -------------------------------- Very moving and a well thought out composition. Paul ------------------------------- Thanks, Paul. I waited until the last, late day, to take my friend to the crosses. I felt they needed dramatic light. Marnie the akaless :-) On 8/26/2011 8:36 AM, [email protected] wrote: > I've shown these before on list, but it's been a few years. > > A friend visited me recently and I took him around for a day and night of > photography. He used to live in this area, but moved before this happened > so it was worth showing it to him. > > The Crosses of Lafayette (my home town, but not where I live now) was > started as a war protest and then evolved into a war protest/memorial. When we > went I discovered many more crosses had been "adopted." It commemorates the > fallen soldiers of Iraq, and now, Afghanistan. If you want to know more, > google it. > > As we were there two more people came along to take pictures. It is right > across from a BART station so many see it. > > I found this one particularly affecting. > > http://www.mapphotography.com/PAWS/pages/bluecross.htm > > Comments welcome. > > Marnie the akaless > I'll probably do a second GESO. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
