I went to the Fernandina Beach Cemetery armed with my camera today. I took some shots of ornamental graves or some iron work, and the entire cemetary was draped with Spanish moss. Most of my photos focused on the wonderful whispy moss tresses in the old, tall oaks or some tangled moss remnants in the ironwork near certain graves. It was a very cool and windy day, but there was a bright sun and blue, blue sky.
I found it odd that in the midst of such ornate beauty was such an ordinary water utility sticking out abruptly among the graves. The water spicket provided a contrast that my other shots could not capture, and it gives no real indication that I'm in Florida, but I liked how the photo emerged. When I showed it to my other vacationing friends, it was the favorite. In the editing phase, I used a setting called "old camera" to brighten the yellows and make more pronounced the blue hues.
@jo13 I'm thinking about doing that challenge using an ordinary object (the one with the glass jar--I'm new on this site, but it's so much fun so far). I know I gravitate toward mundane things often (unless it's food!), so I was happy to get a shot like I got this day!
January 21st, 2013
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