In 1918, at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, the armistice went into effect ending the War to End All Wars. In today's photo, flags mark the North Burial Ground graves of those men and women that served this nation in the 14 wars since then. We all too often forget that we owe our freedom and our way of life to those buried on this field, and to those who continue the fight across the globe.
Post processing started with a detail light filter in Topaz Adjust. I then adjusted adaptive exposure, regions, contrast, adaptive saturation, and color regions. A levels adjustment was added in PSE.
@justaspark Thank you, Jule! What does "carnival season" refer to in Germany? I'm familiar with the South American "Carnivale" which starts right before Lent, but I'm not familiar with what it means in Europe.
You are such an expert at composition. The low level POV gives the photo so much impact. Symbolically, the short flags stand in service to the tall one. And the sky cooperated with you today too!
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Carnival is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February. Carnival typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party. People often dress up or masquerade during the celebrations, which mark an overturning of daily life. In Germany and the Netherlands, a second Karneval or Fasching can be begin on 11/11 (often at 11:11 a.m.). This dates back to celebrations before the former longer Advent season (40 days now reduced to about four weeks), or with harvest celebrations of St. Martin's Day.
Stolen from Wikipedia, that's what I mean, don't know if you have sth similar in the US.. So, it's a festive season with costumes and stuff... by the way the main day of carnival is called Rose Monday ('Rosenmontag') in Feb/March and it will be on my birthday next year! :D
@justaspark Thanks for the explanation, Jule! We don't celebrate Fasching here. For some reason, Advent isn't all that big (aside from the huge Christmas shopping frenzy.) Even Carnival isn't really celebrated, although a couple of places hold a big Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) celebration the day before Ash Wednesday. (New Orleans comes to mind since it's famous for it's Mardi Gras celebration.) Hey, at least you get to enjoy a double celebration next year - Rosenmontag AND your birthday!
November 13th, 2013
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Carnival is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February. Carnival typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party. People often dress up or masquerade during the celebrations, which mark an overturning of daily life. In Germany and the Netherlands, a second Karneval or Fasching can be begin on 11/11 (often at 11:11 a.m.). This dates back to celebrations before the former longer Advent season (40 days now reduced to about four weeks), or with harvest celebrations of St. Martin's Day.
Stolen from Wikipedia, that's what I mean, don't know if you have sth similar in the US.. So, it's a festive season with costumes and stuff... by the way the main day of carnival is called Rose Monday ('Rosenmontag') in Feb/March and it will be on my birthday next year! :D