Mick

Mick met us at the entrance to the The National Memorial Arboretum and directed us to the memorial we wanted to specifically visit. We met up with him again at the 'Shot at Dawn' memorial where he told us about the 100s of young men shot for desertion and other misdemeanors during WW1.

Mick has volunteered at the NMA for 10 years, he joined after a friend was killed in action. Before he retired he worked in the dairy industry.

Another volunteer I met was Viv who I've posted on TheDarkroom as we're "doing" portraits this week

[Peter]

Great portrait and narrative Jackie:)

[Dawn]

A nice portrait

[PompadOOr Photography]

Great portrait!

[Susan Wakely]

A great portrait and interesting link. The background information regarding this statue is very thought provoking.

[Monica]

Nice portrait

[katy]

Fabulous composition for this portrtait. A moving background about Mick

[Joan Robillard]

Wonderful

[Kathy]

I like the portrait of this gentleman paired with the particularly thought provoking and heart tugging memorial.

[narayani]

I think @randystreat said it best.

[JackieR]

@narayani @randystreat @joansmor @grammyn @monicac @wakelys @pompadoorphotography @Dawn @pcoulson

Thank you all, I debated whether to leave the Shot at Dawn sculpture in or not, but decided it gave more context ( however in the other portrait I posted I cropped out the statues!!)

[Kathy A]

Wonderful portrait

[wendy frost]

Great portrait and capture with the sculpture.

[thedarkroom]

Interesting narrative to go along with this portrait. I love the comp.

[Shutterbug]

Very nice portrait and narrative with it.