Grave Yard

I spent some time in a Graveyard the other day. I was taking photos for a client. I was shocked at how badly vandalised the gravestones were and how the whole site had been mistreated. It was a beautiful day, yet, I chose to make it look a bit sombre and sad. Graveyards should be beautiful places. This one was just broken. Some people are so disrespectful. It made me feel very sad.

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[SaintSinner]

Nice hues and tones... maybe tag it for the October Halloween theme =)

[Penny Milner]

This is a great shot. I agree-it is disrespectful. I don't see why some people just feel the need to destroy things...very sad

[Brian Buccigrossi]

Great B&W shot,very sad indeed.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Great capture. It is sad how people can be so disrespectful.
Did you see any ghosts?

[~Sarah Immel~]

Great capture, the B&W sets the mood! Its sad to see mistreatment of graveyards! I just visited my grandfathers and other distant relatives graves in Canada about a week ago.... Which I'm glad to see all of the graves sites we visited in New Brunswick, Canada were very well maintained.

[Paula Cook-Farkas]

That is sad to be disrespectful of one's final resting place. You definitely captured the somber tone with B&W here.

[scooter]

So sad how some are so disrespectful. You captured this wonderfully, nice in the B&W.

[Sharonlc]

So sad....

[Beverly Moolman]

it sure is sad!!

[Rev. Fr. Joel Osborne]

Amen and amen!

[Amanda F.]

Wonderful b+w shot! Horrible thing to do. People can be such monsters.

[Rachel Bell]

I can't deal well with that sort of thing, But this is a very cool shot. I love to photograph grave yards.

[karenann]

Is this a sign of the times? Pity. But well-taken and great choice of color and processing.

[Kerri]

Great black and white

[Diane]

How sad. Nice photo, especially in B&W.

[Alta D©]

nice b&w! How sad to note that some people just dont know the word respect.

[Shirley Chetwynd]

well i'm going to be cremated because i don't want this to happen to me,we quite often hear of kids going on the rampage and destroying grave sites in Fremantle and Karrakatta cemetries in Western Australia.

[Kaz]

It's so sad that people do this damage. Great photo though and love that you went for B&W.

[Sue Wilde]

I'm pretty grave about the weeds in my yard. I like this shot. Nice treatment (better than the graves got)

[Nadine]

The graveyard near to my home is also in a sad state. Most of the statues have been broken, tombstones vandalised etc. I've been wanting to go there and photograph but when I drive past and see the sorry sight, I'm afraid it may just depress me.

[Camille Bisson]

your shot and treatment of it captures the depressed aura exactly.

[Mike Warren]

Nice shot. You get a feel for the entire scene.

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

I just don't understand why people feel the need to despoil and destroy. I can only think they must be very troubled, but then there's plenty of people similarly afflicted who don't do this sort of thing, so you kind of lose any sympathy you might have had for the ones who do.
Sorry, will now get off soap box! Nice, atmospheric shot and treatment.

[Sara]

wow what a beautiful old grave yard!

[Michelle]

I love graveyard shots.. this is no excpetion.. brilliant in B&W

[Melissa C.]

Great black & white shot

[Terry]

we just cleaned up an old cemetery, it was such a great feeling

[Jane]

Sad but beautiful shot... black and white enhances ♥

[Paula x2 Brumbe]

great in black and white

[Bev]

Some people don't have respect for anything or anyone. It's really sad how some of the parents these days raise(d) their kids. They have no respect for authority and think they can do as they please. If they don't like rules, they can cry wolf and land in foster care and once in the system, they are free to do anything. It was probably some of those kids who did it. The b&w does give it a very sad feeling. I think someone should go in there and fix them.

['Saint' kk4go]

Really sad!

[argie]

beautiful picture ...
love the black and white here ... =)

[Kimmi]

Very nice shot

[Caroliene]

Sad story, but great shot! Very halloween:-)

[Rick Schies]

Some people have no respect for the sacredness of these places.

[Frances Nelson]

Such a shame - it's happening everywhere at the moment and a lot of old grave yards are being destroyed by local councils for various reasons. I belong to a family history site and there are reports of gravestones being smashed and graveyards cleared coming in from all over the country - looks like nothing is sacred any more :-(

[Lois P]

Good shot! I can never understand why people destroy headstones & graves - it's not the dead that hurt people.

[Vicki K]

some people just have absolutely no respect for anything these days, this is a great shot.

[lil Buddha]

Lovely shot! Never did understand vandalism. That is sad.