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Marble and Granite darkened by time
Marble and Granite darkened by time
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Challenge: Black & White II (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Location: Columbus, GA
Date: Nov 14, 2004
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Architecture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Nov 14, 2004

 Linwood Cemetery is a place where the past jumps to life among the many unique marble and granite markers that yield the names of those from various cultures who came to this frontier town to stay or intended to pass through to new vistas, only to remain at rest permanently in the cemetery.

Linwood Cemetery, the oldest institution of the Columbus City government, began "functioning" four months before the creation of the town. The Georgia General Assembly called for the establishment of a "trading town at the Falls of the Chattahoochee" River. Five appointed Commissioners hired surveyor Edward Lloyd Thomas. Thomas' son, Truman, who was assisting his father, became ill during the survey and died on March 26, 1828. Thomas buried him in the area which was designated as the town cemetery. The location of Truman's grave is not known.

Links to Linwood Cemetery below. Take time to visit and look around.
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//www.historiclinwood.org/default.htm
//www.knology.net/~cgautry/linwood.html



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 11/24/2004 01:08:05 AM
Wonderful clarity and crispness captured here. Thought-provoking title.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/21/2004 04:13:44 PM
a confused composition
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 11/19/2004 05:23:53 PM
I'm a big fan of the bird in this scene
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 11/19/2004 04:17:05 PM
The angle of the fence in this photo is distracting for me. I love the monuments with their very similar lines and only slight but fascinating variations on that visual. The fence intrudes and clutters. The very groomed grounds with the aged monuments is striking and speaks to the endless marching toward the grave and perhaps how we try to bring some order or sense to that. I like the lighting choice with intense and severe shadows. I want you to move inside the fence, but perhaps you were sending a message with the fence that I am missing. Many elements of this photograph work very well for me.
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 11/18/2004 02:20:14 PM
Don't know where to focus. Good photo though,
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 11/18/2004 08:25:03 AM
Interesting headstones(?). I would like to see some of those up close and personal to show what creates the dark and light patches on them.
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 11/17/2004 11:18:59 PM
The fence in the foreground seems a bit distracting, title makes sense, but the photo doesn't stand out to me. Just seems like a candid of a cemetary, not something new that makes me think.
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 11/17/2004 01:18:44 AM
Good tones. Cemetaries make for great black and white images. Doesnt seem to have a definite focal point.
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