Variations on a theme

At Stirling Cemetery there were many graves and stones that were iconic or striking or both and Sid and I photographed them individually. What I mean by 'individually' is that each of us wandered around taking photographs but, and I believe it's part of the Campbell Plested Agreement, we made a point of not shadowing each other or trying to take their shot. But sometimes we did shoot the same thing.

I thought it might be interesting to show the images that were produced.

Here are the subjects.

 The first, and close to the wall of the cliff and castle itself, is this angel.



The second, in a different part of the cemetery, is this enclosed memorial.

Because the subject matter seemed to call out for it I did a black and white conversion of the first image (you've seen lots of that sort of thing in this blog).

And this is the detail of the face.

For the enclosed grouping on the other memorial I took this group shot.

Colin

Brompton Cemetery, 2011

As Colin has already mentioned, Brompton Cemetery in London is a wondrous location.  It is quite literally a necropolis, a city of the dead that sprawls over 39 acres and has seen over 200,000 burials.  I stumbled across Brompton Cemetery in 2011 while somewhat frantically trying to find the Doctor Who Experience for which I had purchased a ticket as part of the London portion of my fiftieth birthday trip to Europe.

I was instantly captivated by the prospect of photographing Brompton, but my time was running out and I was still lost in the pouring rain.  Reluctantly I turned my back and continued my hunt. 

I managed to find the Experience with ten minutes to spare, but when it was over I retraced my tracks to the cemetery and pulled out my camera. 

It was a horribly frustrating experience - never before have I spent so much time trying to capture the vision of a location with so little success, and the following shots are the best of a poor lot, in my opinion.  It is possible that I did a slightly better job when Colin and I visited London last year, but for now I'll start with these black and white images from 2011.

 

- Sid

P.S. the first image is the same melancholy figure that Colin posted in his earlier introduction to Brompton Cemetery.  Again, I think that the pictures that I took on my second visit do her more justice, although it's interesting to see that in the intervening years she added a garland of ivy to her ensemble.

Brompton again.

Ah, but I'm not done. I also wanted to post a couple coloured shots from Brompton.

Angel in the grass

I thought this may have been the same (creepy) headstone figure that Sid posted previously but it's not. I just liked the layering.

Crypt Lock

Crypt Detail 1

Crypt Detail 2

 Colin