Found a wet graveyard behind St Alfege Church in Greenwich. Didn’t even know it was there until I stumbled across it by accident on Sunday looking for a shortcut to somewhere else. Anyway, I went back there yesterday with the Leica If.
It was very dank and overcast but good for graveyards. Also empty…
Some of the negs have spots on them, like dust, only lots speckles. I’m wondering if the yellow filter is contributing. Could be I blew cigarette smoke/ash over them, or borked the agitation somehow, or let bubbles form in the tank, or the scanner’s mirror is dusty. Who knows. Hopefully it isn’t indicative of shutter problems However, I’ve included them because I like the compositions and textures.
The shots were underexposed because I forgot to compensate for the yellow filter, factor 1… doh. However, exposure is improving, as is zone focussing and guessing distance. Thank God for hyperfocal distance and its margin for error as you stop down.
Textures, tones and shapes
I really like this on of the ‘street’ of graves/tombs
The walls of the graveyard are lined with gravestones like this. Lined up to die. errrr, dead already
Finally, no shoot would be complete without the obligarory bench/seat/chair etc. Except this one is pukka, not abandoned. I just like the perspective. The empty beer bottle may indicate one use for this graveyard. It ain’t mine either…
by skinnyvoice
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