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Sculpted Cemetery

I’m back haunting Nunhead Cemetery…

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I’m searching for a post-Victorian Xmas-card sentimental melancholic macabre. Fitting for the location and time of year.

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So I have post-processed them with that aim. You, dear reader, can tell me if you think I’ve been successful.

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This is my favourite angel and is the only one I’ve photographed before. I look upon it as a kind of benchmark. Since it was a winter’s afternoon I could actually photograph it without squinting into the sun. Usually I’m walking The Dog in the morning.

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Seconds earlier an *enormous* rat disappeared behind this gravestone. I wasn’t quick enough.

Lighting
The light in the cemetery is the devil. Dense dark canopy shadows, shafts of brilliant light, low low sun. The works. I used ISO 200-1600 in the shots today. The Fuji X100 handles high ISOs very well but I will have to get a lens hood for it. Used without a hood, 35mm lenses seem to grab any flare going, even with modern coatings.

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Kate B17 December, 2011 - 16:36

RT @skinnyvoice: Sculpted Cemetery. The dead? #photography #photoblog http://t.co/n8D0GMN0

tam17 December, 2011 - 16:40

Lovely, lovely. Really want to visit this place next time I’m up!
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Lorraine Warren17 December, 2011 - 17:55

RT @skinnyvoice: Deptford calling: Sculpted Cemetery – http://t.co/bxvHI5KJ #photography #photoblog #Nunhead <- this just gets better

Karen Wiltshire17 December, 2011 - 17:56

Deptford calling: Sculpted Cemetery – http://t.co/xLTYvvj6 #photography #photoblog #Nunhead

Caroline17 December, 2011 - 22:24

Wonderful – I really love the first one.

Caroline17 December, 2011 - 22:26

Atmospheric photos of Nunhead Cemetery from @skinnyvoice http://t.co/BZvd9rxr

Lucy Brown17 December, 2011 - 22:28

Atmospheric photos of Nunhead Cemetery from @skinnyvoice http://t.co/BZvd9rxr

Sarah Slade18 December, 2011 - 7:06

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andi corringham18 December, 2011 - 8:39

lovely»RT @skinnyvoice Deptford calling: Sculpted Cemetery – http://t.co/JQ7D8Gso #photography #photoblog #Nunhead

Kate B18 December, 2011 - 12:26

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Kate B18 December, 2011 - 12:26

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Lauren Cole18 December, 2011 - 12:36

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Martin Smith18 December, 2011 - 13:38

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