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Description
It seems that now it’s time of cemetery and tombstones photos in this category and so I wish to post my photo too. In Rimini, my town, there is a small war cemetery where rest only Gurka riflemen fallen not far from Rimini. I often pass by there since many years but have never seen a visitor. They are completely alone, derelict. I always feel compassion. This photo seems to represent my mood: stone sentries standing at attention waiting for someone who will never come, bare rose plants, frozen grass, a bench that no one has ever sat on.
Specific Feedback
Looking at this image do you feel compassion too?
Technical Details
Nikon D2X, Nikkor 200mm macro - ISO 100, 1/8 sec, f/32 - I used the narrowest aperture for taking all the tombstones in focus
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Igor, your image and it’s dark and moody colouring, evokes great sadness in me, for all the soldiers lost in wars historically and currently.
“Where have all the soldiers gone? Gone to graveyards, every one” Peter, Paul, and Mary
Giuseppe, your photo is a fine tribute to those fallen riflemen. I can share in your compassion for this seemingly lonely if not entirely forgotten fallen casualties of war. Thank you for taking the time to share this bit of history as well as honoring these poor souls…
A very evocative image, Giuseppe. The way the light falls on some of the tomb stones and not others leads one through the image as does the lightly lit bench in the back. Very well done.
I like the two half headstones as ( to me) it implies the rows continue ad infinitum. All the people there were once the light in their parents eyes and moved into the dark. The half lit empty bench? For the people who started it, they are never there. A truly evocative image that brings great sorrow
A very evocative image Giuseppe, and your description is very poignant. It is sad that they are not visited. These are men from Nepal, they died a long way from their friends and families.
As I am sure you know the cemetery is maintained by the British based “Commonwealth War Graves Commission”, it maintains about 2,500 similar cemeteries across the world. I believe that about 800 men lay at this site. I have visited a number of these cemeteries in my travels around Europe, they never fail to move me. You photo does them justice.
Congratulations on the EP here Giuseppe. This is a poignant and evocative image. It brings out some sadness and yet some peacefulness after the chaos at the same time. It is a nice invitation to sit and consider the bravery, the honor and the consequences of war.
@Giuseppe_Guadagno you say this is the time of year for these types of photos. But so few tell such a poignant story in one image. I think the light was well timed for the mood. The bench being in the upper part of the frame and with that subtle red, makes it the obvious real subject of the frame. And that the background behind it was nice and dark, helps it stand out. Was that the way it was there, or was it toned down for that reason? Either is fine, just asking. Beautiful image and story. Thanks for sharing.
Once again: beautiful image and story. War cemeteries always evoke emotion, but you captured this place in a very special way.
Impressive image, a well deserved EP.
@SandyR-B, @Paul_Breitkreuz, @Dennis_Plank, @Rob_Sykes, @Ryan_H, @Ed_Williams, @patrick6, @Han_Schutten, thanks to everyone who commented on this photo, I am pleasently surprised by their number and their touching words. I often go ad visit the soldiers for breaking their lonliness and also for admiring the many flowers blooming there. @Ryan_H the British Commonwealth War Graves Commission does a commendable job adorning the cemetery like a beautiful garden every year for a long time, for about 80 years. A red rose grows next to every grave. They are the only persons that still today take care of those Gurka soldiers died for all of us. @patrick6 behind the bench there is a hedge that in the little light it becames almost black. Thanks for your attention.
