gravesite

[JonMikal]

stopped by the former chief justices' gravesite yesterday. the strong shadow and sky gave me a sense of power fitting for this gentleman

http://jonmikal.smugmug.com/photos/36300724-L-1.jpg

[Alison]

:thumbsup: The lighting works well here.

[M @ k o]

Love the shadow and clouds. Nice work.

[John E.]

Wonderful image JonMikal, digging this one a bunch. The clouds, comp and converstion are great, but what takes it over the edge for me is the long shadow of the head stone, it seems symbolic somehow. I have also been appreaciating how your using minimal light in your photographs and isolating the subjects, tricky to do and your pulling it off very well.

[Raymond J Barlow]

very cool shot Jon, did you use a fill flash?? Also, why is the flag at half mast?

[JonMikal]

very cool shot Jon, did you use a fill flash?? Also, why is the flag at half mast?

i purposely underexposed to emphasize the clouds then lightened the stone in PS. i knew if shot this without the adjustment i'd loose the sky.

flags are at half mast because of Katrina

thanks guys.

[photobug]

Appropriately moody without being maudlin.

Where is he buried?

[JonMikal]

thanks photobug. there's a section of the arlington national cemetary reserved for supreme court justices. it's located to the right just below kennedys grave.

[photobug]

Ah, I suspected so. Didn't look familiar, but it's been 25 years since I was there.

DC is on our list of vacation locations & it's getting near the top. Momma wants to see the cherry blossoms & the Wall wasn't even up yet when last I visited, so there's lots I need to see as well.

[JonMikal]

you need to get here.....lots to see!!!!!

[photobug]

I'm workin' on it! :lol:

[dannygirl]

The sky looks power fitting not just for this gentleman but for everyone who has
passed on

[Mansi]

i like your exposure here... works well :thumbsup:
neat shot :D

[LWW]

Looks kinda like George Romero pic...pretty cool..."NIGHT OF THE ZOMBIE JUSTICE!"

LWW