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Florida National Cemetery 862 by ~EHoltzman:iconEHoltzman:

Categories Photography > Architecture > Exterior

©2004-2009 ~EHoltzman
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Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, FL.
This was a good place to practice exposure skills.
Maintaining detail in the sky as well as the darker foreground came out well

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~gazzafizza06 Aug 29, 2004, 7:55:20 PM
touching meaning and beautiful color :+favlove:

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~artistchick Aug 29, 2004, 7:57:07 PM
Love the sky, the grass, the trees.

I think you took an interesting photo for such a . . well . . . a monotonous subject. =P LOL. I typically don't like cemeteries where the tombstones are all the same and in nice little rows . . .

Give me the crumbling, broken, variegated cemetery anyday . . .

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Gosh, I feel like I'm being extra harsh tonight. =( I'm sorry.

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~EHoltzman Aug 29, 2004, 7:58:45 PM
Thanks! I love cemetery photography, being in 500 acres of cemetery surrounded by over 67,000 men and women who served our country was a very touching experience. I tried to capture the best I could.
I have a lot from this shoot today.

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~gazzafizza06 Aug 29, 2004, 8:03:07 PM
there are two things that can make me cry on command, and dying soldiers is one of them. i am liberal, raised liberal, anti-war, never will join the army, but i have a huge respect for people who are willing to give their life for a cause they believe in and a country that is so beautiful in what it gives us, and i'm always very happy to see them being honored in art. :flagus:

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The world is a stage. Much thanks to the casting director!
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~EHoltzman Aug 29, 2004, 8:04:59 PM
I normally prefer the older, cluttered variety of cemetery also but the feeling once here was overwhelming. A big part of that is the uniformity of markers. A sea of veterans, from the civil war to modern. From privates to generals. None better or worse recognized than another. all on a common page in their final place as well as the common thread of serving our country in life. All treated equal.
It had a much stranger vibe than any public cemetery. Awe inspiring actually

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~EHoltzman Aug 29, 2004, 8:12:40 PM
I agree 100%!
This was my first time shooting in a national cemetery. It was overwhelming.
over 67,000 veterans buried here. Seeing how many soldiers served was mind blowing. The sheer number of graves was something else. I viewed some of the newest areas including the newest that they are burying and filling in rows from front to back. In all the areas you can walk a row and every graves date of death was within a day or two of the one next to it. Entire acres dedicated to one particular month of one particular year. day by day, front to back.
It never ends, daily bringing in more, interning them and doing it all over the next day.
Overwhelming

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~artistchick Aug 29, 2004, 8:19:03 PM
Cool. =)

I personally think we should just let bodies rot like they were meant to. Maybe have a marker for them or something, but it's really unnecessary. All this "respect for the dead" thing bothers me. They're dead:!: They don't care! As long as you're not conjuring up and bothering them, what does it matter? :? The body is no longer a part of them and would be better spent in the cycle of life than some water-proof, bug-proof box in a hole in the ground.

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~artistchick Aug 29, 2004, 8:20:22 PM
Sorry for the philosophical/political/environmental ranting btw. LOL. I guess I'm a little emotional tonight. =(

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~gazzafizza06 Aug 29, 2004, 8:22:30 PM
:peace: on :earth:
too much, man, too much

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