Missouri

Row On Row

Black And White Photography, Don, Photography

ROW ON ROW
In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow,
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
— John McCrae
This is a U.S. military cemetery – Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis, Missouri. There are no poppies between the stones, row on row. that stand on this carefully tended hillside. But places are marked, and birds do fly by sharing their lovely songs. And, sadly, here in this country, there are indeed still guns below.
A beautiful day with a magnificent sky above along with a vantage point looking up the hill gave me the picture I was hoping for. The photo itself is actually a four frame panorama to provide the scope the image demanded. It is finished with a 16 x 9 aspect ratio and a slight sepia tint.

Family Cemetery

Black And White Photography, Don, Photography

About 50 miles west of St Louis, Missouri is Robertsville State Park. Near the high-power lines that cut through the park, there is a foot path that leads to the small Roberts family cemetery, an old, fenced-in, private cemetery in the midst of a public park. Here we are looking past an ornate corner post of the fenced plot to an aged and damaged headstone.

Riding Into The Light

Alakajay, Black And White Photography, Photography

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Visiting Rocheport in Missouri was an interesting experience and here photographing a part of the Katy Trail tunnel I was lucky to have a cyclist just pass me by while I was clicking giving me this shot.