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Gateway to the Next World
Gateway to the Next World
Sammie


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Death (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF 28-200 f/3.5 - 5.6 USM
Location: Old Manassa Cemetery - Manassa, Colorado
Date: Dec 5, 2006
Aperture: F2.8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/250
Galleries: Emotive, History
Date Uploaded: Dec 5, 2006

 I had hoped to get a picture for the Life Challenge but found one for death instead. Stopped by the old cemetery in Manassa and the sun was so pretty on some of the old graves that were inside the little fences. The gates were hanging open on many of them. It reminded me that death is the gateway to the next world. I really don't think death is the end - it is the beginning of something else.

Editing: Crop; adjustment layers for levels, curves, selective color and contrast; flatten; noise removal with Helicon Noise Filter; resize; smart sharpen; save for web.

Statistics
Place: 35 out of 227
Avg (all users): 5.7246
Avg (commenters): 7.3750
Avg (participants): 5.6098
Avg (non-participants): 5.8000
Views since voting: 1048
Views during voting: 274
Votes: 207
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/12/2006 02:03:54 PM
i love this!
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 12/12/2006 04:20:18 AM
Love how you caught the rays shining down on the other side. Great job.
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 12/12/2006 01:30:36 AM
A reminder of our own mortality and how society somehow lets graveyards deteriorate in some places
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 12/09/2006 04:27:05 PM
The ray of light is a very nice touch.
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 12/09/2006 02:23:39 AM
like the details well done
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 12/08/2006 07:05:16 PM
Strange but misterious, it has the dead feeling to it
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 12/08/2006 09:43:03 AM
Nice, reminds me of a cemetary I visited in CO
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 12/08/2006 08:37:26 AM
Cool picture and title !
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 12/08/2006 02:22:13 AM
For a second I thought it was a TV in the background. Great shot...9
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 12/07/2006 12:40:46 PM
the top part of your entry is really interesting with the sunlight and the dry grass. might crop off the stone in the middle.
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 12/07/2006 09:51:01 AM
Great scene. The lighting is superb, especially the little rays coming in from the top corner. 9
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 12/07/2006 07:40:41 AM
I lie the sun coming down. Neat.
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 12/07/2006 04:02:48 AM
catching the stream of sunlight in this really does it for me - awesome!
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 12/07/2006 03:04:17 AM
Nice composition.. the flare and sun beams make this shot... great work
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 12/06/2006 03:39:06 PM
Nice, i like the sunrays and the overgrown grass.
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 12/06/2006 11:44:29 AM
Nice picture great capute of the sun rays.
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 12/06/2006 06:43:38 AM
Nice composition, tranquil death
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