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In the Shadow of Angels: The Heros of Flight 93, Shanksville, PA
In the Shadow of Angels: The Heros of Flight 93, Shanksville, PA
alanfreed


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Challenge: Sacred Places (Classic Editing)
Collection: Misc Travel
Camera: Nikon D100
Location: Shanksville, PA
Date: Nov 8, 2003
Aperture: 8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/200
Galleries: Emotive, Political
Date Uploaded: Nov 8, 2003

 This was my third visit to the crash site of United Flight 93 in a rural area of Somerset County, PA. It's hard to visit this spot and not relive the vivid memories of September 11. It's equally hard not to feel the emotions of the people who left behind items in memory of those who died there. I can think of few places that can more apty define a "sacred place."

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AuthorThread
 11/17/2003 10:44:40 AM
Heh... can't believe I misspelled "heroes."

Message edited by author 2003-11-17 15:45:01.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
11/16/2003 06:44:08 PM
Nice journalistic image. Nice transitional moment for this family.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/16/2003 06:23:46 PM
I'm not too far from this site (being from Montana originally 600 miles is a short distance for me) and have yet to make it there.

This is very sacred ground to our nation on a whole and a wonderful idea for thsi challenge. As for the shot itself, including the people and their emotions is a very good idea but I think I would have liked it more if it showed more of the memorial itself. The clarity is there as is the lighting, I started with a 6 am going to a 7
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/16/2003 02:57:10 PM
I'd have tried to pick different visitors -- I think the guy with the drink and the cigarette detract from the mood you're trying to create. Unless this is a commentary on our transitory and cavalier attitudes ....
Added note: the slight motion blur on his hands fooled me into seeing the objects as different than they are, lending a completely different feel and context to the photo. I'm leaving the original comment as an example of how easy it is to misinterpret what we see, especially if we are looking quickly and superficially.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/12/2003 10:21:48 AM
A powerful picture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/11/2003 02:46:59 PM
Let's Roll! 10
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/11/2003 07:32:32 AM
Very moving.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/11/2003 01:40:09 AM
'Heroes', with an e. Don't really like this shot - but I DO like the contrating attitude of the young girl - the evident misery of the adult couple, and the poor young thing just looks bored, scuffing away at the gravel with here foot ... or am I just imagining things
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/10/2003 05:00:08 PM
Its touching to see a bowed head and a man crying, even disturbing- but if its drama your going for- zoom in on ht eface of that sad, sad man
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/10/2003 01:13:33 PM
the trio of people is a nice composition, descending in hight as the flags and angels descend across the picture. The grass makes a nice simple background.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/10/2003 08:05:52 AM
How lucky you are to have been there, it must of been very emotional. Good capture of the feeling that must be there.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 11/10/2003 07:09:22 AM
Great interpretation of a sad situation. Nice capture.
  Photographer found comment helpful.


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