All Souls

cmr164

Here in RP people go to the cemetery and pay respects to the dead. So my wife's family and I went to Barili to vist her mother's grave.

All shots were with the 1DMII and the 24-70 f2.8. Minor cropping, levels, and sometimes curves adjustments.

My Mother-in-Law paying respects...



She went alone to the shrine at the top of the hill.


An itinerant worker came by and for 20 pesos ($.36) offered to cleanup the grave.



Progress with the grandchildren watching.



A child does the lettering. We gave him an extra 10 pesos.



The grandchildren pitch in and help.



Finishing touches



It is just under a month since i married... The family is very nice.

T4Tots

Sweet series. I think the last one is great showing the kids helping to restore the site. I like the angle too...looking down as if someone else could also be looking down to see this.

gus

Welcome back charles..nice series.


Gus

cmr164

T4Tots wrote:

Sweet series. I think the last one is great showing the kids helping to restore the site. I like the angle too...looking down as if someone else could also be looking down to see this.

Thanks. Looking down was the only real chioce I had as the cemetery is very crowded. The last shot though is a trick perspective. I rotated it 90 degrees from the actual shot.

Humungus wrote:

Welcome back charles..nice series.

Thanks. Getting married again is a blast. My wife is the one in the 2nd to last holding the lens/case of the 70-200 IS L. (naturally)

gus

Congratulations charles...

She wont carry that artillary shell of a 600 ? Still got it ?

cmr164

Humungus wrote:

Congratulations charles...

She wont carry that artillary shell of a 600 ? Still got it ?

500mm f4.0 IS yes... here she is next to it.