Jake, a monument to military divers. This statue is located on base at The US Navy Diver Training & Explosive Ordnance Training Center Panama City.
Coming home after a long deployment, located on base at NAS Pensacola, National Naval Air Museum.
This monument is from the turn of the 19th-20th century and is located at Atlanta’s Westview Cemetery. I’ve seen lots of cemetery monuments and statues and think that this one is absolutely beautifully done.
This one is a composite. The statue is behind St. Michael’s Episcopal in Milton, FL. I didn’t like the background in the original, it was too busy, towers, other decorations, phone poles, other buildings made a jarring and competing background and destroyed the impact of the statue. So, using Photoshop, I popped it into a photo taken from my house side door as a big storm approached. Much more effective.
Unknown Infant. Every picture should tell a story, this one I think is poignant. I wonder who put the cat there? City Cemetery, Milton, FL.
Excellent job on the background swap. That sky works really well with the statue. I’ve got to do a search for statues in my drivable area.
A lot of my shots aren’t planned shoots, they’re targets of opportunity so to speak. I have 2 cameras; one, like yours is a Sony A7IV and a fair collection of large and expensive lenses. It’s great for planned shoots but is simply too big, too heavy and too expensive to have with me nearly always. For close to the last 10 years, I’ve also had a camera from the Sony A6000 series (currently A6600). I tend to keep a Zeiss 16-70 f4.0 on it. They’re not exactly cheap but you can get a package 40% the size, 33% the… Read more »
As the last man in North America without a smart phone I’m perpetually wishing I had my camera. One thing New England is legitimately blessed with is dramatic skies. I’ve seen shots through the windshield of my car that would make amazing photos.
Shot with a A6300 from my car.
Well, that certainly makes the point about having a camera at the right place at the right time.
The first and last touch me the most. If the wheel had turned a different way, I may well have joined the Navy instead of the Air Force, and I would have done my damndest to become a diver. The Nobel for Humanity for whoever gave the kitten to keep the lost babe company.
I also have enjoyed Tom’s statuary. Public art is something that is disappearing from our world. And add in those maniacs destroying monuments of the old America and we are quickly becoming a people without a past.