Late afternoon, low sun. The golder evening sun was dappling through the grass - but for this exposure I waited to make the picture until the memorials were in the shadow of a passing semi-trailer. "..and the place thereof shall know it no more." Joe

Where's the caption? It was supposed to say: "Fuji Super HQ 200 print film; Rokkor MC 58mm 1:1.4; hand held, Exposure not recorded."

Wow, that's a weird....but special kind of photo! Well, a weird kind of place I mean :) Nothing wrong with the photo, ofcourse =) I'm still looking at it and I'm still not sure if this is something someone dumped along the road, or if it's a cemetary nobody's been to for some time. Really interesting!

Around here it's somtimes a custom to put a 'roadside Memorial at the site where someone died in a car crash. They usually get forgotten. Joe

That is a moving image Joe, we see so many boquets of flowers and similar memorial signs around where I live, there are so many winding roads, and too many young drivers who think they are immortal...sad.

Thanks, Alpha. Sad is right, Punky. In this case it was a striaght piece of four lane plus median freeway. I hear it was an SUV roll-over. The driver tried to avoid hitting a deer. Joe

A very meaningful image Joe, the use of colour & emphasis on the textural grass gives it real depth.

elusive.chaos

"You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star...." (Nietzsche)

Oh, it's a memorial.....yeah, they do it here too. But most of the time not really with a cross. (somethings a memorial stone, you know with an inscription). I have to say, it gives it a whole new perspective. Now I'm thinking about what has happend. Two people, maybe girl/boyfriend together, or someone's children....sad stuff. Love the photo even more :)

Ironically, I've got a wierd connection here - My mate Mike is married to a girl called Nicola, and he has had the misfortune to kill a drunk who stepped out from a country path into the road late one night.... Wierd how things turn up interconnections with other peoples lives..... And yes, sad, but nicely done. (",)

...moving pic. This would look really good in b&w. .n

A very moving image Joe...

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