There's a cemetary down the street from me (within walking distance) and yet I've never bothered to explore it before. Until today, that is. This shot was taken at dusk with cloudy overcast skies. This place is full of old headstones like this one. I took a bunch of shots, which still need post work. I need to go back there with a tripod sometime.

Depth of field in this shot was artificially narrowed in
post processing to make the headstone stand out more, just
as an experiment.

Who says life expectancy was short back in the old days?

Oops.. My mistake. These were taken just *before* dusk. The cemetary *closes* at dusk. No post work effects on this one except for levels adjustment and cropping.

I love cemetery pictures, and these are really cool. 103 years old was very remarkable for those days. Both of those are in remarkable condition for almost 300 years! Could you make out the bottom comments on the 2nd one?

No, I'm afraid not Phrank. The next time I go there (better
equipped) I may get the nerve up to trim those weeds out of
the way and reshoot it.

Many of the stones are in very poor condition. Some are made
of what appears to be sand stone and are so badly weathered
that they are now completely illedgable. Many are broken as
well.

Next weekend, weather permitting, I'll go back and see if
I can find the oldest stone there. The cemetary was established
in the early to mid sixteen hundreds, so it should be quite
interesting.

Beautiful gravestones..! You may produce a very interesting serial with the pics of interesting ('artful') gravestones like these, and with the details of them... ...And this already seems what you're actually intended to. Regards... :)

These are very interesting shots, the age of the stones fascinates me, you don't find gravestones that date that old in Australia (the indigenous aboriginal populace didn't use gravestones) Thanks for posting these. :-)>

Simply beautiful A......i find graveyards to be strangely comforting and peaceful....i have'nt been lucky enough to find anything quite so old as what you have there...again so beautiful..

the history of a town can be found in a cemetary... what fabulous headstone shots...