Maintaining respect
by nygold

Comment:
This image merits the Blonde Pigtail award.

I hate leaf blowers. But they are great for cleaning refrigerator coils!

In memoriam
by SaraR

Comment:
This image merits the Auburn Pigtail award.

The Haunting
by pearlseyes

Comment:
This image has been awarded the Geriatric Pigtail award.

Peacefully Sleeping the Long Dreamless Sleep
by jomari

Comment:
This image has been awarded the Brunette pigtail.

In memoriam
by SaraR

Comment:
I love the wispy-ness of this image. The lighting, the living grass in contrast to the old, weathered, hard stone. Somehow, for me, this is a hopeful image - that the cold hard reality of death is being swallowed by life and light.

the toomb
by bmartuch

Comment:
I really like the lighting in this. It reminds me of the grave of Strider from Tolkein's Lord of the Rings. Aged, but regal.

The dead
by Neat

Comment:
I really like the mood of the picture - somber, but with the faces of the markers highlighted, combined with a sense of import, significance - like the dead aware of the present and watching - almost wanting to speak.

Storm Over the City
by crik

Comment:
The lighting on the memorials are a great contrast to the stormy sky.

A Visit to Mother
by NikonJeb

Comment:
Her hand touching the stone conveys a sense of need and a sense of abandonment. Where are you, Mom, and why have you left me? I need you. The posture contrasts with the lady's obvious age. Very nice use of light and shadow to convey a somber, almost intense mood.

Till Death Do Us Part
by the_rkp

Comment:
Very poignant. For the happily married, one train of thought you avoid is the time when one will have to go on without their spouse. This image hits a bit too close to home.
The single rose is a nice touch. But her posture is also saying so very much - not the immediate denial and shock of loss, not the angry questions of why, but the sad acceptance of the situation combined with a sadness of the loss of what was. Maybe even the power of love reaching across the gulf of death.