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A Trio - 3000 miles from home
A Trio - 3000 miles from home
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Challenge: Canada Day (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
Location: Locksbrook Cemetery, Bath England
Date: Jul 1, 2015
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Date Uploaded: Jul 6, 2015

 I wanted my contribution to be meaningful and pertinent, not trivial. In research I found that a war grave cemetery in Bath England has 3 Canadians of a total of 122 war graves. When I visited I was surprised to find the 3 Canadians together in adjacent graves.
One of them was William Wilbur Johnson from Clinton, Ontario, Canada died of Liver disease aged 28 years after 2 years fighting in France. He is pictured below.
I researched and was led to considerable detail about William who is mentioned in "Somewhere in France" by John Cannon Stothers.
I wanted my image to feel "real" to show I was there.


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Nikon D7000
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED
 07/08/2015 12:34:52 PM
Sadly there are many like this; it's good to see they're still being taken care of :)
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Nikon D300s
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II
 07/08/2015 12:04:22 PM
I might have moved down a few headstones to the one with the vivid red flower to make that more prominent. As your eye moves now, we have an interesting headstone, dull wilted looking flowers, and a bright pop of red at the end. I would have liked to see the red pop at the beginning overlaying the headstone a bit. With that said, I don't know what the grounds looked like, so maybe you made the best choice.
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