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Some still remember their names
Some still remember their names
kanaj


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Numbers VI (Standard Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Canon PowerShot SX540 HS
Lens: Canon EF-M 55-200mm f/4.5-6.3 IS STM
Location: Huntsville, Texas (USA)
Date: Oct 1, 2026
Aperture: 6.5
ISO: 500
Shutter: 1/160
Date Uploaded: Oct 5, 2026

 The Byrd State Cemetery, where inmates who die in the custody of the State of Texas and have no families to claim their bodies are buried in pauper's graves. In the older parts of the grounds, the bodies are identified only by their state-issued serial numbers.

I volunteer some of my time working with inmates at one of the nearby prisons, and I captured this while in the area preparing to go in with an outreach team. As I was preparing to leave, just after sunrise, an inmate work crew showed up under armed guard with a backhoe and other equipment to begin preparing a fresh grave.

Statistics
Place: 7 out of 27
Avg (all users): 6.1667
Avg (participants): 5.7143
Avg (non-participants): 6.5625
Views since voting: 45
Views during voting: 43
Votes: 30
Comments: 3
Favorites: 1 (view)

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Fujifilm X-T30
Fujifilm XF 18-55mm f/2.8-4 OIS
 10/14/2026 12:44:52 PM
A splendid find. And picture. And message
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Ricoh GR III
Pentax DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6ED AL [IF] WR DC
 10/14/2026 01:21:58 AM
the saving bird. your story opens us.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-6D Mark II
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 10/12/2026 12:30:48 AM
Composition: 7 [w:1]
Technical: 7 [w:1]
Creativity: 8 [w:2]
Appeal: 7 [w:3]
Challenge: 6 [w:2]
Overall Weighted Average Score: 7
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