This is inside the workshop of the men who maintain the Mt. Olivet Cemetery founded in 1852. It is a repository of heritage and history through its vast collection of permanent memorials, new and olde.
While mono was my goal, the maintenance shop was highly lit with early afternoon sun, the windows had not been cleaned in years. The tones presented to me were more mid tones than predominantly white and/or black. The ceiling was very low and the floor was dirt.
I love to roam all cemeteries.
Dan
Fuji GFX100s ii and GF45-100mm
douter wrote:
Looks like a pipe vise, Dan'l,...but where to start with the inscription?!?
Douglas
Hence it being in the "shop" for recycle. Weather has erased the entire inscription.
Thanks!
Dan
Jack Flesher wrote:
Really nice Dan!
Thank you Jack. Appreciate the kind comment. This was my very first outing with the Fuji GFX100s ii and GF45-100mm last Spring(2025).
Dan
douter wrote:
Looks like a pipe vise, Dan'l,...but where to start with the inscription?!?
Douglas
I forgot to mention that this grave marker was being "disassembled" to become part of a new grave marker for the "resident". The custodians/craftsmen were going to use the headstone's base to place a new headstone to rest on.
Dan
Nice work here, Dan. Great tones and detail. If you have a chance to get back there it would be very interesting to see how the headstone was restored.
Brent
bnfotografie wrote:
Nice work here, Dan. Great tones and detail. If you have a chance to get back there it would be very interesting to see how the headstone was restored.
Brent
Heh brother! Yes I will be going back next week probably. The cemetery is a Fall gem! The sugar maples are changing fast here and I need to get there b4 they get past red.
524f44 wrote:
Nice shots Dan. I'm curious about the arched top of the bench. Any idea why it is like that?
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Rod
YES!
The stone mason was working in the "shop" on another headstone that was cracked. In our conversation he mentioned that(he was seated)the curvature allowed the stone mason to have the stone on an angle rather than flat, which made the stone mason stand hours on end. The curvature allowed the mason to rest the headstone at an angle/tilt at sit and work without undo back strain. There were various "wedges" that could be placed under the stone for it to rest properly on the bench top.
Thanks Rod
Dan
