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    Yes I'm at it again. I can't stay out of these places. Found this one on the way to the Saratoga Battlefield National Park. It's an unnamed cemetery and seems to have been used by a handful of families. Most of the grave makers are illegible due to time and weather and many are damaged. It was situated on a little hill right on route 423 in either Stillwater or maybe Malta, NY. Dates ranged from early to late 19th century. It was very lush and green. All shot with my legacy Zuiko 24mm f2.8 lens.





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    I missed this one...thanks for the heads up in my thread! Loving the green in contrast with the old headstones...a bit of a old vs new theme going on. It also almost has a selective colour feel to it as well.
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    PS I love old cemeteries...if it were me I would be all over this place too.
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    thanks hon. There are so many new posts every day that some fall through the cracks. I really did try to focus on the green space surrounding the stones. It took me a few minutes to find the quality I wanted to bring out and then *bam* there it was.

    I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes old cemeteries.
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    Interesting how the tombstones are so close to the trees and many don't appear to be in a particular arrangement.

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    The trees probably didn't exist when the stones went up. It seems little graveyards are either organized or totally haphazard. I think this one is organized, but loosely based on family ties. It was a strangely refreshing little spot.
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    I know in some of the old graveyards I visit, the loved ones planted trees and then they grew to be massive things. Every once in a while I come across a bunch of lilac bushes that have overgrown a plot to the point where you have to look to find the headstone!
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    it's amazing what happens when humans forget about a place. I shot a tiny, abandoned family cemetery last year that is completely overgrown by woods. If you don't know it's there and aren't looking, you'll go right by it. It's sad and somehow not sad at the same time. One of my favorite phenomena is when a tree overtakes a grave stone. I shot one a month ago or so that was almost completely subsumed by an oak tree. I'll see if I can dig it up. (groan)
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