In some ways the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a universal thing. I’ve seen several in different countries and I think they are interesting to visit because they each reflect a bit of the history of the country the represent. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Athens was sculpted between 1930-32 and is watched over by members of the Presidential Guard in traditional uniforms. Despite it’s location in the busy city, it has a sense of space, quiet, and reflection:
ISO 800 10mm f/22 1/125sec
This is one of the original exposures that I have from my visit. When I went to edit it, I knew I wanted to retain both the soldiers and the birds which are reminders of life but also I wanted to emphasize the stillness and solemness of death.
ISO 800 10mm f/22 1/125sec
With my crop I’ve kept things lightly off kilter and I chose a filter in Luminar, called Dark Moon, that I found rather somber. Once I had the filter on I edited it’s settings a bit. Changing the center point of the vignette and also making it a bit lighter. I wanted to leave a still image that has the hint of chaos, a reminder that the path of a country is often littered with sacrifice.
Do you think this edit suggests that? Do you like the image or its edit? Feel free to leave a comment below.
Cheers!
Added to A Photo A Week Challenge, Reflection and Photo for the Week-15-Paths.
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Great image…many thanks for entering the challenge xx
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Thank you very much, and thanks for hosting 🙂
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You are welcome xx
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I think you’ve achieved your goals with your edits, Amy. Terrific image and meaning conveyed of the place.
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Thank you very much.
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The contrast is what I love about the editing – the lines seem to point to the “heart.” Beautiful.
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Thank you very much for your thoughtful comment.
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I really like the edited version. Very well done. 🙂
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Thanks Amy 🙂
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I wonderful image. You have done full justice to idea of “the stillness and solemness of death”.
I know this area could be so much crowded.
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Thank you so much. You are right, it can be a busy place, we went early in the morning to beat the crowds.
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Amy, you captured the tomb so nicely with your edited photo! Well done!
Dave (Hubby)
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Thanks Dave 🙂
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I am not a huge fan of the dark moon filter…
but I do like both images and I like how you noted:
a sense of space, quiet, and reflection
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Thanks, you really would not have liked the first application of the filter then! It is a super dark filter.
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well I guess it depends on the image?
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Yes, I would say that’s true, but in this case, if you didn’t care for the lighter application of this filter, you wouldn’t have liked the darker either. The filter is cool though, and there would be other photos that the full on dark would work with.
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Got it…
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🙂
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The processing gives the image that little bit and emphasizes your point. It does give a hint of a sense of space, quiet, and reflection.
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Thank you very much, this means a lot to me since I know how much thought you give to processing your own images.
Cheers, Amy
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