I took a basic photography class last Thursday from Midwest Photo Exchange here in Columbus. I learned about my ISOs, apertures, and shutter speeds. It was a revelation and relieved me of my reliance on AUTO.

Yesterday, I reconnected with my friend Beth after a thirty year absence. And what better way to reconnect than to stroll around a historic cemetery? I have a thing for cemeteries and have posted about Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn in the past.

I like a nice memento mori.

So, the pics in this gallery are all taken in the “M” mode and manually focused. There are literally a hundred photos that don’t look like anything. I have not altered these in any way, not even cropping.

Buffalo Stance

No shrubs for you.

You know whose last name was Shumway? ALF, that’s who!

…and the lamb lies down.

Inside the Wade Chapel.

Random duck.

I have seen many dogs on grave markers… never a cat.

Probably my favorite tomb in the Cemetery.

¡SCHMUNK!

Crypt in the woods.

There’s a dam in the Cemetery!

Love the angles here.

Beth warned me not to get to close to this door.

More crypts in the trees.

Beth!

Overexposed angel from behind. But I think the overexposure works.

Same angel from front.

Close-up on angel’s face. I like how I caught the spiderweb.

Depth of focus with foot.

Why hello, President Garfield. You look good in this light.

Garfield from above.