This is a shot I got on the spur of the moment in the College Cemetery on the campus of St. Patrick’s College in Maynooth, Ireland. I had come to the cemetery planning to shoot a few HDR shots when I saw the sun picking out just one cross in the very last row of the cemetery. The HDR shots didn’t turn out nearly as interesting as this unplanned shot.

Enlightenment
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For those of you interested in such things here are some of the technical details of the original shot:

  • Camera: Nikon D40
  • Lens: Nikon DX AFS 55-200mm
  • Exposure: 1/1600 sec
  • Focal Length: 112mm
  • Focal Ratio: F5.0
  • ISO: 400
  • Camera Mode: Aperture Priority
  • Exposure Compensation: -0.33

[tags]Celtic Cross, cemetery, Maynooth, Ireland, photography[/tags]