Remembrance Sunday Photo

Photographer’s Note

Services have been held across the UK to remember servicemen and women killed in past and current conflicts. Here you see ministers represented Annan's churches and Annan's very young representing the youngest sections of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide movement. The service was held on the town's High Street by Annan's main war memorial
"...For Their Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today"

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holmertz (9430) 2009-11-09 6:34

Hello Bev,
For being such a solemn ceremony, full of strong feelings, it's remarkably colourful. On one side we have a number of yellow caps, on the other a lot of red, pink, mauve clothes. And then the vicar in the middle in his blue and white vestment draws a lot of attention. The relatively sparse light is excellently handled, colours and sharpness are superb.
Kind regards,
Gert

tyro (2654) 2009-11-09 16:24

Hello, Bev.

This is another of your wonderful "street shots" and superbly well captured. All but a very few of the subjects are staring resolutely forward, presumably at the War Memorial.

The lighting here is wonderful, just a little on the dark side as befits the moment, and the colours are perfect as Gert comments. The clothes of the people are vibrant, the vestments of the minister stand out amongst the crowd and yet the skin tones in those sombre faces are perfect and not over-saturated. And the whole picture is as sharp as a pin.

Wonderful!

And not only have you added and interesting note, but you have added a fine workshop picture of the War Memorial in Annan. You make mention of lens flare but that is totally excusable: the picture is wonderful, with a great diagonal sweep of the cobblestones and another strong diagonal of the shadow of the soldier's statue.

An excellent presentation, Bev!

Kind Regards,

John.