Nice! GL!

AWESOME SHOT! You captured the theme really well my friend!

Reminds me of my mom. She's in her 80's and lives to be on-line. This lady's facial expression says it all. Good job.

That sounds like a great way to remember folks

How interesting

You should read some of the poems on the graves, they are full of humour and contain implicit comments and/or pityless judgements. You will find all kind of human personalities - the drunk, the hard-worker, the innocent baby, the evil mother-in-law, the rich (owned several cows), the hunter (envied for his rifle), etc. A vivid world which has only moved to some other place.

Great capture..

That's a really awesome way to remember someone! That way when you visit you can have a smile on your face! Thanks for sharing! I love learning about things like this around the world!

This is a really nice image and a good overview of a cemetery. I like the composition here, however I think that the black and white conversion lacks contrast. Add some contrast and that should add drama and it will make it an awesome entry.

Good job author!

Thanks, bart. The colors were very dull... so dull, that I was forced to resort to b/w. I don't know why, but I cannot open raw files on me PC, so that I can fiddle a little bit with the colors, as the tools provided by photoshop for this task, are rather insufficient. But then again, I'm not all that good with things artistic in general. Just killing time.

Beautiful colors

WOW! Absolutely an amazing shot! Well done! GL!

Exactly the same comment as Jawshoewhah !
Good Luck for this great picture !

And also congrats for a great first place, Adam!

Not really a close up.

the idea of the contest is a close up of the material in use. this is not a close up.

Photo switched.

Better! GL!