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Arnos Vale

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Photoblog: 25 Feb 2007

The large municipal cemetery in Bristol, England. For many years Arno's Vale was left to crumble and became overgrown. Following its appearence on the first series of BBC Restoration its had some investment and TLC, but is still in a bad way.

I'm a bit dissapointed with the light in this, but the white ballance, deliberately warmer than it should be, created an almost sepia feel. I can't decide whether I'm happy with the composition or not... the wide lense and the position from which it was taken makes the arch lean in, and I can't decide whether that's a bad thing or not...

Considering adding to the JPEG Mag 'entropy' theme, though I could also go for one of the Stalbridge Churchyard in the fog shots...

Keywords: Arnos Vale Cemetery, Arnos Vale, Bristol, England, Garden of Rest, UK, cemeteries, derelict, grave yards

Taken by Joe D on 2006-11-05 17:09:25 with: NIKON D50 at 32 mm f/8 0.008 sec (1/125) ISO unknown |

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Star-Swan

2007-02-07 18:08:35

The Arnos Vale makes me think oddly about the structure of the gate, etc. There's not much reason to even have the archway there, because you can step over the fence to enter. So, even though it may be a farfetched idea, it makes me think that there was another building there where the grass/flowers are..but it came down at some point. How ironic the "Garden of Rest" was in dire need of a "Rest-oration".

Dr Budd

2007-02-19 07:43:22

That's an interesting comment by Star-Swan. I've never considered it before .. however, if you stand in the middle of the garden of rest, and look back through the arch, you see how it becomes one with the crematorium cloister (where plaques were placed on the walls in memory of the dead) - see Joe's next picture for a view of the cloister. (I am a tour guide at the Cemetery)

dcm50

2009-04-14 16:36:18

ita a good picture, delicate dodging on the "garden of rest" to accentuate the highlight might be nice. more pics of this please

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