Greenwood Cemetery, Vol. 2

Today, I finished the second roll of film that was begun about a month ago at Greenwood Cemetery (a previous posting on the first roll can be found here). I think perhaps these are not the best photographs on this roll (some photos of an old mill on Shades Creek will be shown soon - likely tomorrow), but a few are worth sharing nonetheless. All of these photos were shot on my Minolta SRT 202, Rokkor-PF 55mm f/1.7 lens, and Kodak Gold 200 film.

This final photo is entirely irreverant, but I figured since I wasn't the one defiling the place, I could at least be the one to denote its having been done. I at least need to come up with some clever title for it, like: Beer, a Bra, and Burial Plots.

Photographing Greenwood Cemetery

Having finally received a functioning lens for my newly acquired Minolta SRT 202, it was time to put it through its paces. For both economic and practical reasons, I selected a Rokkor-PF 55mm f/1.7 lens. Several weeks ago, I wrote up a piece about the 202's cousin, MC-II, on which I did some repair work, but has since been gifted to friend and fellow-blogger Tyler Dooley.

Greenwood Cemetery seems to be an almost forgotten place on the outskirts of Birmingham, cuddled up next to the airport. Many of the headstones there have been unsettled by trees which at the time were mere infants or nonexistent. Others have been neglected and abused by the elements, some rather directly.