Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Phong wrote in part: >>but the bodies are all above ground >> > >Is this something particular >to New Orleans ? > I suspect the water table is too high for below ground internment. Regards, Greg > > >>with the exception of Holt Cemetary >> >because poor folks cannot afford to build above ground ? > >Thanks, > >- Phong > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Jeffery Smith" <jsmith@dcc.edu> >To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> >Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 10:28 AM >Subject: RE: [Leica] OT: know any good cemeteries? > > >>We have a bunch in New Orleans, but the bodies are all above ground with >> >the > >>exception of Holt Cemetary (for really poor folks). If you are looking for >>lots of marble tombs above ground, look no further. Let me know if you >> >want > >>a handful of digital pics of them. >> >>Jeffery >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Johnny >> >Deadman > >>Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 8:49 AM >>To: Street Photography; Leica Users digest >>Subject: [Leica] OT: know any good cemeteries? >> >> >>Hi all >> >>Off topic so apologies but this is the kind of thing you guys are good >>at. >> >>I am looking for a location to shoot a movie in. It needs to be in the >>US or Canada. We need a decent sized, atmospheric cemetery, kind of >>tumbledown and unkempt, with a good variety of graves (mainly late >>nineteenth and early 20th century preferably). It should have a load of >>trees and ideally a sightline to a road and a place where a shack could >>be built. It's going to be standing in for the Ozarks but location is >>not too important. >> >>The ones we've been looking at so far include the Ross Bay cemetery in >>Victoria, BC and the Toronto Necropolis. However the best visually I >>have seen so far is the Bagdad cemetery in Pensacola, FA >> >>http://www.filmnorthflorida.com/locations/Bagdad:-Cemetery >> >>I would be really grateful for tips for any other cemteries that people >>may know about, especially if people have pictures of them. At this >>point we're not even worrying about whether we could get permission to >>shoot in them. We'll deal with that later. Please mail offlist to: >> >><john@johnbrownlow.com> >> >> >>Thanks in advance for any help... >> >>-- >>John Brownlow >> >>pictures: >>http://www.pinkheadedbug.com >> >>warblog: >>http://www.unintended-consequences.com >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> >> >>-- >>To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html >> > > >-- >To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html