Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/05/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That is basically correct. actually caskets (PC speak coffin is un PC) would literally POP to the surface like corks after a few months (needless to say a few months of high heat and humidity did not help the remains any...also the caskets would cave in causing sink holes...(which is why people invented Valuts...)) There is an excellent museum with some rather bizarre exhibits... www.nmfh.org Looking for a cemetery or funeral home in your neighborhood? www.funeralnet.com FH www.yelobk.com Moody fall and winter shots are best. Somehow cemeteries do not look right festooned with green trees and spring flowers in the mond of focus groups. B&W IR is lovely on a foggy fall morning... > > I think the explanation is that the water table is so high in New Orleans that when you dig a hole for a grave, it fills up with groundwater so fast you can't get the coffin to sink. Here's an interesting set of shots (not mine) of Metairie Cemetery, one of the most interesting in New Orleans. <a target=_blank href="http://papermachebrain.com/photo/NO203/metairie/pages/1car.htm">http://papermachebrain.com/photo/NO203/metairie/pages/1car.htm</a> SonC - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Phong" <phong@doan-ltd.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2003 11:50 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: know any good cemeteries? > >but the bodies are all above ground > > Just out of curiosity, why ? Is this something particular > to New Orleans ? > > > 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 > > > > <a target=_blank href="http://www.filmnorthflorida.com/locations/Bagdad:-Cemetery">http://www.filmnorthflorida.com/locations/Bagdad:-Cemetery</a> > > > > 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: > > <a target=_blank href="http://www.pinkheadedbug.com">http://www.pinkheadedbug.com</a> > > > > warblog: > > <a target=_blank href="http://www.unintended-consequences.com">http://www.unintended-consequences.com</a> > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see <a target=_blank href="http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html">http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html</a> > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see <a target=_blank href="http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html">http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html</a> > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see <a target=_blank href="http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html">http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html</a> - -- To unsubscribe, see <a target=_blank href="http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html">http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html</a> > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html