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ok this is the last part of my mephis trip. i'm not completely happy with some of these pics but it was mainly the fact that the rain was coming and we were loseing the light. we eventually got rained on >.< so i took what i could and here some of my faves :D

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my absolute fave statue!
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close up
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looking out over this huge place
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the most lovely tree ever!
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she seems sad.. and she has no arms!
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my current avatar
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intresting statues..
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i love her face ;_;
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one of the best marble statues i've ever seen
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a peaceful little grove
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messing with focus
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elmwood lot #1
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simple tomb
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concrete inside a tree?
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civil war graves
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more military graves.. we couldn't figure out with war tho..
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Some nice shots there. Old cemeteries can be really interesting.
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man thoes are great could you imagion what some of them markers would cost at todays prices
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thanks you guys ^_^<3 i think i got some pretty good shots.. considering i'm not trained in photo.. i think my good-ok to crap ratio is getting much better :D

ropingk: i wouldn't have wanted to pay for them then!! i mean that hand made shit..
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Well I knwo that 2 years ago when my dad passed away we got him one of the black stones with the awesome painting in color on it and it was over $5500 and it was the thinner one :cry:
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:( sorry to hear about your dad.. i dunno what we paid for my grandfathers but it had to be in conformity to the rest of the headstones... it was flat with brass and marble. kinda boring
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pinkspider wrote::( sorry to hear about your dad.. i dunno what we paid for my grandfathers but it had to be in conformity to the rest of the headstones... it was flat with brass and marble. kinda boring
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Willard wrote:
pinkspider wrote::( sorry to hear about your dad.. i dunno what we paid for my grandfathers but it had to be in conformity to the rest of the headstones... it was flat with brass and marble. kinda boring
Fuck that shit, I'm gonna be mumified and placed on display at Heer's for all to see! Muahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
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redox wrote:
Willard wrote:
pinkspider wrote::( sorry to hear about your dad.. i dunno what we paid for my grandfathers but it had to be in conformity to the rest of the headstones... it was flat with brass and marble. kinda boring
Fuck that shit, I'm gonna be mumified and placed on display at Heer's for all to see! Muahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
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