Glenwood Cemetery

My photo club had an assignment back in March 2008 of "Cemetery" and I went with friends to Glenwood in Houston. It is a very interesting old cemetery where Howard Hughes is buried in an unidentified family plot, with huge centuries-old Live Oak trees, lots of interesting statues and old grave stones to explore. I used my Lensbaby and although I did not get the area I wanted sharp, these are two of my favorite images from that day. One reason is that the model for this boy angel could have been my son when he was a toddler and young child. But he only LOOKED angelic! (just kidding B.)

Camera info: Nikon D200, Lensbaby 3G with (I think) the f4 aperture ring in, shutterspeeds of 1/320th (top) and 1/250th (bottom)

Post processing: increased exposure, blacks and vibrance in ACR, in Photoshop cloned debris away, ran the Edge for global sharpening, Punch Drunk reduced to 55% opacity, levels for global brightening, then levels to adjust whitebalance, PopSickle in Softlight on the top image and Overlay on the bottom to make the texture stand out