Cheating
This Cairn is a memorial to the first black settlers who sought freedom from slavery through the Underground Railroad.
The windows in the cairn are fashioned after those in the "Little Zion Church," the first black church in Owen Sound. The cairn is accompanied by interpretive plaques that help tell the story of Black history in the area. It also includes ceramic tiles with quilt codes that are thought to represent messages to fleeing slaves along their escape route.
The cairn itself includes stones from places in Canada, the United States and Africa, each with a direct connection to slavery or the abolition movement. It is hoped that more stones will be added over time, making the cairn a living monument. Every summer, an Emancipation Festival is celebrated here and is thought to be the oldest in North America, if not the world. Begun as a simple picnic to celebrate Emancipation Day, it has continued since 1862, welcoming people of all backgrounds interested in appreciating history, family, culture and community.
The image itself was taken with a smart phone in broad daylight. I used Adobe's new PS Camera, which comes with several "lenses," including this celestial version. The app is interesting in what it's capable of doing and arguably, might be accused of cheating as it's mostly a software produced image. That said, don't most serious photographers like to push their creative boundaries a bit? Is it really cheating?
Cheating
This Cairn is a memorial to the first black settlers who sought freedom from slavery through the Underground Railroad.
The windows in the cairn are fashioned after those in the "Little Zion Church," the first black church in Owen Sound. The cairn is accompanied by interpretive plaques that help tell the story of Black history in the area. It also includes ceramic tiles with quilt codes that are thought to represent messages to fleeing slaves along their escape route.
The cairn itself includes stones from places in Canada, the United States and Africa, each with a direct connection to slavery or the abolition movement. It is hoped that more stones will be added over time, making the cairn a living monument. Every summer, an Emancipation Festival is celebrated here and is thought to be the oldest in North America, if not the world. Begun as a simple picnic to celebrate Emancipation Day, it has continued since 1862, welcoming people of all backgrounds interested in appreciating history, family, culture and community.
The image itself was taken with a smart phone in broad daylight. I used Adobe's new PS Camera, which comes with several "lenses," including this celestial version. The app is interesting in what it's capable of doing and arguably, might be accused of cheating as it's mostly a software produced image. That said, don't most serious photographers like to push their creative boundaries a bit? Is it really cheating?