Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Ash Wednesday - Angel of Alms

Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC  © Doug Hickok


Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, traditionally begins a time of prayer, fasting and alms giving for Christians around the world.

If you are in the frame of mind to give alms this Lenten season, please take a moment to visit the site of one of our fellow photographers, Sidney.


20 comments:

  1. Very beautiful and evocative. Love how you've framed this.

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  2. Hi and thanks for the visit at my blog. You have a great blog!!

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  3. Very moody photo. Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  4. Wow, so beautiful and delicate...
    Wonderful shot! ;-)

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  5. Have you met my angels?
    She can cry! ;)
    Come and see for yourself:
    http://tinyurl.com/5v5bhd2

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  6. I like the composition of this photo. Excellent, as always, Doug:)
    Thanks for sharing,
    Yoshi

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  7. fantastic b&w work - very melancholic and great framing
    http://krikis.aminus3.com

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  8. a very touching and poignant image, doug, and beautifully cropped. i also like the selective focus that works so well here. (and thank you very, very much for taking the time to view my charleston album and for commenting on it. too bad we could spend only the better part of a single day there, as we liked it very much. i guess we'll have to return some day! there's also an album about my visit to the great smoky mountains n.p. on webshots, if you have nothing else to do .... ;-)) take care!

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  9. I love this photo, I especially love that it's grascale. Awesome!!!

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  10. Beautiful image. I love the detail here.

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  11. Beautiful shot Doug--somehow you've managed to make her look very soft and delicate to me. Excellent!

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  12. very nice. it has always fascinated me the way that Christians take lent so much more seriously than the 50 days of Eastertide

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  13. An excellent B / W with gray delicious and wonderful texture. This image is a poem.

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  14. I'm always on the lookout for angels in cemeteries. They're becoming more and more difficult to find.

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  15. this is just so beautifully framed, liking the mode and mood here :) gorgeous piece of work.

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  16. beautiful image, color, wonderful shot ...

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