Tag: Remembrance Day

The Cosmic Photo Challenge: Lest we forget.

On By dalecooper57In editing and effects, photography7 Comments

This week on The Cosmic Photo Challenge we are remembering the past with an eye on the future, for the prompt; Lest we forget.

I went down to Rock Park in Barnstaple for the annual Remembrance Day service at the war memorial.

How did you mark your memorable weekend?

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.

Tag your posts with  #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Cosmic Photo prompt.

On By dalecooper57In photography1 Comment

Good afternoon, welcome to this week’s prompt for The Cosmic Photo Challenge.

Today is the eleventh day of the eleventh month and at 11am today the country fell silent for two minutes, to honour the fallen and those who served in all wars.

So, as a mark of respect to those who have sacrificed so much for our freedom, and to those who continue to do so, the theme this week is; Lest we forget.

See you on Monday, have a great weekend.

“Southampton Dock” by Pink Floyd (R. Waters)

“They disembarked in 45
And no-one spoke and no-one smiled
There were too many spaces in the line.

Gathered at the cenotaph
All agreed with the hand on heart
To sheath the sacrificial Knives.

But now
She stands upon Southampton dock
With her handkerchief
And her summer frock
Clings to her wet body in the rain.

In quiet desperation
Knuckles white upon the slippery reins
She bravely waves the boys Goodbye again.

And still the dark stain spreads between
his shoulder blades.
A mute reminder of the poppy fields and graves.
And when the fight was over
We spent what they had made.
But in the bottom of our hearts
We felt the final cut.”

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To get involved with the challenge; check out the Cosmic Photo Prompt each Friday, then post a photo (or photos) on your blog the following Monday, with a pingback link to my Monday post.

Tag your posts with  #CosPhoChal.

Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages, animation, gifs, or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.