The ghost in the chair - a photo on Flickriver

It was a heavy and humid morning. I had rushed down to the Garden District, hoping to see the sun rise while standing among graves more than a century old.

However, there was a slight kink in my plans. The cemetery caretaker was nowhere in sight. I was told by a morning stroller that he was an old, slow man who wouldn't come and unlock the gate for another 40 minutes.

I stood there for a minute, wondering what Plan B would be. And then I started walking.

I soon turned the corner of the cemetery, marveling at the stately homes in the silence of dawn, and suddenly came across this chair.

Just sitting there, on the sidewalk, with a gaping hole in the middle of the seat's thatching.

Why was this there? Who put it there? What was the point? There was no one around to answer.

I pondered these questions for another minute, but for some reason the chair attracted me, as if carrying a silent majestic quality, poised among the scattered fall leaves on the sidewalk with the semi-decay of the cemetery wall looming behind it.

And so I took this. In its stillness. With no one around. Just me and my camera. And the heavy, damp air of a New Orleans morning.

And also probably a ghost, sitting there on the chair, fanning herself, wondering who this lame guy is pointing a small black box in her direction.
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New Orleans

Taken in: United States / Louisiana / New Orleans / Garden District (show map)

Taken on: October 16, 2008

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Camera: Nikon D300, f/4.8, 1/500 sec, 60mm (=90mm), ISO 3200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D300
Aperture:	f/4.8
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	60mm (35mm equivalent: 90mm)
ISO:	3200
Exposure Bias:	+2 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Auto
Gain Control:	High gain up
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
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