The transformation of snow

Woodlawn Cemetery, Edwardsville, Illinois
December 25, 2010
Photograph by Tom Atwood

I hadn't planned to spend Christmas morning in a cemetery, but driving down St. Louis Street in Edwardsville, looking for snow pictures, I saw Woodlawn Cemetery. I have always thought it was a beautiful place, but too often, photographs of cemeteries resemble creepy Halloween scenes, so I had avoided taking any photos there. Until Christmas Day. The fresh snow overnight transformed the cemetery, the "creepiness" forced aside by this new light that covered Woodlawn, cold and pure as the driven snow. Shutter: 1/30; Aperture: f/10; ISO: 100; Focal length:18 mm