Graveyard – My favourite photo of 2025

By Max Tiraquon

20 December, 2025

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2025 was not a productive year photographically wise for me. A combination of a very minor but niggly medical issue combined with the rarest of things a great British summer and finally deciding to pick up a PlayStation 5 meant I didn’t go out much.

I’ve not lost my love for photography and enjoyed the times I did venture out, really should have done more macro in the back garden but you know there were bad guys to despatch in Streets of Rage 4.

One things for sure I have not stopped acquiring new gear with a Olympus Trip 35 and a Viltrox 14mm added to the collection, along with the camera and lens that took my picture of the year. That was an infrared converted Olympus EM1 II and the Panasonic 14-150mm. The camera, I saw by chance but it had previously been recommend to me by John Greene who said it had the best ergonomics of any camera he had used and I have to agree it fits the hand like no DSLR or mirrorless camera I have used.

MPB did not know what nanometre filter the camera had fitted but I think it could be a 760nm filter as it has less colour information than a 720nm but not quite the true monochrome you would get from a 850nm filter. The lens while not the sharpest is good enough and whatever Panasonic’s special sauce is with lens design and coatings generally make their lenses very good for infrared photography.

I know graveyards and infrared are a bit of a cliché but I like it, time to get it printed I think.

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Colin Robertson on Graveyard – My favourite photo of 2025

Comment posted: 20/12/2025

Graveyards may or not be a 'cliche', but this is a rich but delicate image. A balance across the frame from the dark tombstones, and a lovely theatrical splash of highlight in the foreground. I think it's superb. In fact, it's the first image on 35mmc I've wanted to comment on.
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Max Tiraquon replied:

Comment posted: 20/12/2025

Many thanks Colin, orginally I wanted overcast skies to avoid harsh dappled light but the clouds broke on my way to the location so managed to get a variety of lighting conditions to pick from.

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Geoff Chaplin on Graveyard – My favourite photo of 2025

Comment posted: 20/12/2025

"Theatrical" is indeed a very apt description. Superb shot!
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Max Tiraquon replied:

Comment posted: 20/12/2025

Cheers, Geoff

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Keith Drysdale on Graveyard – My favourite photo of 2025

Comment posted: 20/12/2025

Graveyards are all different and offer an infinite choice of compositions and your choice above is just wonderful. I'm not a great fan of IR but your shot works just great.
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Max Tiraquon replied:

Comment posted: 20/12/2025

Thanks Keith, I agree IR is certainly an aquired taste

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Chuck Young on Graveyard – My favourite photo of 2025

Comment posted: 20/12/2025

The Trip 35 seems to be a great little camera. I found one in a thrift shop for very few bucks ... a friend dropped in a puddle. Oops. I have a thrift store Canonette. Lucky me! Similar idea.
Great photo you posted. Grave yards are fascinating. Especially if poorly maintained.
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Max Tiraquon replied:

Comment posted: 20/12/2025

Thanks Chuck, absolutely overgrown graveyards are the way to go in my opinion luckily this part of the cemetery is in a little corner away from the path so gets no maintenance, there was even a tent there which I did not investigate if anyone was inside.

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John Bennett on Graveyard – My favourite photo of 2025

Comment posted: 20/12/2025

Very nice image, and coincidentally, I came across it right after reading this obituary of Allan Ludwig. Gift link follows:

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/arts/allan-ludwig-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.-E8.aUiL.Lu6p2QpjXxqs&smid=url-share
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Max Tiraquon replied:

Comment posted: 20/12/2025

Thanks John, interesting article if you are into this sort of thing I found this guy https://www.ishewyouamystery.com/ on the ultraviolet photography forum, he tries to restore faded tombstones.

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Curtis Heikkinen on Graveyard – My favourite photo of 2025

Comment posted: 20/12/2025

Very nice image! Well done!
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Max Tiraquon replied:

Comment posted: 20/12/2025

Thank you Curtis

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Art Meripol on Graveyard – My favourite photo of 2025

Comment posted: 20/12/2025

I love the tones and colors in this one, the way the light dances across the frame. Very evocative. It's one that rewards continuous study.
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Max Tiraquon replied:

Comment posted: 20/12/2025

Cheers, Art

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Danai on Graveyard – My favourite photo of 2025

Comment posted: 20/12/2025

Lovely image! Never tried infrared photography before. This image really makes me want to give it a try!
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Max Tiraquon replied:

Comment posted: 20/12/2025

Thanks, Danai There are some articles by Dave Powell on here about cheap ways to get into IR photography. Also don't waste you money on Hoya IR filters unless you can find a cheap one, the chinese brand's Zomei are just as good I could not see any difference when I compared the two.

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Eric Rose on Graveyard – My favourite photo of 2025

Comment posted: 20/12/2025

I have to admit I generally don't like IR photographs. But! I really like this one! The tonality is beautiful and the composition "works". Don't worry about not having the sharpest glass. An outstanding fuzzy photo is way better than sharp photo of a fuzzy idea.

Eric
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Max Tiraquon replied:

Comment posted: 20/12/2025

Thanks, Eric

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Erik Brammer on Graveyard – My favourite photo of 2025

Comment posted: 20/12/2025

The inhabitants are truly resting in peace. Well done!
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Alexander Seidler on Graveyard – My favourite photo of 2025

Comment posted: 21/12/2025

Beautiful Max !
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Leon Winnert on Graveyard – My favourite photo of 2025

Comment posted: 21/12/2025

Wonderful, technically the type of IR photo I like. I too find over grown graveyards interesting places and not necessarily the easiet of place in which to get a descent photograph.
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Max Tiraquon replied:

Comment posted: 21/12/2025

Thanks, Leon certainly I find the gravestones need a little space to breath, some of the bigger cemeteries in the citys were short on space so they tried to speeze to many in.

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Jonathan Murray on Graveyard – My favourite photo of 2025

Comment posted: 21/12/2025

Beautiful shot. Cliche or not, you captured a very nice balance of tonality for this IR shot.
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Omar Tibi on Graveyard – My favourite photo of 2025

Comment posted: 22/12/2025

Lovely shot Max. Always appreciate seeing IR work!
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John Greene on Graveyard – My favourite photo of 2025

Comment posted: 22/12/2025

Max I love how the bold headstones stand out against the IR foliage.

I never did any IR photography following our meet up a while back up but I’m keen to try the SilverEfex / green filters conversion process you mentioned in a previous article.

PS thanks for the plug to my old 35mmc posts.
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Max Tiraquon replied:

Comment posted: 22/12/2025

Thanks John I've kept checking in on your memorial gardens flickr page you've upload some crackers this year, Christmas day 2024 looks like it was a productive one

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