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In the second oldest cemetery in New Orleans I ran across a tomb with this lovely ironwork. Sometimes I find that when I try to capture something large I can do a better job if I focus on a tiny piece of it, and let it fill my frame. In this case a three-inch wide wheel connecting cross-member supports of the wrought-iron fence that surrounds the tomb was better than the crumbling tomb itself. After all there was an interstate highway overpass in the background, and a wide aperture and slow exposure allowed the narrow depth of field to make it disappear. Finally I desaturated the image to allow the textures to come out.