Topic: The Abandoned Thread

[Bob Wessner]

I could kill an entire day and God knows how many sheets of film around that location with the view camera. 

[MötleyRöx]

Amazing srust!  Beautiful.

Lush green grass, and a haven sprung up from the ocean, almost.  Inspiring.  
I wish we could still build like this.

[seaweb11]

beautiful photographs, thanks for sharing them.

[BobbyR]

I could kill an entire day and God knows how many sheets of film around that location with the view camera. 

Sheets of film? Bob how 20th Century of you. 

Beautiful shots, must have been a lovely day well spent.

[Bob Wessner]

What do you mean, 20th century. Photography was invented in 1839, the year before my birth. 

[BobbyR]

What do you mean, 20th century. Photography was invented in 1839, the year before my birth.  

And two years after mine. How did we last this long Bob 

[ofreen]

I may have located Bob's childhood home -

[Hush]

Oh I dunno, a lick of paint here and there.....

[Bob Wessner]

I may have located Bob's childhood home -

 

[BeSeeingYou]

I could kill an entire day and God knows how many sheets of film around that location with the view camera. 

Do you use one.  Never have myself but they are the ultimate in resolution.

[Bob Wessner]

I could kill an entire day and God knows how many sheets of film around that location with the view camera. 

Do you use one.  Never have myself but they are the ultimate in resolution.

I've been shooting 35mm and processing my own film for 30+ years  , always wanted to learn to use a large format cam, so about a year ago picked up a used Cambo mono rail. Very flexible, but bulky in the field. I recently picked up a very nice, used folding 4x5 field camera. Still learning for sure. I occasionally take a decent shot by accident. 

Yes, great resolution when you consider a 4x5 negative is 13 times larger than a 35mm negative. I belong to one forum dedicated to analogue (film) photography. The mere mention of digital will get you in trouble there. I shoot with a digital Nikon SLR also, so I keep that to myself on that forum. 

[ofreen]

My old garage -

[BeSeeingYou]

My old garage -

Green Acres is the place for me
Farm livin is the life for me
Land spreadin out so far and wide.........

You don't have to climb to the top of a telephone pole to get an internet connection do you?

[ofreen]

You don't have to climb to the top of a telephone pole to get an internet connection do you?

Not since we got wireless.

[westondc]

anybody cover abandoned missile silos in this thread? i went with my brother and some friends out to this one http://www.atlasmissilesilo.com/549thSMS_SiteB.htm pretty amazing place. we took some photos... I'd put them up but i'm afraid big brother might be watching  my brother did some research and was able to give us a guided tour, in the dark of course.

[sangyo soichiro]

Has anyone watched the History Channel series "Life After People?" Many of these scenes remind me of it. Pretty interesting series. For some reason I'm attracted to abandoned structures and they are the focus (no pun intended) of many of my photos.

If you like that series read the book by Alan Weisman titled The World Without Us.  Goes into details on what would happen to cities, bridges, power plants, and many other man made structures if we instantly vanished.  Particularly interesting is how quickly New Yorks subways would be destroyed by water.  This cable series may be based on the book but I am not sure not having cable so I have never seen it.

You can watch the Life After People episodes here:
http://www.history.com/content/life_after_people

I just started watching them myself.  Very interesting.  Also just started the book by Weisman.

[Bob Wessner]

I was surprised to learn;

"Thirteen million gallons of water are pumped from the city's [New York] subway system daily.. " 

[BobbyR]

I was surprised to learn;

"Thirteen million gallons of water are pumped from the city's [New York] subway system daily.. " 

And it consumes as much power each day as the entire State of Vermont.

[Magpie]

While walking beside the slough in Ladner.

[hoodellyhoo]

Looks like the kitty wants to go for a row boat ride.

[Magpie]

One more.

[Bob Wessner]

Target practice anyone? 

[Grnrngr]

Is that pic really from 2003? It'd be interesting to see what it looks like today. Around here, someone would have already snagged that up and sold it to a collector/builder or the tweakers would have hauled it in for scrap metal.

[Industrial Cafe]

Isnt that Castle Anthrax from Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

[Industrial Cafe]

ah.