Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Area 52: Week 3, Part One (Crumbling Landscapes)

This is a series from a long-abandoned Shell Oil facility.  Crumbling, aging, weathering....  Nirvana for me.

Processing was simple: a wee-little, teeny-tiny bit of cropping, then a preset designed to mimic Kodak 400 film with a tiny bump in brightness, and a little noise reduction is all it took.  I'll be going back to this spot occasionally to catch different seasons, lighting, and experiment with macro-photography.  

What Remains
Full Frontal
I liked the background in this shot as well.  The colorful mixers at the concrete plant on the left, the long-defunct water tower on the right.






Vertical Landscapes Are Go
What Through These Doors....
Not a Love Shack
Reclamation Creeps
Who's Gonna Pay for the Window?
Disconnect
Out of Service
 The following shots are a bit random.  The first is of a former drug house, which I captured as a burned out shell.  I always wonder about the history of such places....  Who built it?  Who were the first owners?  How did it come to be in such a state?  In the week since I took this shot, it has been bulldozed to the ground.  

It used to be someone's dream.....
When Good Homes Go Bad
Finally, a simple branch with some snow.  I just liked the depth of field and the lines; however, I think my favorite thing about the shot is the coloring.  This is the way the shot looks on its own--no post-processing for the color; no de-saturation, except that which came from the light and pine needles.


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