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From the lens "Abandoned Places" .
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Tipi
Apr 12, 2012 @ 1:14 pm | delete
- Oh, I love stuff like this! :)
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ratso Apr 12, 2012 @ 2:01 pm | delete
- Thank you Tipi, I appreciate the comment.
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thatgrrl
Mar 31, 2012 @ 2:43 am | delete
- I started a UE lens but never finished it. Just decided to get it done. Might stay awake long enough to do it tonight. Thanks for your comment, years ago now. I'm adding a link back to this post on mine.
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- thank you for the link back, thatgrrl I appreciate it, and I hope you are able to get your lens finished soon.
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MelonyVaughan
Mar 10, 2012 @ 11:30 pm | delete
- What a beautiful lens!
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- Thank you so much Melony I really appreciate it. :)
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sandyspider
Dec 30, 2011 @ 10:38 am | delete
- Love the photos and lens. Blessed! Please add this to my Christmas Gifts and Blessings lens.
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- Thank you Sandy for the comment and blessing, I appreciate it.
I'm not sure how to add my lens to yours but I'll figure it. :)
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inksploration
Nov 12, 2011 @ 4:02 am | delete
- ooh, great to see an article on this! So many people overlook the rotting, peeling paint and the derelict states of objects and places. But these are often rich in their stories and history. Thank you for sharing your inspirations.
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- Thank you so much inksploration, I'm always happy to hear such kind comments.
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AtomicGirl
Oct 29, 2011 @ 8:54 pm | delete
- Wow, what gorgeous photographs! Makes me want to get back into photography again. :-)
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- Thank you so much AtomicGirl, i happy that it inspires you in such a way.
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curlykale
Oct 16, 2011 @ 3:06 am | delete
- I have a minor obsession with such abandoned places, haunting...
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- Thank you so much CurlyKale, it's been an obsession of mine too since childhood and one I often look back on.
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ZodiacImmortal
Sep 15, 2011 @ 2:31 pm | delete
- Added you to my Featured lenses on my http://www.squidoo.com/yonkersny lens
being you had a couple bits of (as we call it here) NEw Roc City (new Rochelle)
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- Thank you Zodiak, I really appreciate that.
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EMangl
Aug 3, 2011 @ 4:59 am | delete
- you are everywhere :-)
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- yes I am Erich, yes I am. lol
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pinkiepink
Jul 20, 2011 @ 2:14 pm | delete
- Nice lens. I love looking at pictures of abandonment - homes, old buildings, vehicles, etc. I wish I lived in an area where there was some of those structures and such so I could go traipsing around taking pictures.
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- Thank you Pinkiepink, I appreciate the comment, If you have any surrounding historic towns in your area you may find some there also old railroad towns and mining towns too are great for finding shots.
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linhah
May 13, 2011 @ 1:10 pm | delete
- Haunting work.
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- Thank you Linhah. :)
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Rewards4life May 5, 2011 @ 9:31 am | delete
- Great lens (so me as well!!) Recently, I've found this forum http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/ you might want to check it out (especially the "hospitals and asylums" topic, great fun) Thanks for shairng, Richard. Well done!!
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- Thank you so much and I'll be sure to check out your link to that forum. :)
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BubblesRFun
Mar 27, 2011 @ 1:06 pm | delete
- O' I just loved this lens..Great job thanks:)
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- Thank you so much BubblesRFun, I really appreciate it. :)
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katforeman
Mar 5, 2011 @ 8:53 pm | delete
- Great Lens enjoyed my voyage back,always love the black and white photos and film
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- Thank you Katforeman, I appreciate it.
Film both color and b/w was always a favorite of mine too for capturing images.
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LikinTrikin
Feb 26, 2011 @ 9:23 pm | delete
- Great lens, your photos are absolutely gorgeous
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- Thank you so much LikinTrikin, I very much appreciate it.
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CastleRoy
Feb 22, 2011 @ 5:11 am | delete
- I am loving the photos amazing you give these places new meaning new life mystery and so much more wonderful Lens
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- Thank you so much CastleRoy, I very much appreciate it. :)
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ViolinStudent Jan 20, 2011 @ 4:04 pm | delete
- The farmhouse and the train are wonderful photos. Thank you! Fabulous!
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- Thank you so much ViolinStudent, I very much appreciate it.
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bakerwoman Jan 17, 2011 @ 11:43 pm | delete
- All these abandoned places you have photographed and shared with us exude some charm, mystery and even loneliness. At one time or another, these places were bustling with life. It allowed my imagination to run wild. If only the abandoned car, barn train, house could speak. Blessed by a SquidAngel.
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- Thank you so much Bakerwoman.
Indeed these places each tell there own story to anyone who wishes to listen.
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angelofmusic71584
Jan 14, 2011 @ 1:23 pm | delete
- I would love to shoot the place in spencer, nc. Is it possible to still go there. Do I need to contact anyone?
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- Thank you Angelofmusic for visiting.
Most all of it is open to the public now and is part of the North Carolina Transportation Museum.
My photographs were taken as far back as 1979 -1980 when I lived in the area and when the NCTM first acquired the land from Southern Railroad, it changed a lot since then with many restorations.
You can find more information here..
http://www.nctrans.org/
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DecoratingforEvents
Dec 26, 2010 @ 9:50 am | delete
- Abandoned places give us the opportunity to use our imaginations as well as research history to find out what it used to be. Thanks for sharing your beautiful photos!
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- Thank you so much your comment, I agree the interest it brings me makes me even more curious.
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SofiaMann
Dec 12, 2010 @ 5:03 pm | delete
- Beautiful pictures. Thanks for sharing.
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- Thank you so much Sofia for stopping by and commenting, I appreciate it.
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sorana
Nov 24, 2010 @ 7:14 am | delete
- What an interesting idea for a lens. There is something mysterious surounding these abandoned places/objects. I always wonder ... why? what happened?... and think of the day they were once new and full of laughter. Thanks.
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- Thank you Sorana for visiting and commenting.
Those are some of the reasons of what attracts me to them also.
I'm glad you enjoyed my lens. :-)
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Tipi
Nov 16, 2010 @ 10:59 pm | delete
- Abandoned places seem to have quite a draw to us. Last year I was drawn to an old abandoned stone campfire ring and wanted to take a piece of it but just took a picture. Your pictures and stories are swesome, I had a delightful time taking it all in! Thank you!
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- Thank you Tipi I'm glad you enjoyed it.
Indeed there are some among us who appreciate the beauty and mystery of abandoned places and objects. As one writer here put it, that it generally starts in your childhood when exploring old buildings was play and then it grows from there. Some hold on to it all their lives while others seem to let it go.
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Lemming13 Oct 27, 2010 @ 10:20 am | delete
- What marvellous, atmospheric photos! I'm glad to know there are other people out there who can perceive the beauty of these lost locations and creations. Thanks for sharing.
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- Thank you so much Lemming13, I myself too was very glad yet surprised after creating this lens to find so many like minded people who appreciate and treasure abandoned places all over the world.
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jp1978
Oct 24, 2010 @ 10:30 am | delete
- This is a great hobby! When we were kids we used to explore abandoned houses and try to scare each other. Ruins of all kinds fascinate me.
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- Thank you jp1978 I appreciate it.
Yes..That's how how the hobby started with me too, my dad was a superintendent of an old office building in NY where we lived in an apartment within the building itself, the basement was the scariest part of the building being dark and huge, my brother and I explore it and then scare the wits out of each other in the process along with occasional friends too. :)
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Ramkitten
Oct 22, 2010 @ 10:52 pm | delete
- I love this! The theme, the photos, the stories about these abandoned places and things. Great job!
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- Thank Ramkitten, I really appreciate it.
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newbizmau Oct 11, 2010 @ 9:04 pm | delete
- I enjoyed the pictures. It's fascinating.
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- Thank you so much Newbizmau, I really appreciate you taking the time to look and comment.
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Stazjia
Sep 22, 2010 @ 7:19 am | delete
- I've always been fascinated by abandoned buildings. They often look so sad, particularly those that were obviously once people's homes. Great lens with wonderful pictures - blessed by an Angel.
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- Thank you so much Stazjia, I appreciate it and I'm glad you enjoy my lens. :)
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WeddingZazzle
Jun 26, 2010 @ 8:02 am | delete
- Blessed by a SquidAngel :)
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- Thank you WeddingZazzle, I very much appreciate it. :)
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Fin
May 18, 2010 @ 7:08 pm | delete
- This is a brilliant lens! I specialize in historic properties and this lens really spoke to me! I love it!
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- Thank you Fin, I appreciate it.
Exploring abandoned places was one of my favorite hobbies during the 1970's and 80's. For sure these old buildings had a story to tell and I loved being able to record them.
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pmharriss
Feb 28, 2010 @ 3:58 pm | delete
- Nice work - but just as an FYI, I believe that the film & method you used for one for your shots was infrared, not inferred. It's a film that is hard to find today, and converting digital cam's is expensive.
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- Thank you pmharriss for your kind comment and also for catching my typo (I just corrected it).
Indeed they quit selling the Infrared film a few years back but I'm glad I was able to shoot several roles of it over the past few decades before they did. I have thought about the digital conversions but I think there may be a way to do it with Photoshop.
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WhiteOak50
Feb 10, 2010 @ 12:52 pm | delete
- I love this lens!! I have always liked black and white photography, but I especially like the thought of you giving attention to something that everyone has forgotten or left behind.
Make sense? "Blessed by a SquidAngel"
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- Thank you so much WhiteOak50,
Indeed it does make sense.. I think that's what many visitors including yourself feel when they stop in, I was reluctant in the beginning for starting such a lens because I really thought people wouldn't find it interesting but to my surprise it has been a very active lens from the start.
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- Thank you GuiltyPleasures, One of my first shots I ever took of this subject type was "The Back Shop" (above), the whole freight yard was a treasure both inside the buildings and out. I guess I have a love for old relics and neglected things which makes shooting this type of subjects rather easy for me.
Trust me if you have the passion for this whether you know it or not it will come natural to you when you start shooting this stuff. :)
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guiltypleasures
Nov 5, 2009 @ 11:26 am | delete
- Love your black and white photography and the subject matter ot it. I too love abandoned buildings and such and now I'm even more inspired to take my camera out and do some exploring again.
Great lens!
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- Hi Naturegirl17, no I can't say I have, is there a link you can post?
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naturegirl7 Oct 15, 2009 @ 7:18 pm | delete
- Hi Ratso, Loved the pictures. Have you seen the Zazzle "How-to" lenses on how to feature your work without using the Zazzle module?
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- Thank you Fatih I really appreciate your kind comments and rating, the old house was photographed with infrared film to produce that dreamy look.
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Fatih
Jul 22, 2009 @ 6:25 pm | delete
- Hey there ratso, great work. I really liked the dreamy looking house....Wow that really caught my attention. I was in The UAE and came across some old houses that were abandoned the house was telling me the story. It was fascinating find. ratso beautiful photography......high 5s to ya..........!
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- Thank you AC, I really appreciate your kind comment and rating.
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AppalachianCountry
Jul 7, 2009 @ 8:07 am | delete
- Wow! Awesome lens. We really enjoyed it. You have a wonderful gift. The pics are beautiful. 5 stars*****
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- Thank you EelKat, I appreciate it. :)
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EelKat Jun 24, 2009 @ 3:29 am | delete
- Dropping a note to let you know this lens was blessed.
~EK
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- Thank you WZ, it seems to be the most popular of my three. :)
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WeddingZazzle
Apr 29, 2009 @ 12:35 pm | delete
- Nice lense Ratso!
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- Thank you oneskms, indeed black and white works best with this type of subject in my opinion, it enhances the character of these places and gives it a sense of mystery.
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oneskms
Apr 12, 2009 @ 9:38 am | delete
- Some great pics, I'm no photography expert but the black and white seems to bring out an eariness and 'ghostly' type feeling to them. You get the impression from the photo's that these are indeed abandoned places and possibly not been visited in years. Congrats
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- I find that everything has a story to tell and abandoned or decaying places are no different, they share with us their history, their happy times and their sorrows, one only has to open there mind to see it. Thank you dc64 for noticing and for a wonderful comment.
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dc64
Apr 5, 2009 @ 9:12 pm | delete
- Wow, I'm so glad a happened upon this. Your pictures are so haunting, and so well done that I could feel the loneliness of them. I can imagine the sounds of the wind howling, the water slapping against the bridge, the ghostly laughter of families long gone, the creaking of the rusting train...what a journey.
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- Thanks again Marek, one of the cool things about Egmont Key is it is only accessible by boat and its early history makes it most unique but I agree there is something magical about it. Usually places with such history speaks out in both vibes and imagination it is common for me to feel such vibes when visiting old fortresses and battlefields while my imagination can picture the scenes in my head as if it was happening in front of me, one place that I really felt vibes was when I visited the old Andersonville civil war Prison in Georgia and stood on the ground where most of the northern prisoners died from malnutrition, talk about powerful !
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MarekSurman
Mar 31, 2009 @ 2:28 pm | in reply to ratso | delete
- i fully agree with you. But in this photos.. there is something magic..I really like -The Egmont Key Ruins photo¨, thats great.
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- Thank you Marek for your kind words, photographing them is only half the fun, exploring them is the best part.
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MarekSurman
Mar 31, 2009 @ 6:21 am | delete
- This is really interesting! I love photographing and photos like yours made impression on me.
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- Thank you Swisstoons, No worries I'm still learning too. :)
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Swisstoons
Mar 27, 2009 @ 5:16 pm | delete
- Hi, Richard. I remember visiting, and thoroughly enjoying, your Abandoned Places Gallery at Zazzle. Excellent photos...and an excellent topic to explore. 5-starring and Favoriting this lens. Thank you for joining my FC. I would've reciprocated earlier but am still getting my sea legs here at Squidoo. But better late than never; I have joined now. Keep up the terrific work!
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- Thank you timmyjji I appreciate it, it's been a hobby of mine way before it was classified with a title or as an art form. I been interested in this since I was a kid in the 60's when I was always into exploring abandoned places in my hometown, once I got my first camera in the late 70's after high school it became more of a passion and an art, I photographed these places mostly for my own personal satisfaction at the time now with the internet I have connected with many that share this passion and also sell prints online.
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timmyjji
Mar 25, 2009 @ 2:15 pm | delete
- Great lens 5* stars..I'm really liking your Len's...
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- Thank you LiStra I appreciate that, I am really surprised on the popularity of not only this lens but abandoned places as a subject in whole. Apparently it reached a level where it holds water in the world of art and appreciation.
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LiStra
Mar 24, 2009 @ 10:06 pm | delete
- Awesome Lens!
I love abandoned places... all my friends will attest to that!
5 star :)
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- Thank you Maura I appreciate that, The Georgia Farmhouse image was always one of my favorites of the B/W photos.
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Mar 22, 2009 @ 8:21 am | delete
- Thanks for stopping by my second lens :) I was reading about the shot you took in Andersonville, GA and I really like how you describe how you got the contrasty look. I love that kind of effect but was never sure how it was created. Now I do. :)
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- Thank you CM, indeed it is a bit unusual for a lens. :)
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cheerfulmadness
Mar 15, 2009 @ 1:46 pm | delete
- Great photographs ( I enjoyed "Hidden Beauty" :D) and a very interesting lens: 5 stars and favourited.
All the best,
Cheerful Madness!!
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- Thanks Daria I appreciate that, I must admit I was a bit shocked 25 years after the fact of shooting many of these photos that they have more of an interest now then they did when they were taken. Since then images such as these have been given a classification "Abandoned Places" in art photography under "Urban Exploration", which both are fairly new titles.
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- Thank you Maura, I really appreciate it.
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daria369
Mar 11, 2009 @ 8:59 pm | delete
- This was one great lens for me to visit, Love the photographs and nostalgia that abandoned places radiate. Great job!!!
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Mar 10, 2009 @ 11:25 am | delete
- Wow, this is really an interestig lense. Great photography and the interesting stories behind it.What more can you ask for? 5***** is what I say! -Maura
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- Thank you so much Aquavel, it is almost when I record such images these old buildings just speak out visually producing a soulful event just waiting to be captured.
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Aquavel
Feb 26, 2009 @ 7:01 pm | delete
- Your photos are the best! You know how to truly capture the soul of a place and your photographs are breathtaking! My favorite is "Georgia Farmhouse."
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- Thank you so much BowNRanch, What I find most interesting are those others like yourself who share a love of some sorts of old decayed buildings and places, without the internet I would of thought I was the only one who loved this stuff but I find there are thousands upon thousands all over the world who share such a rarity of art as this.
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BowNRanch
Feb 21, 2009 @ 10:31 am | delete
- Your Georgia Farmhouse is so gripping. I too enjoy abandoned places and items. You have inspired me to capture my own. Just beautiful! Congratulations on your creativity.
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- Thank you jouzapuxasz, there's a never ending supply of places like these just ready to be photographed. :)
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juozapuxasz
Feb 8, 2009 @ 1:09 am | delete
- great lens. I love it :)
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- Thank you Swisstoons I appreciate your comment, Thats how I am when I get to these places I can just hang out there for hours taking it in and photographing it's still somewhat living character, to me it's a gateway into the past.
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Swisstoons
Feb 7, 2009 @ 9:28 am | delete
- You've done an excellent job capturing what I would call the "muted energy" of these places and things. Years ago, when I was stationed at Sandia Base in Albuquerque, I would sometimes go hiking in the rolling hills around Tijeras Canyon. I recall finding, well off the beaten path, what was left of an small old ramshackle building which, from the looks of it, I assumed was used by a lone miner sometime back in the 1800's. I sat there for about an hour just soaking up the "feel" of the place. Looking forward to seeing more of your work.
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- Thank you Ohme for the kind words, Though I been doing this type of photography for over 30 years I didn't even know the name "Urban Exploration" existed until only a year ago when I was surfing the net for others like myself who does this type of photography, even as a kid in the 1960's before I had a camera I was always exploring such places around my neighborhood so when I first bought a camera in 1978 I couldn't wait to record images of these structures and objects, so I guess you can say it's always been in me even before I understood what it was. :)
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OhMe Feb 4, 2009 @ 11:38 am | delete
- Oh me! These are wonderful photographs. I think abandoned places are so interesting and I am prone to let my mind think about the people that once kept the place alive. You have captured these places with your camera and your wonderful photographs makes my imagination go wild. I thoroughly enjoyed this lens and learned a new term, "Urban Exploration". I never knew what it was called.
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- Thank you paperfacets for your comment, I enjoy photographing these places just as much as I like exploring them.
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paperfacets Jan 30, 2009 @ 9:35 pm | delete
- Cool pictures and lens. I like all old buildings.
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- Thank you so much PixelBunneh, I really appreciate it, to my surprise I have found quite a few great blogs on urban exploration and find myself in awe on most of them.
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PixelBunneh
Jan 26, 2009 @ 4:03 pm | delete
- oh this is awesome! One of my favorite web sites from years ago was a guy who took photos of abandoned places in Europe, I believe his site is still out there. Lovely work ratso!
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- Thank you Chriskelley for your kind words, As scary as it sounds It seems to comes easy for me.
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chriskelley
Jan 22, 2009 @ 8:50 am | delete
- I really love your perspective, Ratso. You capture the lonely beauty of it so well.
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- Thank you LaraineRose I truly appreciate it, Urban Exploration as they so call it now was always something I had in me even as a kid and to see it more popularized nowadays is really exciting.
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LaraineRose
Jan 8, 2009 @ 5:39 am | delete
- You opened my eyes to the beauty and mystery of these abandoned places. A really nice lens!!!
I love black and white photos too. 5*s, favorite and fan.
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- Thank you Victoreeah, I agree their value of a place in history is also hidden which to me is a tragedy.
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Victoreeah
Dec 14, 2008 @ 8:44 pm | delete
- Great Lens, Ratso. It really showcases your wonderful "abandoned places" photography. I feel that there is a certain kind of natural history to these types of places that is often erased and covered up by maintained sites. Definitely captures the imagination.
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