Modern Ruins - 19 photos.

[BLWNHR]

I've been inspired by a few web sites lately which show buildings from the 50's and 60's that are now laying in a state of disrepair. A friend and I went to the old Launceston General Hospital on Saturday and spent a few hours there. All I can say is, you want not for subject matter. There is just so much to see. We will be heading back with a tripod in a few weeks to get the shots I couldn't this time.

All shot with my K10D, ISO100, Av mode with Sigma 18-125mm. It would have been nice to have a 2.8 lens, and something with macro but overall this lens performed pretty well. Thank goodness for SR too. I didn't bother with taking my tripod or monopod and I got down to 1/4 with some shots and still got a pretty clear image.

I've removed the colour information from a couple of shots because I felt it detracted from the scene. All shots are un-cropped JPEGs with just a re-size and mild sharpen in CS2.

My composition still needs a bit of attention, but all in all I'm pretty happy with the results.

Photos are simply in the order I took them. Some have comments if I felt the need. Enjoy.

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As soon as I took this I thought the perfect caption is "Kept in the dark".
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My friend Tim. I was teaching him about apertures and DOF. He was using a Canon A75. Quite an impressive compact P&S.
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This is greyscaled in CS2 with 1% grain added.
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Greyscale in CS2. I love the blur in the leaves.
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[BLWNHR]

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Hand-held, 1/4", f5.6, ISO 100.
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Slightly underexposed but I think it gives good effect.
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I found great irony in this.
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Please post all the C & C you like.

Thanks for your time,

Adam.

[BLWNHR]

To those 40 people who've taken the time to look at these, here is the link to the gallery with 100 photos:

Old Launceston General Hospital - Series 1 (http://www.agsphotos.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=4900)

[Turo]

Excellent pics, very artistic. I really really like the fourth picture for some reason, its just one of those that I find myself staring at, not sure why. :cool:

[tim11]

Good eyes for photography!

[BLWNHR]

Thanks for the comments. :)

I just made a kinda HDR image from 2 I took. I didn't have a tripod on me so there is some PS stretching and cloning going on but the result is ok I feel.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v197/blownhr/Photography/IMGP2068a.jpg

[ducksoup]

really really like the fourth picture for some reason, its just one of those that I find myself staring at, not sure why. :cool:

Yeah, the fourth one (old open phonebook) caught my eye as the best of the lot at first and subsequent looks.

Mike