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Industral warehouse, mid construction, Corona CA 2005, scaned film
This looks good, when its bigger.
i'm really into close ups lately and thought an almost skewed vision of the center of this rose with the spiral effect highlighted makes it feel more like a strange descent than of flower petals.
Leica 111f, 90mm apo lanthar mounted on a visoflex 1, apx100 at 200asa in rodinal 1-50 21mins. sepia toned in photoscape.
A neat paper products mill in the erm 'interesting' town of Leslie, the place is well protected by 'Heavy Breathing in the Valley*' and once in we spent half the time dodging workers stripping the remaining assets of the paper mill, ready to be shipped abroad most likely.
Film shots to follow!
*Heavy Breathing in the valley was fromt the night before, Speed & Myself arrived late one winters evening, looking for somewhere to bed down for the night, thoguht it worthwwhile checking the papermill out, so we sauntered down the workers path to be greeted with a large camera following us, the tannoy crackled into life (theres a tannoy attached to every camera in the place).
At almost concert loud'ness surely waking most of the village of leslie....
"Your on private property, yes you two, your on private property, can you please leave, yes, the other wya, turn around, back up that path please"
the tannoy crackled back off.
as we turned we just laughed that our complelty obvious approach of walking into a site had not worked (though it often does!).
The tannoy crackled back online, but there was no voice, only the sound of the operator breathing.
the breathing became louder, and deeper, and more frequent, and more excited...
it both hit us at the same time just what it sounded like, a lone security guard, suddenly awoken by two young fellas patrolling HIS site, it must hav ebeen exciting for him.
the breathing was so loud on the tannoys MOST of th village could surely hear, we were both in Hysterics, I mean so bad we could hardly walk up the muddy track without falling in it. Thank you Mr Sec Unit, you made our day :D
We slept overnight in a smaler abandoned mill then set out early in the morning via a slgihtly less obvious route, and had relative sucess :P
Manipulated the contrast up and the brightness down on this road sign. It left a very interesting pattern. Do view the large size.
In late summer and autumn the northern hemisphere are packed with birds. During a hectic spring and summer the total number of birds has been more than tripled. Now, this year's fledglings are facing their lifes toughest months. But those who survive the hardships of the first year get the bonus of experiencing increased chances of surviving the next few years.
Some of the birds that tries to endure winter here in Norway dies even before the cold and wet autumn begins, while others manage to hold out a few months before succumbing to the winter cold. Some will fly far south - perhaps thousands of kilometers, heading for a milder or warmer climate. But very few have enough strength, abilities and luck to get there safely.
In this dramatic phase of a birds life, millions of birdwatchers will monitor how this fascinating drama plays out: keeping track of bird species and quantity of visits on our garden feeders; gathering at key locations along birds migration paths to document which species are moving, how the number varies, what conditions they are exposed to, the risks they face and many other things.
Use these autumn months to join your local birdwatchers to experience, learn about or simply admire this adventure, created by millenias on millenias of evolution!