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Part of a decayed Big-leaf Maple leaf that I found today when out in the forest for a walk while watching for an interesting leaf for Macro Mondays.
Yes, it has been focus stacked.
Width covered by photographed is 1.5"
Works large, click on photo or press "L" key.
Another old Havana taxi. But what really caught my eye in this shot is the decaying grandeur of the the buildings in Havana. Admittedly, there's a lot more decay than grandeur in this shot but even so, the neoclassical influence of the French throughout the 1800s is still visible in the ruins today.
"Neoclassicism first evolved in the mid-18th century in Europe as a reaction to the lavish ornamentation and gaudy ostentation of baroque. A movement conceived in the progressive academies of London and Paris, its early adherents advocated sharp primary colors and bold symmetrical lines, coupled with a desire to return to the perceived architectural 'purity' of ancient Greece and Rome. The style eventually reached Cuba at the beginning of the 19th century, spearheaded by groups of French émigrés who had fled west from Haiti following a violent slave rebellion in 1791. Within a couple of decades, neoclassicism had established itself as the nation's dominant architectural style.
Many French settled in the Cuban capital, bringing French influences to Havana architecture. In the years that followed, neoclassical styles also made their mark on the capital, resulting in rather a lot of columns. Seriously… Havana is sometimes called the city of columns."
Low tide in the Cumberland Basin just outside Bristol's Floating Harbour. The exposed mud catching the light and contrasting with the decaying pier.
Second floor of abandoned and decayed City Trust and Savings Bank (established 1918)
Campbell, OH
The bank that occupied the first floor was frequented by steel workers at the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company.
Around 1977, almost all the steel mills in the area (at one time steel mills lined 60 miles of the Mahoning River) closed down. More than 5,000 workers lost their jobs and the bank eventually closed. A dry cleaning company then occupied the first floor. Now, it is possible to visit the second floor of the bank which had been occupied by dentists, an X-ray company, the steel workers' union, and other businesses. (See below for info about tours.)
This bank building is close to the Sheet and Tube Company Homes in Campbell, Ohio, which were constructed from pre-fab concrete from 1918 to 1920. The community is now designated as an historic site. A few of the homes are still occupied, but most are abandoned and in ruins. I will be posting photos of tis site in my Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company Homes albums. (My albums are mostly in alphabetical order so that album will be on the last page of my albums.)
The site is open for tours on Sunday afternoons. You need to make reservations. For 4 hours, the cost is $20 which goes to the preservation of the site. You must sign a waiver of liability because some of the site is littered with trash, has steep steps, etc. You will be warned to look before each step and also that stairs or floors might be dangerous. (See ironsoup.com for more info on arranging a tour.)
See the album created by the Flickr member who conducts many of the tours: www.flickr.com/photos/148081906@N08/albums/72157694005721354
Bodie Ghost Town, eastern Sierras, California.
A photographer's playground, Bodie is full of gems like this. A pieces and parts of an old car in front of a decaying house in a desert landscape. Worth a visit.
The cable car exhibit at Griffith Park's Travel Town Museum leaves a lot to be desired. But I guess it takes time and money to restore something like this, which has been in a state of decay for as long as I can remember.
The Ludlowville Union School is left to the elements. We can monitor its decay since it isn't being torn down or rebuilt. It is most visible in winter, no leaves block the view.
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The cuisine in Cuba is, well, pretty mediocre. Actually, that's being kind.
However, there are a few really excellent restaurants in Havana if you want to hunt them down. Probably my favourite was La Guarida as much for the location as the cuisine itself.
We weren't sure how easy it would be to reserve a table so we walked down to the building at midday to try to book. At first, it was not clear where this restaurant was, but we finally found it in a non-descript building in a shoddy street in Havana (much of Havana looks and feels shoddy but don't let that put you off!).
On the ground floor was the entrance to a seemingly derelict building - but much of Havana is like that. Walk past the mural of Fidel Castro on the ground floor and head on up the stairs to the first floor. There is little indication that another level up is a fantastic restaurant - apart from the tell-tale signs of linen tablecloths being hung out to dry in the tropical midday heat.
The paint was peeling off the walls on the first floor (there is no paint on the ground floor apart from Fidel's mural) but the immediate impression - with the tropical sunlight streaming in through the window openings - is one of beautiful decaying elegance.
One floor above is the actual restaurant itself but I was captivated by this first floor scene which seemed to sum up Cuba in a single photograph.
Three outbuildings on a Washington farm (for sale!) northeast of the Goodnoe ghost town. Best viewed in Lightbox--i.e., press "L" on keyboard.
I have strong suspicions that the center building was once a one-room schoolhouse that had long since been converted to something of use on a farm. This is based solely on the fact that there are windows on one side only* and there is a small entryway--both being rather superfluous for a storage shed. The dormer is a bit unusual for a small school like this, but again, it's even more unusual for a tool shed.
It was much darker than appears here as the sun had set more than 30 minutes before.
This is a Pano combining three shots using my 50mm lens.
The placement on the map is an approximation.
*You see this in the old one-room's over and over--one side for light, the other for blackboards and/or bookshelves, etc.