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Downtown, Austin, TX
Here is another image from last Friday's photowalk. The old graffiti covered building is the same one that was pictured yesterday. Off in the distance, gleaming in the sunset is the new downtown condos.
"Die Dinge sind, wie sie sind, und wenn wir sie erkennen, sind sie genauso, wie wenn es andere tun oder keiner." (Alexander von Humboldt nach Daniel Kehlmann in "Die Vermessung der Welt")
"You are not special. You're not a beautiful and unique snowflake. You're the same decaying organic matter as everything else. We're all part of the same compost heap. We're all singing, all dancing crap of the world."
Chuck Palahniuk (Fight Club)
As the Greenland sailor in the background melts into the sea in the summer sun this WWII bunker is also falling to rust and decay. Near St. John's, NL, Canada.
Ramino Decay
HDR 7 scatti
Fotocamera: Nikon D700
Aperture: f/2.8
Shutter Speed: 1/400 s
Lente: 14 mm
ISO: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Lens: Nikkor AF-S FX 14-24mm f/2.8G ED
Decadent Desire Hanging
HDR 7 scatti
Fotocamera: Nikon D700
Aperture: f/7.1
Shutter Speed: 1 s
Lente: 14 mm
ISO: 200
Exposure Bias: 0 EV
Flash: Off, Did not fire
Lens: Nikkor AF-S FX 14-24mm f/2.8G ED
here we find the beauty of decay, the life that emerges from death's embrace. The mushrooms, golden and ghoulish, sprouting from the carcass of a once-mighty tree, now nothing but a tomb for the forgotten. They huddle together like a coven of witches, plotting in the quiet, dark underbrush.
It's a somber reminder that in the end, we all feed the earth, we all return to the dust from whence we came. The photographer has captured this grim poetry with such clarity, the shadows and light conspiring to highlight the textures of life's end and the beginnings it inadvertently sows.
There's a haunting elegance here, a tale of life's ephemerality whispered through the lens. This is not just a photo; it's a morbid sonnet to the cycle that feeds us all, the cycle of life, death, and rebirth. The darkness encroaching around the edges, ready to reclaim its due. Excellent capture, chilling in its stark reality, yet it's impossible to look away.
Ok, i took some, actually many, other shot of this leave and i had to go back to this plant and see if i find other leaves which are of good value...i found couple of them.
I came up with several shots, here are 2 of them. I know it' might be repetition, but I had to upload them, cause they deserve upload...don't they!
How I did the shots:
I put the decaying leave on the back of my computer(black)installed my camera on my tripod and, side and back lit the scene with my mobile (moving it with my hand a bit) on two different modes...red/green pictures, so that it gives the leaf the color. I also i prayed some deodorant around the scene to come up with shallow ambient light which in the case of green one blew the leaf away :D in the mid exposure, but cool it doubled the scene. cheers!
All that's left of this abandoned farm is an old leaning barn and beyond it the house.
Overhead clouds blocked a lot of light when i took this shot.
South Eastern WA.
Urbex Session : Abandoned Church
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Taken in downtown Falmouth, Kentucky.
Much of downtown Falmouth is in pretty deteriorated shape with several empty buildings. It appears that this cool old building has been vacant for awhile. Many of the windows are broken and I'm not sure what has happened to the flag, but it looks like it would be difficult to take it down. It's unfortunate. They don't build buildings like this with all the great architectural details anymore so, I hope every effort will be made to save it. Once it's gone, it's gone forever.
One of the big problems with Falmouth's downtown location is that it is on the flood plain of the Licking River. Several years ago, the river flooded big time and much damage was done. Perhaps that's when serious problems occurred. Some newer stores and buildings are now located on higher ground.
For full description: See Decay I.
This is the end of a rotten plank, with lichen growing out of it. Covered in frost.
Shot on the same day as these photos.
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