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The disused railway station at Folkestone Harbour.
The purpose of this station was to provide boat trains to connect to ferries travelling to Calais and Boulogne. Freight trains were also common here until 1968. The opening of the Channel Tunnel sent the harbour area into further decline, and many ferry companies moved to other south coast locations. The last ferry company serving Folkestone was Hoverspeed with their SeaCat services, but there were only two ferries a day, meaning the station was lightly used. The Seacat services were moved to Ramsgate in 2001, meaning the station no longer had a use. The station still hasn't been officially closed, and until 2009 the Venice Simplon Orient Express (VSOE) still served the station, as well as the odd railtour. It is unlikely that the station will ever be used again, as developers are hoping to 'regenerate' the area.
ODC2 - Rust/Decay
20/05/11
Busy day, I'm still making cake..LOL I'll post a picture asap. This is my old shed again, I love the colour of the moss growing on the decaying wood, It's been pouring down here all day pretty much, so this is all you get.lol I took a 15 min break from my cake decorating and I didn't feel like getting myself or my camera wet so I pretty much just ran out, snapped a couple and then ran straight back in.haha
Have a good weekend everyone!
Any help identifying the make, model and year of this vehicle very much appreciated!
Guildford, Victoria
Nikon D600
Nikkor 17-35mm lens at 35mm
3 images at F22 +/- 1
ISO 800
Merged in Oloneo PhotoEngine before being processed and enhanced in CS3 and PSP
Further 28mm LTM Canon f2.8 testing following home service of helical.
Just trying close-up, a bit dark but picked up detail and focus where I put it.
Another shot of Petra from our urban decay photo shoot on Angel Island. The buildings that were accessible had their staircases demolished so you couldn't gain access above the ground floor. This one was a fantastic spot for photos with the open window above the stairs and incredibly vibrant peeling paint.
Also, Petra would like you to know she recycles boys.
Strobist info: natural light.
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Decay:
intransitive verb
1: to decline from a sound or prosperous condition
2: to decrease usually gradually in size, quantity, activity, or force
3: to fall into ruin
4: to decline in health, strength, or vigor
5: to undergo decomposition
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
A fence prevented me from getting closer to this abandoned house, but i could see it had a fire at one time.
Along with the broken windows, it has a blackened hole in the roof and the foundation has a lot of damage.
Rural Eagle Creek ,Or.
This location has been visited also by other collegues of mine so it is possible that you will find similar shots (cf Shantideva, Rivende or Zampano)
HDR shot with just mininal post-processing (contrast adjustments , Lab color mode Highpass, and S curve adjustments).
"How could anybody confuse truth with beauty, I thought as I looked at him. Truth came with sunken eyes, bony or scarred, decayed. Its teeth were bad, its hair gray and unkempt. While beauty was empty as a gourd, vain as a parakeet. But it had power. It smelled of musk and oranges and made you close your eyes in a prayer."
Janet Fitch
Parked trailer full of crushed cars ready for their final journey to the recycling plant.
A wrecking yard (Australian, New Zealand, and Canadian English), scrapyard (Irish and British English) or junkyard (American English) is the location of a business in dismantling where wrecked or decommissioned vehicles are brought, their usable parts are sold for use in operating vehicles, while the unusable metal parts, known as scrap metal parts, are sold to metal-recycling companies.
Other terms include wreck yard, wrecker's yard, salvage yard, breakers yard, dismantler and scrapheap. In the United Kingdom, car salvage yards are known as car breakers, while motorcycle salvage yards are known as bike breakers. In Australia, they are often referred to as 'Wreckers'.
The most common type of wreck yards are automobile wreck yards, but junkyards for motorcycles, bicycles, small airplanes and boats exist too.
Many salvage yards operate on a local level—when an automobile is severely damaged, has malfunctioned beyond repair, or not worth the repair, the owner may sell it to a junkyard; in some cases—as when the car has become disabled in a place where derelict cars are not allowed to be left—the car owner will pay the wrecker to haul the car away.
Salvage yards also buy most of the wrecked, derelict and abandoned vehicles that are sold at auction from police impound storage lots,and often buy vehicles from insurance tow yards as well.
The salvage yard will usually tow the vehicle from the location of its purchase to the yard, but occasionally vehicles are driven in. At the salvage yard the automobiles are typically arranged in rows, often stacked on top of one another.
Some yards keep inventories in their offices, as to the usable parts in each car, as well as the car's location in the yard. Many yards have computerized inventory systems. About 75% of any given vehicle can be recycled and used for other goods.
In recent years it is becoming increasingly common to use satellite part finder services to contact multiple salvage yards from a single source.
In the 20th century these were call centres that charged a premium rate for calls and compiled a facsimile that was sent to various salvage yards so they could respond directly if the part was in stock. Many of these are now Web-based with requests for parts being e-mailed instantly.
The abandoned truck on the left is an IH, but i can't tell what the red one is.
*Steve says the red one is a Chevy.
South Eastern, WA
Belchite, Convento de San AgustÃn en el pueblo viejo.
The village of Belchite was destroyed by bombs in 1937 during the Spanish Civil War. A new village of Belchite was built next to the old village, which remains as a ghost town and a war memorial.
The remnants of last year's growth of comfrey in Horseshoe Thicket, Walthamstow Marshes, on a frosty day.
Along a back road, i found an abandoned barn with a very healthy growth of moss on it's backside.
Rural Wilsonville, Or.