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I composed this image of an abandoned historic farm building while visiting the hamlet of Rowley, Alberta (population 11), a place now characterized as an Alberta ghost town.
For those interested, the history of this town is presented below.
Rowley (like many other prairie towns) was settled around 1910 by the families of nearby farmers to efficiently collect and load farm products onto trains bound for Calgary. The soils in the Rowley region are ideal for agriculture due to their high fertility.
It wasn’t long before the town of Rowley became a hub of activity: large fields were planted, harvested, and transported through the Rowley train station. Between 1915 and 1929, the local farmers built stores, banks, and other services in town so that they didn’t have to travel long distances to get what they needed. A school, post office, and church were built and Rowley was officially connected by rail to the rest of the province.
The Great Depression experienced across the entirety of North America had no mercy on its relentless tear across western towns. Rowley was no exception to the struggles of widespread drought and market collapse.
The grain industry lost most of its value. Farmers – used to dealing with hardships – toughed the economic ruin out and did their best to provide for their families and continue building the community despite the market. Farmers who had overextended themselves upgrading their farms and livelihoods were left being unable to afford the upkeep of their farm and business in town began to close.
By the 1940s people started packing up their belongings and using that new train station to leave town. Rowley, Alberta was in decline. The municipal district office was moved out of Rowley and fires had leveled many homes and businesses.
When Alberta’s highway system was constructed in the 1950s, Rowley was bypassed entirely and left behind. These roads made it easy for young people to leave Rowley in favour of Drumheller, Calgary, or Edmonton. In the 1950s, both the hotel and curling rink burned down and were never replaced. The school and railway station both closed down in 1965.
Calvin Harris - My Way Tuuunes!! 🎧
Why wait to say
At least I did it my way
Lie awake, two faced
But in my heart I understand
I made my move
And it was all about you
Now I feel so far removed
You were the one thing in my way
You were the one thing in my way
You were the one thing in my way
You were the one thing in my way
You were the one thing in my way
You were the one thing in my way
My way, oh way, oh way, oh way
My way, oh way, oh way, oh way
My way, oh way, oh way, oh way
My way, oh way, oh way, oh way
My way
My way
My way
You were…
Pic taken at Cherishville SL
I wonder how long ago it was that this ceased being a cabinet maker? It’s now occupied by an office concern.
Stoke Newington High Street, London. Some old advertising resurfaces above a modern Turkish restaurant.
Ghost Crabs (Ocypode Quadrata). Focus stacked for 70+. Made the background come out odd but over all I like the result
It's been misty and raining all day today. This morning I was looking across the river at the gloom, wondering where the eastern shore might have disappeared to, and then I saw this. When I raced downstairs to grab a suitable camera/ lens combination I returned to see that it had vanished! Then it reappeared after being behind some foliage ... or it was a real ghost ship? It did seem odd anyway ...
... just an old good song ;)
Devenir gris
Devenir gris
One man on a lonely platform
One case sitting by his side
Two eyes staring cold and silent
Show fear as he turns to hide
Aaah, we fade to grey (fade to grey)
Aaah, we fade to grey (fade to grey)
Un homme dans une gare isolée
Une valise a ses cotés
Des yeux fixes et froids
Montre de la peur lorsqu'il
Se tourne pour se cacher
Aaah, we fade to grey (fade to grey)
Aaah, we fade to grey (fade to grey)
Sent la pluie comme un été Anglais
Entends les notes d'une chanson lointaine
Sortant de derriere d'un poster
Espérant que la vie ne fut aussi longue
Aaah, we fade to grey (fade to grey)
Aaah, we fade to grey (fade to grey)
Feel the rain like an English summer
Hear the notes from a distant song
Stepping out from a back shop poster
Wishing life wouldn't be so long. . .
I discovered this ghost in my garden, all excited about some autumnal goodies he'd just spotted!
I thought it would make a nice photo for Halloween 🍁
The Tropico Gold Mine opened in the 1890s as the Lida Mine. It thrived until the late 1950s, by which time the cost of extracting gold nearly equaled the fixed market price of $35 per ounce.
Its owners turned it into a tourist ghost town but shut it down in the mid-1980s, The cost of insurance became to expensive to maintain the business.
I saw these "ghosts" in a store window display on Melrose in L.A. and I was so taken with them that I never even bothered to look at what kind of store it was! This is a straight photo (pretty much) but I suspect you'll see these ghosts reincarnated in some future photo-manipulation project.
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Died last night in my dreams
Walking the streets
Of some old ghost town
I tried to believe
In God and James Dean
But Hollywood sold out
Saw all of the saints
Lock up the gates
I could not enter
Walked into the flames
Called out your name
But there was no answer
And now I know my heart is a ghost town
My heart is a ghost town
Phyllocrania paradoxa, common name ghost mantis, is a small species of mantis from Africa remarkable for its leaf-like body(as adults).
Close-up framing of an Ocypode quadrate, a genus of ghost crabs found in the sandy shores. The name "ghost crab" derives from their nocturnality and their generally pale coloration. They are also sometimes called sand crabs.
They construct new burrows or repairs older ones during the morning. Younger, smaller crabs tend to burrow closer to the water. When they do leave their burrows during the day, they are able to slightly change their color to match the surrounding sand.
Shot with a Canon EOS 700D from Ras Mohamed nature reserve.
This is in a ghost town in Rhyolite which is outside the boundary of Death Valley. There are a few buildings left which you can not go into. I captured this through a window. The light shining through the window gives it a ghostly appearance.
The Ghost Orchid is an endangered species. It grows in Cuba, Florida and Bahamas. It is endangered because of poaching, climate change, pollinator and habitat loss. The sole pollinator of the Ghost Orchid is the giant sphinx moth.
Ghost castle - The ethereal ruins of Kilchurn Castle, slowly emerging out of the early morning mist across Loch Awe.
A hauntingly beautiful sight in this remarkable and truly inspirational setting; the image of a ghost castle appearing across Loch Awe is an experience not easily forgotten.
Dalmally, Argyll and Bute, Scotland
This is an art installation by Maya Lin: madisonsquarepark.org/art/exhibitions/maya-lin-ghost-forest/
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Another long exposure shot taken on the old Rolleiflex. The exposure here was for something like 35 or 40 seconds so the person standing on the right hand side somehow managed to stay relatively still for that entire time. (Thank you whoever you are!)
Note I had to crop this into a rectangular shape from the normal square format because I managed to get a piece of wall that the camera was sitting on across the bottom of the frame.
120 film photography
Rolleiflex 2.8E
Carl Zeiss Planar 80mm f2.8
Kodak Ektar 100 (converted to B&W)
Happy Polaweek everyone! This is my 10th year participating. It’s wild to think how much has happened this past decade and despite it all, we continue this tradition. Hugs to my Polafamily this week 💙
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The Rolls-Royce Ghost is a luxury saloon from Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. The "Ghost" nameplate, named in honour of the Silver Ghost.
This shot was taken at Qatar Motor Show.
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Skimming though my photos for posting to Flickr, I spotted this one with what seems to be a ghost ship floating on the bay. I did NO photoshop work on this, only cropped it slightly. This is exactly what I took when I thought I was just taking a photo of the sunset.
Ocypode brevicornis is a species of ghost crabs native to the Indian Ocean, They are relatively large ghost crabs with a somewhat trapezoidal body. Like other ghost crabs, one of their claws is much larger than the other. Their eyestalks are large and elongated, tipped with prolongations at the tip known as styles. They are common inhabitants of open sandy beaches, living in burrows in the intertidal zone.
Daughters Ghost mantis passed (natural causes) so decided to do a stack.
50 Images focus stacked, lit with 2 LED Light panels. Automation with Qdslrdashboard stacked with Zerene, cleaned up in PS.