111. Dilapidated - July 26-August 1, 2015
Paul-
The WPOTM theme was “Dilapidated.”
Since this word allows for numerous synonymic links to other terms such as…battered, beat-up, broken-down, crumbling, decayed, decaying, decrepit, fallen in, falling apart, gone to rack and ruin, in ruins, neglected, ramshackle, rickety, ruined, ruinous, run-down, shabby, shaky, tumbledown, uncared for, and the every fashionable worn-out, etc.… I was pretty sure you guys wouldn’t have too much of a problem finding something or someone to photograph.
This shot is of one side of the same building I took the other pictures of. There were two things that struck me about it. 1) It might make for a comparatively stark, almost still life-like image if what I had in mind worked. 2) The window was about 10’ up the side of the building. Since I am a strapping 5’5.5” and wanted to take a straight-on shot, this would present a bit of a challenge. I partially solved this by extending my monopod to its maximum 5’4” length—add 2” for the distance to the center point of the lens), and held up my camera gripping the end of the “stalk.” There was a fairly brisk wind so it was hard keeping everything fairly still was hard.
I set the camera on a 10-second timer and programed it to shoot off two images (with a five- second gap between them) when it fired. I made my best guess on where to stand to capture the window and part of the surrounding building in the frame. I tried this about six times. In the end, I got the elements I wanted but because the sensor wasn’t parallel to the plane of the building there’s an obvious parallax issue (that I couldn’t seem to correct in Lightroom 4). It’s not too extreme, but obviously it’s there.
For a more sparing, still life-like look, I used Lightroom to boost the contrast and highlights (until the histogram said “Knock it off); tease the contrast and depth; tweak the sharpness, and slightly adjusted the red and orange channels (remember, this is B&W). Only after I finished did I realize I could see a tiny bit of traffic reflected in a shard of glass in a pane on the left-hand side. I loved it.
Our story so far: Shot at aperture priority mode; 1/50 sec.; f/11; ISO 400; pattern metering; 18-55mm lens set at 19mm; +1 1/3 EV; monopod held up in the air. This is the second shot I have submitted to the WPOTM featuring a window. Compare and contrast it with the one I used for the year-two theme “Overgrown.” I really like that picture, too.
The WPOTM theme was “Dilapidated.”
Since this word allows for numerous synonymic links to other terms such as…battered, beat-up, broken-down, crumbling, decayed, decaying, decrepit, fallen in, falling apart, gone to rack and ruin, in ruins, neglected, ramshackle, rickety, ruined, ruinous, run-down, shabby, shaky, tumbledown, uncared for, and the every fashionable worn-out, etc.… I was pretty sure you guys wouldn’t have too much of a problem finding something or someone to photograph.
This shot is of one side of the same building I took the other pictures of. There were two things that struck me about it. 1) It might make for a comparatively stark, almost still life-like image if what I had in mind worked. 2) The window was about 10’ up the side of the building. Since I am a strapping 5’5.5” and wanted to take a straight-on shot, this would present a bit of a challenge. I partially solved this by extending my monopod to its maximum 5’4” length—add 2” for the distance to the center point of the lens), and held up my camera gripping the end of the “stalk.” There was a fairly brisk wind so it was hard keeping everything fairly still was hard.
I set the camera on a 10-second timer and programed it to shoot off two images (with a five- second gap between them) when it fired. I made my best guess on where to stand to capture the window and part of the surrounding building in the frame. I tried this about six times. In the end, I got the elements I wanted but because the sensor wasn’t parallel to the plane of the building there’s an obvious parallax issue (that I couldn’t seem to correct in Lightroom 4). It’s not too extreme, but obviously it’s there.
For a more sparing, still life-like look, I used Lightroom to boost the contrast and highlights (until the histogram said “Knock it off); tease the contrast and depth; tweak the sharpness, and slightly adjusted the red and orange channels (remember, this is B&W). Only after I finished did I realize I could see a tiny bit of traffic reflected in a shard of glass in a pane on the left-hand side. I loved it.
Our story so far: Shot at aperture priority mode; 1/50 sec.; f/11; ISO 400; pattern metering; 18-55mm lens set at 19mm; +1 1/3 EV; monopod held up in the air. This is the second shot I have submitted to the WPOTM featuring a window. Compare and contrast it with the one I used for the year-two theme “Overgrown.” I really like that picture, too.
Jerry-
My dilapidated photo was taken behind the Mill City Museum in downtown Minneapolis. It's what remains after a fire at the site of flour mill. I like the simplicity and boldness of the the colors. I took this with my D5200, 16-85mm set to about 55mm, f16 @ 1/200, ISO 800. I used a polarizer filter to make the sky pop!
My dilapidated photo was taken behind the Mill City Museum in downtown Minneapolis. It's what remains after a fire at the site of flour mill. I like the simplicity and boldness of the the colors. I took this with my D5200, 16-85mm set to about 55mm, f16 @ 1/200, ISO 800. I used a polarizer filter to make the sky pop!
Don-
This is my favorite photo, its an old shack by the side of the road. One does have to drive far around here to get a look at a dilapidated building or automobile. I considered going inside and taking a flash shot but then sanity prevailed. This shack was a dilapidated building next to a dilapidated building in a dilapidated neighborhood. I shot it at f/18, 1/30th sec, ISO 100, focal 70mm in the late morning.
This is my favorite photo, its an old shack by the side of the road. One does have to drive far around here to get a look at a dilapidated building or automobile. I considered going inside and taking a flash shot but then sanity prevailed. This shack was a dilapidated building next to a dilapidated building in a dilapidated neighborhood. I shot it at f/18, 1/30th sec, ISO 100, focal 70mm in the late morning.
Byron-
This car was gently and loving placed in this position decades ago. You can see how nature has ravaged it and left nothing more than a carcass. in 100 years all that will remain will be the chrome bumpers. I like to think back and imagine the history of things. This car was once the source of pride for some new owner. I'm sure he had to negotiate a price with the salesman and still got screwed in the process. He brought it home and he took the family out for a treat at the nearest Dairy Queen. They all had to be careful not to spill that smooth, sweet goodness on the upholstery.
The car is sitting in a green dominated area. The bare metal seems to have taken on a green tinge. I decided to enhance the color of the metal by bathing it in multi colored light. I gelled one flash red and the other blue.
ISO 400, 18mm, f5.6, 1/40 sec. Handheld with a stand mounted flash on each side of me.
This car was gently and loving placed in this position decades ago. You can see how nature has ravaged it and left nothing more than a carcass. in 100 years all that will remain will be the chrome bumpers. I like to think back and imagine the history of things. This car was once the source of pride for some new owner. I'm sure he had to negotiate a price with the salesman and still got screwed in the process. He brought it home and he took the family out for a treat at the nearest Dairy Queen. They all had to be careful not to spill that smooth, sweet goodness on the upholstery.
The car is sitting in a green dominated area. The bare metal seems to have taken on a green tinge. I decided to enhance the color of the metal by bathing it in multi colored light. I gelled one flash red and the other blue.
ISO 400, 18mm, f5.6, 1/40 sec. Handheld with a stand mounted flash on each side of me.
Deron-
This house has sat empty, unattended to and prepped for demo for about 10 years, I think. It's been boarded up to keep the riffraff out, but I sat in my car looking up at the open window, at the top, hoping to see the ghost of an elderly woman. If you need a house, I bet you and the City of Riverside could work something out.
This house has sat empty, unattended to and prepped for demo for about 10 years, I think. It's been boarded up to keep the riffraff out, but I sat in my car looking up at the open window, at the top, hoping to see the ghost of an elderly woman. If you need a house, I bet you and the City of Riverside could work something out.
Kevin-
Shortly after learning that this week’s theme was DILAPIDATED I began to gaze about looking for the broken, the dysfunctional or the useless. Then I encountered this abandoned industrial building in Anchorage, Alaska. What had it been built to do? Who knows. There were no signs marking what it once was or what it should have been. Simply huge boarded up windows and smokestacks that now serve as havens for flying creatures. The dreary grey skies and clouds seemed to match the feel and I had to go with black and white which seemed to express the loneliness best.
Nikon D4s, handheld, 70-200mm f/2.8 lens set to 165mm, ISO 400, f/8 @ 1/1000 second. Three hours later I was at thew airport, waiting for my flight back to Minnesota.
I like the various gulls, perched on top of some of the lights in the foreground.
Shortly after learning that this week’s theme was DILAPIDATED I began to gaze about looking for the broken, the dysfunctional or the useless. Then I encountered this abandoned industrial building in Anchorage, Alaska. What had it been built to do? Who knows. There were no signs marking what it once was or what it should have been. Simply huge boarded up windows and smokestacks that now serve as havens for flying creatures. The dreary grey skies and clouds seemed to match the feel and I had to go with black and white which seemed to express the loneliness best.
Nikon D4s, handheld, 70-200mm f/2.8 lens set to 165mm, ISO 400, f/8 @ 1/1000 second. Three hours later I was at thew airport, waiting for my flight back to Minnesota.
I like the various gulls, perched on top of some of the lights in the foreground.