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Joe O'Hara
17-Apr-2010, 19:02
Let us see your photographs of ruins. Here are a couple to get started.

Smithville, NJ: 90mm lens, TMAX 400.

Harrisville, NJ: 75mm lens, TMAX 100.

Plus development both cases.

Ed Richards
18-Apr-2010, 07:16
Highway 90 bridge, Ocean Springs, MS, after Katrina:

http://www.epr-art.com/galleries/a1-favorites/photos/808.jpg

numnutz
18-Apr-2010, 08:01
This is a 'constructed' ruin in a Sculpture Park just outside London. I think it is supposed to be a small ruined chapel, everything inside has been broken intentionally.

Gandolfi 5 x 4 Traditional
Foma 100 in Retro Pyro developer
Direct scan from 5x4 negative
Converted to Quadtone in Photoshop, No fiddling with apart from removing a couple of spots.


nn :)

Jim Cole
18-Apr-2010, 09:47
Cool subject!

Here's one from the Flagstaff area that I took ~2 years ago with a 4x5 and a 6x12 roll film back. Shot with a 110XL on Acros.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4027/4531748220_563748356b_o.jpg

Jim Cole
18-Apr-2010, 10:01
Here's one more from the same area about a year later. 4x5, the 110XL and Acros again.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2793/4531156315_94d024afb9_o.jpg

al olson
18-Apr-2010, 11:29
Each photo below was made using Efke 820c film and a Hoya R72 filter.

This image was made near the Utah-Colorado Border with a Linhof IV and a Schneider Symmar 150.

http://photo-artiste.com/projects/hollysite2009big.jpg

This image was made up Minnie Gulch about 25 miles northeast of Silverton, Colorado, with a Toyo Super Graphic and 127mm Toyonon lens.

http://photo-artiste.com/projects/minniegulchhouse2008big.jpg

Rory_5244
18-Apr-2010, 12:31
[QUOTE=Ed Richards;580793]Highway 90 bridge, Ocean Springs, MS, after Katrina:

That's a very sobering picture, Ed. Lovely as well. Gorgeous pictures al and Jim. Whenever I think to myself IR film looks 'gimmicky' somebody goes and posts something gorgeous with it.

Ken Lee
18-Apr-2010, 14:36
Ian Grant has some really nice photos of ruins on the British Isles and Greece - on the Pyrocat HD Gallery (http://www.pyrocat-hd.com/gallery/IanGrant1.html) :)

Rory_5244
18-Apr-2010, 21:16
Wow.

Kirk Gittings
18-Apr-2010, 21:32
Highway 90 bridge, Ocean Springs, MS, after Katrina:

Man is that sweet.

Kirk Gittings
18-Apr-2010, 21:33
Cool subject!

Here's one from the Flagstaff area that I took ~2 years ago with a 4x5 and a 6x12 roll film back. Shot with a 110XL on Acros.


What site is that Jim?

Jim Cole
19-Apr-2010, 05:50
Hi Kirk,
That's the Lomaki site in Wupatki National Monument.

al olson
19-Apr-2010, 07:41
Thank you, Mr. Lee, for that link. The photos are awesome.

It is hard to get that fading fog effect out here in the American West unless you are out photographing in the snow. It is nice to see it done so well.

That stadium is amazing. Hard to believe what it would have looked like in its day filled to capacity. Makes you wonder what the next civilization will think about the ruins from ours.

IanG
19-Apr-2010, 08:08
And a couple Ken hasn't seen, using Pyrocat of course, and my Crown graphic hand-held :D

http://lostlabours.co.uk/Uploads/ephesus01_sm.jpg
Ephesus

http://lostlabours.co.uk/Uploads/didyma_sm.jpg
Didyma

Ian

IanG
19-Apr-2010, 08:18
That stadium is amazing. Hard to believe what it would have looked like in its day filled to capacity. Makes you wonder what the next civilization will think about the ruins from ours.

http://www.lostlabours.co.uk/portfolios/portfolio_images/aprodisas_04a.jpg

http://www.lostlabours.co.uk/portfolios/portfolio_images/aprodisas_05.jpg

The second image is the view from the later Roman gladiator arena built at the one end, just visible in the distance in the first image :D

Ian

Keith Pitman
19-Apr-2010, 08:32
Abandoned Bread Truck/Camper, Oh My God Road, Colorado

Keith Pitman
19-Apr-2010, 08:35
Mine site near Fairplay, Colorado

Paul Kierstead
19-Apr-2010, 08:49
Citadel of 1000 Steps, near Pitesti, Romania. More like 1500 steps, but I guess who is counting.

http://homepage.mac.com/paulkierstead/Gallery/ro2005-lf-16.jpg

Robert Hall
19-Apr-2010, 09:55
Here is a lith print of the Death Valley Kilns taken a few years ago... 8x10, deep red filter

http://www.roberthall.com/CharcoalKilnsDeathValley.jpg

Jan Pedersen
19-Apr-2010, 11:03
Wonderful print Robert. Need to visit the place one day.

Jim Cole
19-Apr-2010, 12:31
Robert,
Beautiful print!

Kirk Gittings
19-Apr-2010, 12:35
http://i868.photobucket.com/albums/ab248/kgittings/IntroChaco09-1.jpg

Interior of Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, 1981, 4x5 Tri-X HC-110, Tachihara, 90mm Fujinon. Orange filter.

Jan Pedersen
19-Apr-2010, 12:50
Kirk, Good to see your work here. This is a wonderful image, i suspect there was some waiting to get that cloud perfectly situated?

JC Kuba
19-Apr-2010, 12:55
Chaco Canyon - 4x5

Jim Shanesy
19-Apr-2010, 13:45
Mine site near Fairplay, Colorado

Beautiful!

Kirk Gittings
19-Apr-2010, 14:37
Kirk, Good to see your work here. This is a wonderful image, i suspect there was some waiting to get that cloud perfectly situated?

Thanks Jan. I can't resist a thread on ruins. No I was shooting the opposite direction and was starting to take the camera down. I stepped around the front of the camera to take the lens off and saw this scene developing behind the camera. I quickly swung the camera around leveled it, jumped under the hood to focus and frame, switched filters metered and shot. I got off one exposure before the cloud rose beyond my framing and evaporated.

Just one of those gifts from the camera gods.

Jehu
19-Apr-2010, 14:58
American Flats, Virginia City, Nevada:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3031/3505381995_965a86450d_o.jpg

From memory:
4x5 Delta 100 processed in Rodinal
Schneider Super Angulon 90mm
40 minute exposure
Light from a full moon (and some light painting with flashlights)
Overcast night

Ed Richards
19-Apr-2010, 16:21
Fort Morgan, Alabama, pure white lime leached out of the walls by seepage from above, side sunlight on the lime, just spill light on foreground. Tmax 100, -2n development. Take that pyro!:-) (And no, I did not get this one right the first time I tried.)

http://www.epr-art.com/galleries/a1-favorites/photos/1222.jpg

Jan Pedersen
19-Apr-2010, 16:38
Yesterday at Fort Stevens OR. Not much left but it once was a ruin.
Neg scan.

Sean Galbraith
19-Apr-2010, 17:47
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2575/4129419907_9ce3d857c0_b.jpg

Brian Vuillemenot
19-Apr-2010, 20:30
Mining equipment, Bodie, CA

al olson
20-Apr-2010, 13:00
This is a ruin of what appears to be a mine sluice. The sluice comes down the mountain and around the back side of the timbers. There may be an adit above the timbers, but I did not go to investigate. Or it may have been affiliated with the Kitty Mack mine that is 1.5 miles farther up the mountain. The Kitty Mack is marked on my topo sheets, this site is not.

Taken with Linhof IV, Schneider 150mm on Fuji NPS.

http://www.photo-artiste.com/projects/minniegulchsluice2009big.jpg

Jehu
20-Apr-2010, 15:00
More American Flats in Virginia City, Nevada:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3591/3421660318_804884436f_o.jpg
4x5 Kodak VS100
If I remember right, this was a Rodenstock 210mm lens
It's about an hour long exposure with my friend and me walking around with gelled speedlights.

Paul Kierstead
26-Apr-2010, 20:04
2010-04-25. Carbide Ruins, Gatineau Park near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

I'll need to return here a few times to make a variety of cliches :) but it is fun.

http://www.bovinelove.com/storage/otherhostedpictures/20100426-img004-2.jpg

Jan Pedersen
26-Apr-2010, 20:19
This is the remains of an unknow building at Fort Stevens OR.
13cm Rodenstock Perigon 8x10

Kirk Gittings
28-Apr-2010, 14:09
"Kiva Clouds" Coronado State Monunment, 1991

http://i868.photobucket.com/albums/ab248/kgittings/kivaclouds.jpg

Ruins "managed" by the state parks.

Rory_5244
28-Apr-2010, 14:36
^ Gorgeous picture.

Jay DeFehr
28-Apr-2010, 14:57
Do ruined negatives count?

Ruined cement plant, Lime, Oregon.

Deardorff V8

Turner/Reich Triple Convertible, 16"
f45, 30 seconds
Arista APHS Orhto Litho film
I don't remember which developer.

Rick Moore
28-Apr-2010, 15:19
Truly outstanding, Kirk.

Kirk Gittings
28-Apr-2010, 16:00
Thanks guys. I love photographing on the edge of storms. Shortly after taking this I found a pure white chert perfect arrowhead that had been washed out by the previous days rain just off the walkway. I pointed it out to a ranger who said no one had ever turned one in before and graciously gave it to me.

Jim Galli
28-Apr-2010, 17:08
http://tonopahpictures.0catch.com/RhyoliteDepotS.jpg
depot, rhyolite, nv

Jehu
30-Apr-2010, 07:13
Jim,
Did you ever get a chance to shoot the Depot (or bottle house) before the chain link fence went up?

Jim Galli
30-Apr-2010, 09:22
Jim,
Did you ever get a chance to shoot the Depot (or bottle house) before the chain link fence went up?

Nope. Never did. That fence is both bane and blessing. At least there will be something there for a future generation.

Steve M Hostetter
30-Apr-2010, 12:18
depot, rhyolite, nv

Jim,, This building looks familiar.. Hes it been closed long? Seems like I remember going in here before I ventured into Death Valley about 4-5 yrs ago.

Nice shot

steve

rjphil
30-Apr-2010, 13:31
Brown's Mill, Salmon River, CT. My grandfather worked here in the teens and 20's - my Dad and his brother were born just across the street. It had been a mill of one kind or another since the Civil War era.

Jim Galli
30-Apr-2010, 13:58
Jim,, This building looks familiar.. Hes it been closed long? Seems like I remember going in here before I ventured into Death Valley about 4-5 yrs ago.

Nice shot

steve

Yes, seems the fence has been up at least 20 years to my memory. It has been inhabited as a home from time to time, but I don't know it's status now. I love the architecture of it.

Gary Beasley
30-Apr-2010, 14:13
Shot at Barnsley Gardens here in Georgia near Adairsville. Anba Ikeda, 150mm lens, Ektapan film most likely.

Steve Wadlington
30-Apr-2010, 16:19
Ruined shot (Cable release stuck) of Adobe ruins, my eyes are pretty much ruined too.

dynamo
2-May-2010, 03:27
Hello all,

one from Heidelberg. Old freight depot.

http://www.digital-silence.de/largeformat/hd_bahnstadt_001.jpg
Sinar 13x18, APX100, SA 90

--------------------
Volker

D. Bryant
2-May-2010, 12:44
Jim,, This building looks familiar.. Hes it been closed long? Seems like I remember going in here before I ventured into Death Valley about 4-5 yrs ago.

Nice shot

steve

That fence has been up a lot longer than 4 or 5 years. And it's not in Death Valley, it's in Rhyolite, Nevada, west of Beatty.

Don Bryant

Kirk Gittings
2-May-2010, 16:00
Ruined shot (Cable release stuck) of Adobe ruins, my eyes are pretty much ruined too.

I've done a few of these spontaneous self-portraits. They are never very flattering....

Jehu
3-May-2010, 07:23
Nope. Never did. That fence is both bane and blessing. At least there will be something there for a future generation.

Well said. A few years ago, I went on a weekend trip through Austin, Berlin, Manhattan, etc. (all Nevada towns for those who aren't from around here). I was particularly distressed at the chain link fence around Stokes Castle. I have fond memories of that place from when I was 5 years old. I tried to get some decent pictures of it but nothing really worked.

Sascha Welter
3-May-2010, 13:26
http://betabug.ch/ouzo/water/arca/temple_of_dimitra_and_church_s.jpg

The temple of Demeter (Dimitra) and a byzantine church next to it on Naxos. What we can see of the temple is mostly a work of restoration, while the church isn't really in ruins.

Arca-Swiss 6x9, f=65mm (the Super-Angulon comes in handy at times, even if it's a pain to work at 1:8), f:22, 1/30s. Fuji 160Pro S. I noted down the details, but the light and that windy evening will stay vivid in my memory a bit longer.

Rory_5244
3-May-2010, 14:21
^^ Nice!

dsim
3-May-2010, 14:22
Beautiful photograph Sascha.

Jehu
3-May-2010, 18:06
Great work Sascha. I love the sky.

Sascha Welter
4-May-2010, 01:09
Thank you guys! Very much appreciated, though I guess most of it was really just to be at this wonderful place at the right time (and some luck on that one too, as the clouds are always changing).

I'm not yet too confident of my composition skills with the large format camera, still lots to learn there. In fact, even with a compact digicam I get better compositions most of the time, large format is a tough teacher!

D. Bryant
7-May-2010, 14:43
Interior of Pueblo Bonito, Chaco Canyon, 1981, 4x5 Tri-X HC-110, Tachihara, 90mm Fujinon. Orange filter.

Just thought I would mention that this shot graced the cover of the May/June 1997 issue of View Camera.


More of Kirk's "ruin" photographs can be seen in the May/June 2005 issue of View Camera.

Don Bryant

Monty McCutchen
7-May-2010, 15:08
Just thought I would mention that this shot graced the cover of the May/June 1997 issue of View Camera.

Don Bryant


Is that the last issue to come out?

Monty

bbuszard
9-May-2010, 06:29
This is an early 20th century ruin: Rosewell mansion in SE Virginia. Shot on TMax 100; Tachihara 4x5; 150mm plasmat.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2765/4310856184_1921cfaf24_o.jpg

Robert Hughes
9-May-2010, 12:52
Girl's school, Silver Spring MD:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/3115896145_3d438a5503.jpg

bbuszard
9-May-2010, 18:18
Jamestown, VA. The ruined tower is from the 17th century; the appended church is considerably later. Neither was part of the initial Jamestown settlement.

georg s
4-Jun-2010, 10:18
Here's a picture of a ruin I've shot a couple of times before.
I was never really happy with my attempts and this one isn't an exception.
The - to my eyes - perfect point of view is a popular parking place.
Some weeks ago I was able to set up my tripod close to the „perfect“ place but the coverage of my Fujinon-W 125 wasn't sufficient.
Yesterday the parking place was filled and I had to crawl into the bushes to get a view from the angle I had in mind.

http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/1997/ruine20100603a.jpg (http://img31.imageshack.us/i/ruine20100603a.jpg/)

Fomapan100 4x5, ID-11 1+1, SA 72mm without filter

stealthman_1
5-Jun-2010, 18:10
Pecos, NM
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1307/4672809441_af6db7b8cd_b.jpg

Chamonix 45N-1, Schneider 90mm f5.6

jvuokko
7-Jun-2010, 10:25
This was a ruin, now it's almost ruined...

http://jukkavuokko.com/linkatut/lf/45_2010-06-04-4%20siilot%20web%20iso.jpg

Symmar-S 5.6/150, f/32, Hp5+ N-development

mcfactor
16-Jun-2010, 18:53
Now this is a ruin, it is the Grand Jaguar Temple in Tikal, Guatemala. It is at least 1200 years old.

Taken with Deardorff 8x10, Caltar 210-n on Adox 25 in Rodinal 1:100


http://noahmclaurine.com

Merg Ross
16-Jun-2010, 20:52
Yes, seems the fence has been up at least 20 years to my memory. It has been inhabited as a home from time to time, but I don't know it's status now. I love the architecture of it.

Also a bar and restaurant in 1948. Edward Weston ate there that year on his last photographic road trip; he was shooting 8x10 Ektachrome. How about that for family trivia!

Jim Galli
16-Jun-2010, 21:05
Also a bar and restaurant in 1948. Edward Weston ate there that year on his last photographic road trip; he was shooting 8x10 Ektachrome. How about that for family trivia!

What a time machine. I can imagine Edwards (or whoever it belonged to in the 1951 movie clips) 1948 Ford Woodie station wagon parked by the old caboose which was also a home from time to time, and the station with just 40 years of neglect instead of 100 seeming quite ordinary. Too bad he wasn't shooting Anscochromes. The ones we have in our archives at work from that era are perfect, like Kodachrome would be. Ektachrome would be in an awful state by now.

Merg Ross
16-Jun-2010, 21:27
What a time machine. I can imagine Edwards (or whoever it belonged to in the 1951 movie clips) 1948 Ford Woodie station wagon parked by the old caboose which was also a home from time to time, and the station with just 40 years of neglect instead of 100 seeming quite ordinary. Too bad he wasn't shooting Anscochromes. The ones we have in our archives at work from that era are perfect, like Kodachrome would be. Ektachrome would be in an awful state by now.

Hi Jim-

In fact, Kodak sent him an equal amount of Kodachrome, so he was covered.

Your photo was a bit of a shock to one who has not visited Rhyolite since 1968; really depressing to see that fence, but in the name of preservation probably necessary. Can you imagine what would be left of Bodie if it had not become a State Park? Probably a fate similar to Aurora. I'm not familiar with the 1951 movie clips, or have perhaps forgotten.

When Edward was in Rhyolite in 1948, it was in my dad's 1948 Mercury Woodie on a trip he made with Edward, Dody and my mother. It was Edward's last year of photography.

Brian Ellis
16-Jun-2010, 22:06
The first one is an abandoned church in a semi-ghost town near Gainesville, Florida made with a 4x5 Linhof Master Technika camera. An hour or two after making this photograph I rear-ended another car, doing about $10,000 worth of damage to my car (with no collision insurance) and fortunately almost none to the other one. So this was a very expensive photograph. The second is an abandoned railroad station in Venice, Florida made with a Deardorff 8x10 camera. This was a fascinating old building that I used to periodically drive down from Tampa to photograph with the Deardorff. The last time I went they were in the process of converting it into a bunch of boutique shops so I just turned around and drove back home.

Jack Dahlgren
17-Jun-2010, 12:57
A couple from Sutro Baths in San Francisco. The enormous salt-water pools have almost merged with the sea.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4021/4440337364_9aa34f72b4_b.jpg

And the iron bars have become mineral deposits.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2791/4440337210_d6b26e960a_b.jpg

Jim Cole
19-Jun-2010, 06:12
Here's one from a couple of years ago. This subject has been done by many photographers, some famous, but every take is just a little different. This is my version of White House Ruin at Canyon de Chelly, AZ.

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4068/4713702233_fe970b1750_b.jpg

hmf
19-Jun-2010, 07:19
Girl's school, Silver Spring MD:

I'm surprised to see this site, which is only a mile or two from my home, done by a photographer from Minnesota!

That complex was a seminary, girl's school and finally a U.S. Army mental health research center. Care to guess who let it go to ruins?

The Army sold the remains to a developer who has turned the complex into up-scale housing. The Gymnasium pictured is one of the few structures that is still unimproved.

sidmac
19-Jun-2010, 10:07
This was shot on Mt Evans, CO

Robert Hughes
19-Jun-2010, 11:12
That complex was a seminary, girl's school and finally a U.S. Army mental health research center.
I lived in Colesville MD for a few years. The way I heard it, the complex was used by the nearby Walter Reed Army Hospital Annex as an exercise area for damaged Vietnam vets to walk around and recollect their ruined minds and bodies. The Army's goal wasn't preservaton - indeed, the idea was that the recuperating soldiers could relate to their environment. I'm not sure that's the message you should be sending to wounded veterans.

Another shot, this one from an unrestored 6x6 Agfa folder with shot plastic bellows - hence the light leak:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3194/3103504794_59d55d77f8.jpg
Wouldn't this make a dynamite set piece for a zombie flick?

sly
19-Jun-2010, 15:05
Yeah, great for a Zombie flick, but does it belong here? 6x6 is not large format is it?

rjbuzzclick
30-Jul-2010, 08:56
Beehive grill from the late 1930's near where I live.

http://www.restorelilacway.com/Beehive_History.html

Pacemaker Speed Graphic, pinhole lens board, HP5+, HC-110 dil. H:
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/4842363561_af79f8805c.jpg

Gary Beasley
30-Jul-2010, 17:46
A couple of toned 4x5 polaroid prints at the gun galleries in Fort Pulaski near Tybee Island, Ga. Might have been a Calumet Cadet I was playing with that day, 150mm Caltar lens. Lugging a monorail camera around there was a bit burdensome but not impractical as there was lots of room to set up and work.

sly
22-Aug-2010, 22:39
Spent an enjoyable day at Mclean Mill near Port Alberni. Logging camp was abandoned for years, but is currently being restored as a tourist attraction. Still lots of abandoned items in the woods.

IanG
23-Aug-2010, 08:28
Palladium prints of the ancient Greek Theatre at Patara:

http://lostlabours.co.uk/images/patara.jpg

The irony is the Romans converted the theatre to a Gladiator arena building a wall on top of the bottom row of seats :D

http://lostlabours.co.uk/images/gladiators_md.jpg

Ian

wclavey
24-Aug-2010, 12:16
My humble offering...

Zedler Mill, Luling, TX
http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/213254-2/WMC-img_538+sm_002.jpg

venchka
24-Aug-2010, 13:33
Zedler's Mills. Same day. Same trip.

http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/155665-2/Zedler+Mill-1.jpg

http://gallery.leica-users.org/d/155668-2/Zedler+Mill-2.jpg

Since our first trip, the Mills have been "fixed up". It's not nearly as "ruined" anymore.

numnutz
28-Aug-2010, 14:43
Not a ruin as such but a reconstruction. This is Netherne Tower, It was the water tower supplying a Victorian Lunatic Asylum to the South of London.

The whole Asylum has been converted into a village with houses and flats. The tower itself has been converted into apartments.

I would like to go back at dusk rather than a bright sunny day as I think it would make a more atmospheric photograph.

Gandolfi Traditional 5 x 4 1/15th second @ f 11 270mm Tele Arton + orange filter. Foma 100 film processed in Retro Pyro, scanned on Epson 4990, duo-toned in Photoshop (It looks better that way on my screen!) a couple of spots removed but no other Photoshop Trickery.

nn :)

Steve33
29-Aug-2010, 16:52
Apo- symmar 150mm Ilford Delta 100

Trub
8-Sep-2010, 13:18
Still working on get my 4x5 up and running so here's a 6x7 shot.

Balfour North Dakota school. My father in law went through K-12 here.

Jim collum
8-Sep-2010, 13:33
testing out Ektar 100

Swimming Center
Fort Ord

http://forum.getdpi.com/gallery/files/1/2/ektar100-1.jpg

Richard Mahoney
11-Sep-2010, 01:51
http://camera-antipodea.indica-et-buddhica.com/portfolios/portfolio-one/saltwater-door-scrim/saltwater-creek-bedroom.jpg

Door to the Bedroom, Saltwater Creek
4" x 5" Astia 100F, Schneider Super-Symmar HM 150/5.6, 4 s @ f/22

roteague
11-Sep-2010, 22:03
testing out Ektar 100

Swimming Center
Fort Ord


Beautiful colors (and memories - I was stationed at Ft. Ord in 1985). I just bought a box of Ektar 100 in 4x5. I'm going to use it on an upcoming trip to Australia. Any suggestions on using this film would be appreciated.

Ken Kapinski
23-Sep-2010, 16:09
Here is one from some years ago at Bannack State Park (http://www.bannack.org/) in Montana.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nRtb8n1r1RM/TJvYSGPGhlI/AAAAAAAAASY/SbWH_JhV73c/s1600/stairwell+copy.jpg

Horseman 45FA, 90mm f8 SA,Fuji RDP100
My standard disclaimer. "I am still using a a 10 year old Epson Perfection 1650 which I hate and desperately need to upgrade someday which is why I haven't posted any pictures until now."

Ken

jon.oman
23-Sep-2010, 16:51
I like it!

Jon

bobwysiwyg
23-Sep-2010, 17:39
Beautiful colors (and memories - I was stationed at Ft. Ord in 1985). I just bought a box of Ektar 100 in 4x5. I'm going to use it on an upcoming trip to Australia. Any suggestions on using this film would be appreciated.


Love the colors also, great shot, wonderful impact!

I did my basic training at Fort Ord in 1966 :eek: even though I was drafted on the east coast. At the time, all training centers were full east of the Mississippi. It was late November so I thought it was a great redirect on the part of the army. :)

Jim collum
23-Sep-2010, 18:41
Robert..

Nothing out of the ordinary. Great latitude, and very strong colors... and scanned at 4000 dpi, no grain (i imagine you'd get some eventually.. but you won't see it in any print that fits on a wall :)



Beautiful colors (and memories - I was stationed at Ft. Ord in 1985). I just bought a box of Ektar 100 in 4x5. I'm going to use it on an upcoming trip to Australia. Any suggestions on using this film would be appreciated.

Michael Wynd
23-Sep-2010, 23:19
Where abouts in Oz are you visiting? There are LF shooters right through the various states. Maybe a meet up could be arranged.
Mike

William Sherman
25-Sep-2010, 04:53
A two hole out house from Bodie, Ca. Wista 4x5 Rodenstock 135mm PX


http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu287/WHSIII/img026adjprint.jpg


No one said it had to be an architectural ruin......so.....here is a ruined shrimp boat the "Little Bimbo". Coastal Georgia. Wista 4x5 135mm PX

http://i656.photobucket.com/albums/uu287/WHSIII/LittleBimboadjsharp.jpg

Bill
http://www.whsimages.com

bspeed
3-Oct-2010, 21:00
Back Room of a run down abandonded store, Dorchester, Tx.
Shen Hao 4x5, 135mm Fuji, FP4, D76.

http://bryanspeed.smugmug.com/Images-on-Film/Large-Format-Film/babygoneweb/1033001797_NLwsK-XL.jpg

GSX4
3-Oct-2010, 22:28
Carn Galver mine in Cornwall. Took this quite a few years ago now.

venchka
4-Oct-2010, 05:50
bspeed,

Glad to see you back in the fold. Good eye!

ImSoNegative
4-Oct-2010, 06:02
Highway 90 bridge, Ocean Springs, MS, after Katrina:

http://www.epr-art.com/galleries/a1-favorites/photos/808.jpg

Though very sad, that is an awsome image Ed.

ImSoNegative
4-Oct-2010, 06:04
A two hole out house from Bodie, Ca. Wista 4x5 Rodenstock 135mm PX

No one said it had to be an architectural ruin......so.....here is a ruined shrimp boat the "Little Bimbo". Coastal Georgia. Wista 4x5 135mm PX

Bill
http://www.whsimages.com


"Ive never been on a shrimp boat, but ive been on a really big boat" cool image and a great find.

bspeed
5-Oct-2010, 21:34
Woodmens Home, Sherman Tx.
two scans of fuji acros 100
Shan Hao 4x5, 135mm fuji.
have a few more to scan :)

http://bryanspeed.smugmug.com/Images-on-Film/Large-Format-Film/woodmenhome008web/1035895727_TP2wH-L.jpg

the "basement" in another section of the home.
http://bryanspeed.smugmug.com/Images-on-Film/Large-Format-Film/woodmenhomebasement4x5camweb/1035896228_pzLAM-L.jpg

Jon Wilson
5-Oct-2010, 21:45
here is a link to my favorite "ruin" image I have taken....
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3340985

Steve M Hostetter
6-Oct-2010, 04:07
here is a link to my favorite "ruin" image I have taken....
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=3340985

Jon,, I like that muted color !

Jon Wilson
6-Oct-2010, 06:24
Jon,, I like that muted color !

Thank you Steve. My 16x20 print of this image truly "shines".

Jon

AbsolutelyN
6-Oct-2010, 07:39
Remnants of a long lost village, sunken to create a reservoir. Ebony RSW45, 65mm with a 6x12 back. Tristan

http://www.absolutely-nothing.co.uk/uploads/lf-forum/thruscross-612-01-lf-ruins.jpg

sdwfx
6-Oct-2010, 11:38
Here is a lith print of the Death Valley Kilns taken a few years ago... 8x10, deep red filter



That's a beautiful Lith print.
Just got into Lith printing myself. Haven't done any LF negatives yet, though.




Hello all,

one from Heidelberg. Old freight depot.


Sinar 13x18, APX100, SA 90

--------------------
Volker

That's so cool! The contrast is perfect for the image.




Here's one from a couple of years ago. This subject has been done by many photographers, some famous, but every take is just a little different. This is my version of White House Ruin at Canyon de Chelly, AZ.


FWIW, I like your version *a lot*.





Remnants of a long lost village, sunken to create a reservoir. Ebony RSW45, 65mm with a 6x12 back. Tristan



Wow, is this shot somewhere near Rivendell?
Gorgeous!

Kirk Gittings
6-Oct-2010, 19:48
JIM,
Here is my version of White House Ruin, TRI-X, HC110, #15 orange filter, FUJI 120, Maybe 1983?

http://sitemanager.sitewelder.com/users/KirkGittings2359/images/KirkGittings2359111669.jpg

Jim Cole
7-Oct-2010, 03:42
sdwfx, Thanks for the nice comment.

Kirk, Nice take as well. I love all the leading lines at this ruin.

Greg_Thomas
8-Oct-2010, 19:53
Pinhole camera from Lensless Camera Company, Polaroid Type 51:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2632/3842338644_bb7a04c3b0_z.jpg

Vaughn
11-Nov-2010, 23:19
One of my first shots with the Loaner 7x17. Lots to get use to.

I used a digital camera to photograph the negative on a light box, then inverted it. A work in progress, to be sure! I should not have a problem "seeing" in this format -- very close to the 4x10's I make. But it is not the same!LOL!

And old local Barn.

Ritter 7x17, X-ray film (rated at 400 ASA), developed in Ilford Universal PQ Developer (about 1:20, 70F for 6 min.)

Lens: 24" RD Artar

Compositionally needs some work -- maybe rephotographed tomorrow!

zcary
12-Nov-2010, 04:18
http://www.henellfoto.se/st_olof_ruin

S:t Olof church ruin, Sigtuna Sweden
Schneider-Kreuznach Super Angulon 90/5.6
Fomapan 100, developed in XTOL 1:1
Scanned from a paper copy.

tgtaylor
2-Jan-2011, 13:10
Locomotive roundhouse ruins, San Francisco

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5242/5316658003_4bac1db735_z.jpg

Toyo 45AX, 120mm Nikkor, Fuji Provia.

Randy
2-Jan-2011, 18:08
Jamison Mill, located near Floyd, Virginia.
Fulmer & Schwing 8X10
Schneider Campanon 300mm with Packard shutter
Arista ISO 125 film processed in HC-110.

sly
3-Jan-2011, 07:23
I think my favorite in this thread is Robert Hall's Death Valley Kilns. Lots of other great stuff too.

Here's a lith print -

"Crack in the Wall, Fort Rodd Hill"

Crwon Graphic, Rollei R3, Maco multibrom, Moersch SE5

austin granger
12-Jan-2011, 14:31
I love ruins!

Abandoned Navy Compass Station, Point Reyes
http://austingranger.com/web/elegy/67-abandoned_navy_compass_station_the_great_beach.jpg

Abandoned Drive-In, Nevada
http://austingranger.com/web/lights/32-abandoned_drive-in_nevada.jpg

Collapsing Building, Bandon, Oregon
http://austingranger.com/web/lights/58-colapsing_building_bandon_oregon_016.jpg

austin granger
12-Jan-2011, 14:35
Do ruined boats and cars count?

The Point Reyes, Tomales Bay
http://austingranger.com/web/elegy/02-the_point_reyes_tomales_bay.jpg

Abandoned Cars, Tie Canyon, Death Valley
http://austingranger.com/web/lights/04-abandoned_cars_tie_canyon_death_valley.jpg

The Wreck of the Peter Iredale, Oregon Coast
http://austingranger.com/web/lights/66-wreck_of_the_peter_iredale_oregon_coast_new_years_day_tif.jpg

Niland, Salton Sea
http://austingranger.com/web/lights/74-niland_near_the_salton_sea.jpg

Sorry, I go a little carried away there... I'll stop now.

Kirk Gittings
12-Jan-2011, 15:45
Those all are very nice Austin especially the "Point Reyes". What is the explanation for all the cars together in DV?

ross
12-Jan-2011, 16:38
Do ruined boats and cars count?



Sorry, I go a little carried away there... I'll stop now.


Austin:

I started reading Elegy on your website the other night in a hotel room and stopped at about 2:30 in the morning. Your photos as well as your writing are captivating and show a real connection to place. Please continue to get carried away. I hope your books get published as I would certainly purchase them.

Jeff

austin granger
12-Jan-2011, 20:41
Those all are very nice Austin especially the "Point Reyes". What is the explanation for all the cars together in DV?

Thanks Kirk. I'm not sure about the cars-they're right down below Scotty's Castle. I just sort of stumbled (very happily) upon them.

austin granger
12-Jan-2011, 20:47
Austin:

I started reading Elegy on your website the other night in a hotel room and stopped at about 2:30 in the morning. Your photos as well as your writing are captivating and show a real connection to place. Please continue to get carried away. I hope your books get published as I would certainly purchase them.

Jeff

Ross, You just made my day, my week, my month! Seriously, I'm going to file that comment away in my brain somewhere and whenever I despair about that damn book, I'm going to retrieve it for consolation. Thank you.

austin granger
12-Jan-2011, 20:55
Shoot, while I'm here, I might as well post a few more ruins. This will be the last of it, I promise.

Fireplace, Battery Russell, Oregon
http://austingranger.com/web/astoria/10-01_fireplace,_battery_russell.jpg

Battery Russell, Oregon
http://austingranger.com/web/astoria/07-03_battery_russell.jpg

Signs, Astoria, Oregon
http://austingranger.com/web/astoria/03-02_signs.jpg

This last one is medium format, but I like it anyway-ha!
Fire Department, Ilwaco, Oregon
http://austingranger.com/web/astoria/03-03_ilwaco_fire_department.jpg

bobwysiwyg
13-Jan-2011, 07:08
Pay them no mind.. post more. ;) Loved the irony of the fire station shot. :)

Gary Beasley
13-Jan-2011, 08:21
Austin I love the colors in that fireplace shot and the strong geometrics in the corridor.

MIke Sherck
13-Jan-2011, 08:33
Re: Austin Granger, photographs and website.

Keep posting! I read some of your website; I laughed, I cried, I ate an orange. I bookmarked it. Like the fellow above said, if you made a book, I'd buy it. Very fine, writing and photography!

Mike

David Hedley
13-Jan-2011, 14:55
A very interesting and coherent set of photographs, Austin.

Here's one to keep the Point Reyes company - from the Johor Straits between Malaysia and Singapore;
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5208/5352639788_b7c91bdb6a_b.jpg
Toyo 4x5, Fujinon 90mm, Acros / PMK Pyro

mandoman7
13-Jan-2011, 15:05
Incredible image, David.

austin granger
13-Jan-2011, 15:30
Outstanding, David.

And thank you guys for your kind words. And for actually reading my book! I feel like I threw a hail-mary pass and by some miracle you were right there to catch it.

Donald Miller
13-Jan-2011, 15:57
Very nice David...

srbphoto
13-Jan-2011, 17:42
Pilings, Bandon OR

srbphoto
13-Jan-2011, 17:45
Rhyolite, NV

Ed Richards
13-Jan-2011, 19:00
Derelict boat heaved onto the levee by Katrina:

http://www.epr-art.com/galleries/b3-hk-la/photos/237.jpg

Ed Richards
13-Jan-2011, 19:01
A boat made derelict by Katrina:

http://www.epr-art.com/galleries/b3-hk-la/photos/542.jpg

Joe O'Hara
13-Jan-2011, 19:16
All of your pictures count, Austin.




Re: Austin Granger, photographs and website.

Keep posting! I read some of your website; I laughed, I cried, I ate an orange. I bookmarked it. Like the fellow above said, if you made a book, I'd buy it. Very fine, writing and photography!

Mike

Ed Richards
13-Jan-2011, 19:27
Austin,

Just had a chance to look at your WWW site. Great images and a really beautiful presentation. I spent most of a year in Oregon visiting at the U of O some years back. Your Astoria pictures are very evocative of what I remember from many trips to the coast.

David Hedley
14-Jan-2011, 01:06
Thanks, John, Austin & Donald.

VishalMathur
14-Jan-2011, 02:00
Lots of great images here! This is from the Ajanta Caves in India, about 2500 years old. Sorry about the marginal scan: Horseman 985, 75mm, HP5 in Diafine.

Sascha Welter
14-Jan-2011, 03:41
Sorry, I go a little carried away there... I'll stop now.

Austin,

every thread can sometimes use somebody who gives it a new push to activity.

(For example what Donald Miller did in the "Abstracts" thread, publishing a lot of great work that (in my mind) also changed the direction of that thread to a new understanding.)

I think you've done splendidly in that respect and I'm looking forward to see even more of your excellent work. Don't worry if you push the "borders" of the topic!

David Higgs
14-Jan-2011, 04:34
ruined removal van - unfortunately at this size you cannot really make out who is driving!

Linhof tech IV Schneider SA 90
Ilford delta 100

Wealden Sussex UK

austin granger
14-Jan-2011, 10:12
I know I promised to stop, but man, I love this thread! Inspired by your photos, I just had to share this:

Airplane Wheel, Point Reyes
http://austingranger.com/web/elegy/45-airplane_wheel_the_great_beach.jpg

I know it might sound perverse, but I think this crowd will appreciate just how happy it made me to come across this, especially after having just trudged down miles of empty beach. Occasionally, the Photography Gods smile upon us...

David Higgs
14-Jan-2011, 11:45
that's bonkers - like it

jwaddison
14-Jan-2011, 18:14
Makes you wonder how the tire got to the beach. Not from a crash I hope. In any case, I like the photo.

Chuck P.
14-Jan-2011, 18:42
Abandoned house covered in poison-ivy. Horseman LE / Rodenstock Sironar-N 210. D-76 1:1, negative intensified with selinium, print MGIV FB toned in selenium.

tgtaylor
14-Jan-2011, 21:28
Let there be light...

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5247/5356321608_c3ed0fec43_z.jpg

Not exactly a "ruins" but an early morning view from inside one an abandoned officers quarters at Fort Point - a civil war era fortress guarding the entrance to the Golden Gate in San Francisco. For some time after taking this image I thought that the park service sprayed the outside of the windows to make possible the wonderful diffused lighting effect and blocking out the distracting background. It was only later that I learned that the "spray" was the natural buildup on the elements settling on the windows which themselves are infrequently cleaned.

Toyo 45AX, 90mm lens. Shown printed on Ilford MGIV RC Glossy and toned in selenium.

Jan Pedersen
14-Jan-2011, 22:06
Two from New Mexico.
The first from Pecos National monument.
The second from Bandelier National Monument.
Both 8x10 first one cropped

tgtaylor
19-Jan-2011, 23:12
San Francisco Roundhouse #2

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5001/5371576051_d81da5dce1_z.jpg

You can see where the steam from the locomotive was vented to the outside.

Toyo 45AX, 120mm Lens, Fuji Provia 100F.

GabrielSeri
22-Jan-2011, 12:09
http://silverpiscis.com/Photography/DesertPhotos/content/images/large/ruins2.jpg
http://silverpiscis.com/Photography/DesertPhotos/content/images/large/ruins5.jpg
http://silverpiscis.com/Photography/DesertPhotos/content/images/large/ruins3.jpg

Me entries, Rhyolite Ghost Town, Nevada.

northcarolinajack
24-Jan-2011, 06:18
My goal after 40 years in the textile industry is to photograph as many of the southern textile plants as possible. They are being torn down quicker than I can get to them, it seems. Here are 3, each with its history.

Safie Mill- Was built in 1908 and shows the traditional architecture with
the tower.

Loray Mills- One of North Carolina larger mills, later know as Firestone
Textiles. Loray was most famous for a violent strike in 1929 that
resulted in several deaths.

Great Falls Mill-Was built in 1838, burned by Gen. Sherman during the
Civil War. Rebuilt in 1869 and then burned again in 1972. The
remains covered in the vine kudzr.

Jack Harris
www.jackharrisphotography.com
www.facebook.com/pages/Jack-Harris-Photography/109348465760954

SocalAstro
24-Jan-2011, 10:53
Not sure if this counts, but here's my modest contribution:
Charcoal kilns in Wildrose - Death Valley\
Shen-hao 4x10, Ilford HP5, Nikkor SW120

http://socalastro.com/misc/Kilns003.jpeg

bobwysiwyg
24-Jan-2011, 10:56
Nice shot. Love the perspective and lighting.

SocalAstro
24-Jan-2011, 11:04
Thank you Bob - it made dricing through 12" of snow and freezing feet well worth it :-)

dperez
24-Jan-2011, 13:08
Do ruined boats and cars count?

Sorry, I go a little carried away there... I'll stop now.

Austin,

These are pretty cool. What time of year did you take the point reyes boat picture? Also, do you remember the the time of day the shot was taken? Thanks for sharing.

-DP

austin granger
24-Jan-2011, 14:32
Austin,

These are pretty cool. What time of year did you take the point reyes boat picture? Also, do you remember the the time of day the shot was taken? Thanks for sharing.

-DP
DP, Hi, thanks.
The picture was made in April of 2003, sometime in late afternoon. To be honest, in the flesh the boat's not quite as dramatic as it appears-I got down low with a wide-angle lens (90mm on 4x5) and used a bit of back tilt to get it get it to loom up like that. That's how it felt, so that's how I made it-ha! Anyway, I've probably shot it a hundred times, as have a lot of people-that boat's slow disintegration is quite well documented! And it actually has a pretty interesting history, which I won't go into here, but if you'd like, you can check it out on my website-it's in the Point Reyes 'book,' near the beginning of Chapter Two: Inverness Ridge.

Cheers!

www.austingranger.com

fenderbja
24-Jan-2011, 21:37
Great photograph - good work.

jp
25-Jan-2011, 09:31
Let there be light...



Not exactly a "ruins" but an early morning view from inside one an abandoned officers quarters at Fort Point - a civil war era fortress guarding the entrance to the Golden Gate in San Francisco. For some time after taking this image I thought that the park service sprayed the outside of the windows to make possible the wonderful diffused lighting effect and blocking out the distracting background. It was only later that I learned that the "spray" was the natural buildup on the elements settling on the windows which themselves are infrequently cleaned.

Toyo 45AX, 90mm lens. Shown printed on Ilford MGIV RC Glossy and toned in selenium.

Brickwork is often sprayed with a sealer every so many years to make mortar last longer; preventative maintenence to defer repointing which is expensive.

Overspray on the windows makes them look pitted and/or dirty and provides some diffusion. That could be the source of some of that diffusion. Don't ask me how I know this. The low bidder on that work might not have masked off the windows.

tgtaylor
25-Jan-2011, 09:42
Thanks for that explanation JP498 - which just may be the case.

I stopped by this weekend and the windows were clouding-up again but you can still see the outside thru spots. Another 12 months, I imagine, and they will be in prime condition for photography.

Also, the image is from one of the enlisted quarters (3d floor) and not from an officers quarters (2d floor) as reported in the original post.

Thomas

evan clarke
25-Jan-2011, 12:25
I know I promised to stop, but man, I love this thread! Inspired by your photos, I just had to share this:

Airplane Wheel, Point Reyes


I know it might sound perverse, but I think this crowd will appreciate just how happy it made me to come across this, especially after having just trudged down miles of empty beach. Occasionally, the Photography Gods smile upon us...

It also makes you wonder how it stayed upright all these years:D :D :D EC

ghostcount
26-Jan-2011, 21:26
Fort Worden - Battery Kinzie (http://fortwiki.com/Battery_Kinzie) in Lith print

Camera: 1922 Korona 5x7 (with homemade 4x5 reducing back)
Film and developer: AEU 100 in WD2D+
Paper and developer: 8x10 Foma Variant 123 glossy in Moersch Easylith, 8 minute snatch point

This print is going to British Columbia, Canada - I hope she likes it.

http://www.planetrandy.com/Temp_Data/Pics/Pubs/Fort Worden - Battery Kinzie in Lith 800.600.jpg

SocalAstro
26-Jan-2011, 23:34
Bodie, CA
Selfmade 4x5 P&S Camera, Nikkor SW65mm
4x5 Provia 100F

http://www.socalastro.com/misc/Bodie01.jpeg

mandoman7
27-Jan-2011, 06:17
http://theblood.smugmug.com/Other/LF-Forum-Photos/Bodie-House-1c/1169329536_3qMgU-L.jpg
Bachelor Pad, Bodie, CA
4x5 Chamonix:90mm SA
http://theblood.smugmug.com/Other/LF-Forum-Photos/bank-b/1169327290_wMhWv-L.jpg
Bank @ Bodie
4x5 Chamonix:90mm SA

bobwysiwyg
27-Jan-2011, 06:49
mandoman,


Great images. I particularly like the second one, great composition.

northcarolinajack
27-Jan-2011, 07:13
I like these b&w, the subjects are great.

Jack

ghostcount
27-Jan-2011, 07:38
Mandoman,

Wonderful images. I love the contrast and sharpness on the first one. Black and white looks great on these.




Bachelor Pad, Bodie, CA
4x5 Chamonix:90mm SA

Bank @ Bodie
4x5 Chamonix:90mm SA

Joseph O'Neil
27-Jan-2011, 07:51
This building has now completely collapsed, but it is the old Granton (Ontario) train station, that Thomas Edison (yes, that Edison) once worked in as a teenager / young man. Edison's older siblings stayed in Canada after his father fled the Upper Canada Rebellion.

I cannot find my notes, but i think it was HP5+, yellow filter, and my plain old 135mm Sironar-N. It was one of those hot, hazy, slightly overcast summer days, and I wanted to shoot on a better day when I could get some nice, contrasty clouds in the sky, but the building then was almost ready to fall over.

Good thing I did shoot it when I did, because it fell down a year later i am told. Fire away! :0

joe

ghostcount
27-Jan-2011, 07:52
Door Lever in Lith

Camera: 1922 Korona 5x7 (with homemade 4x5 reducing back)
Film and developer: AEU 100 in WD2D+
Paper and developer: 8x10 Foma Variant 123 glossy in Moersch Easylith, 6 minute snatch point

http://www.planetrandy.com/Temp_Data/Pics/Pubs/Door Lever in Lith 800.600.jpg

Bob Kerner
27-Jan-2011, 08:45
Ghostcount, those first two images are spectacular!

ghostcount
27-Jan-2011, 10:09
Thank you Bob for the kind comment.

mandoman7
27-Jan-2011, 11:50
Thanks bobwysiwyg and northcarolinajack. We have a "Sonoma Jack" here, by the way, that is just about the best cheese in the world,... well, let's say america.
Ghostcount, I really like your door latch photo. Closed doors can be evocative. And, thanks for the nice words re my Bodie shots. I had a small window of time to go by this place on my way home and got lucky with the clouds.

Gary Beasley
27-Jan-2011, 13:48
It also makes you wonder how it stayed upright all these years:D :D :D EC

It's called teenagers! Something like that is just too much of a challenge to leave alone.

ghostcount
27-Jan-2011, 15:06
...Ghostcount, I really like your door latch photo. Closed doors can be evocative. And, thanks for the nice words re my Bodie shots. I had a small window of time to go by this place on my way home and got lucky with the clouds.

Thanks John. That is an awesome shot of Bodie - I wish Bodie was on my way home. One day I'll shoot it.

mandoman7
27-Jan-2011, 19:32
Thanks John. That is an awesome shot of Bodie - I wish Bodie was on my way home. One day I'll shoot it.

Its not exactly on the way home from my office or anything. It was on the way home from an audience with a Nevada desert notable.

Randy
4-Feb-2011, 16:04
Jamison Mill near Floyd, Virginia with 8X10.

http://rsphoto.fileave.com/jamisonmilla.jpg

briand
4-Feb-2011, 21:50
this is a shot taken yesterday on my home built 4x5 wide angle camera.
58mmXL. Clean Skins (Russian Film I think). half the bridge washed away in a storm last month. :D

viablex1
6-Feb-2011, 09:31
ruins now I guess,

Nikkor 150mm chamonix 45n-2

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5048/5377670053_e9a24e8173_b.jpg

Roger Thoms
6-Feb-2011, 10:26
ruins now I guess,

Nikkor 150mm chamonix 45n-2



Now this is nice!!!

Roger

Mark Whiting
6-Feb-2011, 22:08
These pictures were taken on an old ranch just south of Winslow, Arizona. I guess they could be considered ruins.


http://www.ianmarkwhiting.com/gallery_5/Road Scenes/ship and travel.jpg


http://www.ianmarkwhiting.com/gallery_5/Road Scenes/kitchen.jpg

Toho 4X5 150 f/5.6 Fuji Tmax 100

Please comment and critique

Mark Whiting

Bruce M. Herman
7-Feb-2011, 00:00
More Wupatki ruins.

Ken Lee
7-Feb-2011, 05:28
Please comment and critique

Mark Whiting

Are you making fine art ? Telling a story ?

The kitchen photo has more information, we might say, but it is not as beautiful. It is more rambling, less finely composed.

The sink image has much more pleasing tones and is more pleasing to the eye in general, even when both images are viewed from a distance, or when squinting. It would be more likely to hang on my wall than the kitchen photo.

Mark Whiting
8-Feb-2011, 13:42
Ken:

Thanks for the comments.

As I look at the kitchen image, I think it would have been better if I focused on the stove and left out all of the clutter on the right.

Mark

bobwysiwyg
8-Feb-2011, 13:57
Not sure I agree. I think the clutter to the right adds to the story so to speak.

Ken Lee
8-Feb-2011, 15:32
Not sure I agree. I think the clutter to the right adds to the story so to speak.

Exactly - That's why I asked if he was telling a story: it helps us critique the photos.

If we're trying to convey the facts about a kitchen, then we see things more literally. The stuff on the right, helps conveys an impression of antiquity.

When we're mostly interested in the aesthetics, then we see a sink as a porcelain sculpture. We appreciate the beauty of the barrel, and the light skimming along the boards.

We can do both of course.

Preston
8-Feb-2011, 16:47
Old Dodge and Building, near Columbia, CA

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/canp/03wi01-ah-Web.jpg

From 2002, I think, with my OmegaView-45E and 210 Xenar on Ektachrome 64.

There is some really nice work in this thread. I particularly like the sink image. Nice.

--P

Leigh
8-Feb-2011, 17:42
I think it would have been better if I focused on the stove and left out all of the clutter on the right.
Naw...

The clutter makes it look more like a real kitchen as opposed to a bunch of props on a set.

- Leigh

Bill Poole
8-Feb-2011, 21:31
Please comment and critique

Mark Whiting

The one with the sink is lovely.

Preston
10-Feb-2011, 21:10
The Costa Store (ca 1850), Calaveritas, CA

http://www.gildedmoon.com/images/canp/03sp01-ak-Web.jpg

Tachi 4x5
180mm Fujinon (IIRC)
Astia 100f

--P

Trub
10-Feb-2011, 21:17
ruins now I guess,

Nikkor 150mm chamonix 45n-2


Nice shot! Where is this?

Sergio
13-Feb-2011, 08:47
Hi at all.
Old door; San Lucano valley, Italy
Toyo 45CF, Rodenstock Apo Sironar 150mm/f5,6 Acros 100
C & C welcome.
Sergio

viablex1
16-Feb-2011, 12:21
Nice shot! Where is this?

in birminham alabama and I have the key...teehee ever out this way look me up..

anything good out your way? I am pretty good at getting permission...:D

Pete Watkins
17-Feb-2011, 04:33
Gracedieu Priory, Leicestershire. Horrid overcast day, B&J 5x7 200 Foma and probably my 203 Ektar. Tilts used.
Pete.

Sascha Welter
17-Feb-2011, 05:29
The Costa Store (ca 1850), Calaveritas, CA

I like the composition a lot and I have a question there: Given the name "Costa" I was wondering if "Calaveritas" is maybe a shoehorning of the Greek village name "Calavrita"... there could be a connection to Greek immigrants there. Well, of course Calaveritas could be Italian or Spanish too... what do you think?

Preston
17-Feb-2011, 10:35
Sascha,

I wish I could answer your question. There was no one around when I made this photo, and I haven't been back since that time. I do know that there are many Italian families who settled in the foothills in the 1800's.

I've been meaning to go back to this place. When I do, I'll try to dig some more info.

Thanks for the comment about the shot.

--P

Heespharm
18-Feb-2011, 02:42
Bachelor Pad, Bodie, CA
4x5 Chamonix:90mm SA
Bank @ Bodie
4x5 Chamonix:90mm SA

What film was used ... Looks like tmax to me??

Pipit
18-Feb-2011, 04:19
400+ years old capital city of Thailand, Ayuthaya.

http://i277.photobucket.com/albums/kk46/PipitJ/LF-55-56.jpg

Chamonix 45N-2 + Fujinon 210mm, HP5+

FredWilson
26-Feb-2011, 20:52
http://www.ipage.fredtj.com//images/photos/images/Old_Adobe_building_sl_24c_rt.JPG

Old, abode in the downtown barrio area (Tucson AZ)

Tower Press camera, 127mm
Ilford HP5+

Jim Cole
27-Feb-2011, 05:52
Fred,

The image is too big to fit on the screen all at once. Looks nice, but ...

FredWilson
27-Feb-2011, 06:56
Fred,

The image is too big to fit on the screen all at once. Looks nice, but ...

Ok, I resized it.

Thanks !

:)
Fred

GabrielSeri
2-Mar-2011, 23:47
http://silverpiscis.com/Photography/LargeFormat/RandsburgBackyard.jpg

GabrielSeri
3-Mar-2011, 10:04
Rhyolite Ghost Town. Toyo 45A, Rodenstock 90mm F6.8 and Rodinal.
http://silverpiscis.com/Photography/LargeFormat/Rhyolite1.jpg
http://silverpiscis.com/Photography/LargeFormat/Rhyolite2.jpg

Gary Tarbert
4-Mar-2011, 08:51
Thanks Jan. I can't resist a thread on ruins. No I was shooting the opposite direction and was starting to take the camera down. I stepped around the front of the camera to take the lens off and saw this scene developing behind the camera. I quickly swung the camera around leveled it, jumped under the hood to focus and frame, switched filters metered and shot. I got off one exposure before the cloud rose beyond my framing and evaporated.

Just one of those gifts from the camera gods.Very nice Kirk , love composition and cloud placement is spot on . Cheers Gary

h2oman
4-Mar-2011, 15:07
Ok, I resized it.

Thanks !

:)
Fred

That looks like an adobe abode! ( ;) I'm glad to see that someone else has trouble getting their fingers to fire away on the keyboard in the correct sequence!)

Robert Hughes
5-Mar-2011, 10:30
...adobe abode...
Thanks, now I've got that stuck in my head, along with a Glen Campbell song from 1967... :eek:

Hector.Navarro
20-Apr-2011, 16:25
Ventana, San José de Moradillas.


Negative: BN45.0342C, Date: October 2010

Camera: Cambo SC 4x5
Objetive: Fujinon 210mm
Film: Adox 50 CHS
Exposure: 4 sec. ƒ64
Filter: -

http://hectornavarroagraz.com/MUSICALUZ/images/32.bn45-0342c.jpg

Liam:
27-Apr-2011, 11:07
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5022/5661399523_ff97a18887_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/53243597@N02/5661399523/)

Crown Graphic / Ilford FP4 'Xtol'

Littlehampton - UK

eddie
21-Jun-2011, 07:05
thanks for the help Pete W.

we shot in the UK somewhere. pete was a very gracious host. saw and shot a lot. thanks for teh loaner, developing and scanning....:)

Sean Galbraith
27-Jun-2011, 18:29
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6032/5879364690_d95a854183_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/5879364690/)
Scan-110627-0006.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/5879364690/) by SeanGalbraith.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/smlg/), on Flickr

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5077/5878068966_2e7c315d7e_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/5878068966/)
Scan-110627-0001.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/smlg/5878068966/) by SeanGalbraith.com (http://www.flickr.com/people/smlg/), on Flickr

Heroique
13-Jul-2011, 16:20
Ruins of the nearby Bogachiel, Hoh, and Queets rain forests (Washington state).

Someone really needs to clean-up all this debris. ;^)

Tachi 4x5
Schneider XL 110mm/5.6 (w/ orange filter)
Polaroid Type 55
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

Kirk Gittings
13-Jul-2011, 16:32
Ruins of the nearby Bogachiel, Hoh, and Queets rain forests (Washington state).

Someone really needs to clean-up all this debris. ;^)

Tachi 4x5
Schneider XL 110mm/5.6 (w/ orange filter)
Polaroid Type 55
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

Nice, ruins of what exactly?

Heroique
13-Jul-2011, 17:39
Thanks – ruins of the inland rain forests, left to bleach in the sun. Or nature’s dead-and-down ruins, once rising tall-and-mighty on the Olympic Peninsula.

Olympic NP rangers never clean-up these unsightly ruins. It’s quite frustrating. They just let the mess accumulate until it gets in everyone’s way. You should see the beaches after turbulent wind storms! It’s been a persistent problem since as long as I can remember, and it probably goes back much, much further. They keep telling me they haven’t the man power to keep the beaches perfectly free and clear – just one example why our National Parks need more funding. If they could do their job, Olympic NP would be one of my favorite places to visit. Until then, I’d rather be in the Cascades – or maybe explore the coasts of Oregon or Northern California. I hear the situation is better down there.

;^)

MMELVIS
13-Jul-2011, 18:00
Ruins of the nearby Bogachiel, Hoh, and Queets rain forests (Washington state).

Someone really needs to clean-up all this debris. ;^)

Tachi 4x5
Schneider XL 110mm/5.6 (w/ orange filter)
Polaroid Type 55
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

Wonderful image, reminds me of the Dungeness Spit when I lived in Sequim.

Heroique
13-Jul-2011, 18:09
Wonderful image, reminds me of the Dungeness Spit when I lived in Sequim.

Thanks, I’ll be walking Dungeness Spit in a couple of weeks.

This time, I want to make it to the end at the lighthouse.

Maybe, just maybe, I’ll bring my Tachi for all the beach-strewn ruins...

Keith Fleming
13-Jul-2011, 21:07
My guess is that Heroique took that image on July 4th. It was bright and clear that day here on the north Olympic Peninsula, and the temperature in Port Townsend was 62-degrees. I wore some light-weight long johns to the beach that night to watch the fireworks. The weather forecast for this coming Sunday, by the way, is for clear skies and temperatures around 67. Life is good, and that's why I'm so glad I no longer have to endure summers in Northern Virginia!

Keith

Pete Watkins
13-Jul-2011, 23:59
Eddie took some pictures at Kenilworth Castle in Warwickshire. Foma 200 in D-76H. The weather had been crap all day and the rain had just about eased up by the time we got to Kenilworth. Next time you're here come back to the Midlands. You'll be safe, our cops don't carry!
Pete.

MMELVIS
14-Jul-2011, 19:20
Thanks, I’ll be walking Dungeness Spit in a couple of weeks.

This time, I want to make it to the end at the lighthouse.

Maybe, just maybe, I’ll bring my Tachi for all the beach-strewn ruins...

Look forward to more beach-strewn ruins

briand
16-Jul-2011, 16:32
Hi
taken last month at one of my favorite spots, most of the bridge was washed away in a recent storm.
BH wide 4x5. 47mm XL. Acros 100. dev ID11
Cheers Brian :)

scm
16-Jul-2011, 18:17
http://utahsongwriters.com/Scan-110619-0002.jpg

SamReeves
17-Jul-2011, 08:37
Ruins of the nearby Bogachiel, Hoh, and Queets rain forests (Washington state).

Someone really needs to clean-up all this debris. ;^)

Tachi 4x5
Schneider XL 110mm/5.6 (w/ orange filter)
Polaroid Type 55
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

Just have a bonfire night with some chainsaws!!

Nice one!

Donald Miller
21-Jul-2011, 18:25
Very nice SCM.

scm
21-Jul-2011, 18:34
Very nice SCM.

Thank you!

Duane Polcou
22-Jul-2011, 01:41
Church, Perth Amboy, NJ.

Wista VX / 90mm Nikkor / T Max 100 film

http://i648.photobucket.com/albums/uu205/duanepolcou/PerthAmboyChurch.jpg

austin granger
23-Jul-2011, 21:33
Midday, Sulphur, Nevada
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6130/5969155796_0aec11bcfa_z.jpg

Jim collum
23-Jul-2011, 22:18
Ebony 4x5, 150 schneider, Betterlight in IR mode
Fort Ord, Ca
(this old theater has since been completely demolished)

http://jcollum.com/fm/2006_01_12_fort_ord_003.jpg

Michael Przybyla
24-Jul-2011, 13:02
Abandoned Paper Mill, Bellows Falls, VT

Erik Larsen
11-Oct-2011, 19:06
I love the depictions in this thread, some beautiful and interesting images. Here is a "ruins" shot in Road Canyon, Utah. 8x10 Efke pl 25 taken with a 159 velostigmat @f45. Printed to 11x14 on Ilford Warmtone semi matte.
regards
Erik
http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6052/6235935037_38d1cfcccc_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiggerpress/6235935037/)

Randy
12-Oct-2011, 17:42
I love the depictions in this thread, some beautiful and interesting images. Here is a "ruins" shot in Road Canyon, Utah. 8x10 Efke pl 25 taken with a 159 velostigmat @f45. Printed to 11x14 on Ilford Warmtone semi matte.
regards
Erik

Erik, wonderful image...but, are my eyes deceiving me or is there a spot of reddish color just below the window sill at the far right?

Erik Larsen
14-Oct-2011, 10:58
Erik, wonderful image...but, are my eyes deceiving me or is there a spot of reddish color just below the window sill at the far right?

Believe it or not, I think the red spot is a piece of toast crumb that stuck to my print when it was scanned:) I don't want to guess what else it might be...
erik

Kirk Gittings
14-Oct-2011, 12:46
Nice image. Is that site not fenced off these days?

windpointphoto
14-Oct-2011, 13:41
Nope, I was there last week. I gotta say anyone who can get the LF camera and tripod up to it is a better man then me. 150 feet up slickrock,and it's called slickrock for a reason. My thanks to Erik for alot of good info.

Erik Larsen
14-Oct-2011, 13:46
Nice image. Is that site not fenced off these days?

No protection at all Kirk other than a little sign inside the ruins that says "please stay out of the ruins" I believe anyone who would make the hike to this spot would appreciate the ruins and not deface them, but I may have too much confidence in my fellow human beings... I think any potential vandals can find something closer to the road to damage:)
regards
Erik

Erik Larsen
14-Oct-2011, 13:49
Nope, I was there last week. I gotta say anyone who can get the LF camera and tripod up to it is a better man then me. 150 feet up slickrock,and it's called slickrock for a reason. My thanks to Erik for alot of good info.

Len, I was looking for you on Saturday out there. I'm glad you made the hike.
erik

gevalia
15-Oct-2011, 09:40
Another Road House Ruins from a few weeks ago.

http://ronmiller.smugmug.com/Landscapes/Black-and-White-Landscapes/i-BVWKzxd/0/XL/RoadHouseRuins-XL.jpg

tgtaylor
20-Dec-2011, 12:56
Sutro Baths, Ruins

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7148/6545122111_ca9666ee8a_b.jpg

For a little history on this location: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutro_Baths

Toyo 810G, Cranes Platinotype.

Thomas

Jim Cole
20-Dec-2011, 14:38
Sutro Baths, Ruins

Toyo 810G, Cranes Platinotype.

Thomas

Thoman,

Very nicely done!

tgtaylor
21-Dec-2011, 09:29
Thanks Jim!

Thomas

GabrielSeri
26-Dec-2011, 18:17
Toyo 45A Rodenstock Grandagon 90mm F/6.8 Ilford FP4 Red filter Rodinal 1:50

http://silverpiscis.com/Photography/shackcopy.png

GabrielSeri
27-Dec-2011, 12:45
Toyo 45A Nikkor W 210mm F/5.6 Ilford FP4 Red filter Rodinal 1:50

http://silverpiscis.com/Photography/produce3copy.png

rpalm
27-Dec-2011, 17:56
Salton Sea Trailer

Right after a rain storm. A person could probably pick it up pretty cheap ;)

B&J Orbitar WA, Schneider 65mm, 4x5, Ilford FP4

http://homepage.mac.com/rikpalm/w9salton-sea-trailer.jpg

thanx for looking

r

John Rodriguez
27-Dec-2011, 19:59
Very nice, I love the grittiness of it.


Salton Sea Trailer

Right after a rain storm. A person could probably pick it up pretty cheap ;)

B&J Orbitar WA, Schneider 65mm, 4x5, Ilford FP4

http://homepage.mac.com/rikpalm/w9salton-sea-trailer.jpg

thanx for looking

r

Steve French
28-Dec-2011, 06:29
[QUOTE=rpalm;823544]Salton Sea Trailer


Nice Shot. Has a very surreal quality to it.

Michael Roberts
28-Dec-2011, 07:11
I love the depictions in this thread, some beautiful and interesting images. Here is a "ruins" shot in Road Canyon, Utah. 8x10 Efke pl 25 taken with a 159 velostigmat @f45. Printed to 11x14 on Ilford Warmtone semi matte.
regards
Erik


Erik,
This is great--great composition, contrast/tones, details--just great!
Congrats,
Michael

rpalm
28-Dec-2011, 08:02
Thanks John & Steve, I appreciate it.

r

tgtaylor
28-Dec-2011, 11:48
Abandoned Corpa Crane, San Francisco

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7154/6588965041_40f3e34185_z.jpg

Shown printed on Ilford MG RC at grade 5 to lighten the sky.

This structure still stands along the terminus of Islais Canal in San Francsico. For more information on this historic sight see http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Copra_Crane_in_Islais_Creek and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islais_Creek

Thomas

Erik Larsen
28-Dec-2011, 14:01
Erik,
This is great--great composition, contrast/tones, details--just great!
Congrats,
Michael

Many thanks Michael, I appreciate it
Regards
Erik

Erik Larsen
30-Dec-2011, 10:15
Salton Sea Trailer

Right after a rain storm. A person could probably pick it up pretty cheap ;)

B&J Orbitar WA, Schneider 65mm, 4x5, Ilford FP4

http://homepage.mac.com/rikpalm/w9salton-sea-trailer.jpg

thanx for looking

r

Looks like my first apartment:) very cool
regards
erik

Erik Larsen
30-Dec-2011, 10:16
Abandoned Corpa Crane, San Francisco

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7154/6588965041_40f3e34185_z.jpg

Shown printed on Ilford MG RC at grade 5 to lighten the sky.

This structure still stands along the terminus of Islais Canal in San Francsico. For more information on this historic sight see http://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Copra_Crane_in_Islais_Creek and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islais_Creek

Thomas
I like it Thomas, I enjoy the tight comp. my compliments
erik

Erik Larsen
30-Dec-2011, 10:32
Here are some ruins from Canyonlands in Utah. Shot on 8x10 efke pl100 I think with a velostigmat 159mm @ f45 and printed in pt/pd on an extremely textured Hahnemuhle "leonardo" 600 g/m2
regards
erikhttp://farm8.staticflickr.com/7156/6601372771_69de44d244_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiggerpress/6601372771/)

windpointphoto
30-Dec-2011, 14:09
Here are some ruins from Canyonlands in Utah. Shot on 8x10 efke pl100 I think with a velostigmat 159mm @ f45 and printed in pt/pd on an extremely textured Hahnemuhle "leonardo" 600 g/m2
regards
erikhttp://farm8.staticflickr.com/7156/6601372771_69de44d244_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiggerpress/6601372771/)

You've once again got my admiration, Erik. It was all I could do hiking in there with my digital without a tripod. You're a better man then me.

atlcruiser
30-Dec-2011, 14:22
Thomas; the crane is great. The contrast really makes it


Erik.... very impressive. I would like to see it in person and check out the texture.

Erik Larsen
30-Dec-2011, 18:37
Thanks guys,
Oh come on Len, it wasn't that bad:)
David, anytime you are in my neck of the woods let me know and you can see for yourself the texture. It's not everyones cup of tea but some images look good with the texture imo especially if detail isn't important or as in the case of the above photo a not to sharp negative can be overcome by the papers texture.
regards
erik

Here's a shot from Mule Canyon taken with 8x10 efke pl25 with a 305 Graphic Kowa printed in pt/pd on Cranes
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7173/6603804531_a335d407cd_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiggerpress/6603804531/)

windpointphoto
30-Dec-2011, 19:00
Thanks guys,
Oh come on Len, it wasn't that bad:)
David, anytime you are in my neck of the woods let me know and you can see for yourself the texture. It's not everyones cup of tea but some images look good with the texture imo especially if detail isn't important or as in the case of the above photo a not to sharp negative can be overcome by the papers texture.
regards
erik

Here's a shot from Mule Canyon taken with 8x10 efke pl25 with a 305 Graphic Kowa printed in pt/pd on Cranes
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7173/6603804531_a335d407cd_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiggerpress/6603804531/)

Now this is a nice easy and beautiful hike.

tgtaylor
30-Dec-2011, 19:58
I like it Thomas, I enjoy the tight comp. my compliments
erik

Thanks Erik, your coments are much appreciated.

Your Canyonlands above is an excellent image and choosing a paper with tooth really enhances it IMHO.


Thomas; the crane is great. The contrast really makes it

Thanks altcruiser, much appreciated.

Thomas

tgtaylor
30-Dec-2011, 20:00
Thanks guys,
Oh come on Len, it wasn't that bad:)
David, anytime you are in my neck of the woods let me know and you can see for yourself the texture. It's not everyones cup of tea but some images look good with the texture imo especially if detail isn't important or as in the case of the above photo a not to sharp negative can be overcome by the papers texture.
regards
erik

Here's a shot from Mule Canyon taken with 8x10 efke pl25 with a 305 Graphic Kowa printed in pt/pd on Cranes
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7173/6603804531_a335d407cd_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jiggerpress/6603804531/)

Wow! One can imagine the "flames of war" shooting from the roof. Well done Erik.

Thomas

Erik Larsen
31-Dec-2011, 09:39
Wow! One can imagine the "flames of war" shooting from the roof. Well done Erik.

Thomas

Thanks Thomas, "flames of war"...interesting
Regards
Erik