Old Things,Farms,Barns,Buildings, Plus

[Corran]

Nice waterfall Peter. I like the wet pile of sticks especially, meeting with the waterfall at the thirds.

[Peter De Smidt]

Thanks, Bryan.

[Reinhold Schable]

. . Abandoned ranch house. Noonan, North Dakota
. . Noonan, North Dakota by Reinhold S., on Flickr
Neg# NDGE 007, Canham 8x20"camera, 600mm, YG filter, HP5 film, 2007

More wide format here... https://www.flickr.com/photos/154287...57689659371185

Reinhold

[KarlT]

An old garage just south of Marlborough, love the feel of this, Acros in a Stenopeika 4x5

[Jim Galli]

Although there are many lovely images here, this whole thread is in many ways depressing. There is so much waste in America. In other places many of these buildings would still be put to good use. But here we tend to shun the old for the new. Wasteful!

Trying to be thoughtful and not political here, consider the tradeoff's. In America we have to have a business model where a capitalist can make a profit. When old things become more expensive and less productive we sweep them aside. It's all about the money. As problematic as that seems at first thought it has produced more wealth and more comfort than any competing system you can find. I love taking my warm shower at night and sleeping in my comfortable bed. But it's at the cost of charming older things with style that new things no longer possess. We can't help but be romantic about the beauty of the lost. My house is a junk collection of old things I've dragged home to preserve.

[Rick A]

Trying to be thoughtful and not political here, consider the tradeoff's. In America we have to have a business model where a capitalist can make a profit. When old things become more expensive and less productive we sweep them aside. It's all about the money. As problematic as that seems at first thought it has produced more wealth and more comfort than any competing system you can find. I love taking my warm shower at night and sleeping in my comfortable bed. But it's at the cost of charming older things with style that new things no longer possess. We can't help but be romantic about the beauty of the lost. My house is a junk collection of old things I've dragged home to preserve.

Here where I live, it's more that the owners passed away and either no heirs or the heirs don't want to pursue the lifestyle their parents led. There are many properties abandoned for other reasons like lack of employment, no one buys the home so it just gets abandoned. Many industries can't compete with a "global economy" so they are left to crumble. Sad narrative.

[Corran]

Second try shooting the Confederate Powder Works in Augusta, GA, this time in the evening just after a storm cleared. I was hoping for a rainbow but no such luck. The light was good though and the clouds interesting.

Linhof MT, 65mm f/8 + R25 filter, TMX, Pyrocat:

[Rick A]

Second try shooting the Confederate Powder Works in Augusta, GA, this time in the evening just after a storm cleared. I was hoping for a rainbow but no such luck. The light was good though and the clouds interesting.

Linhof MT, 65mm f/8 + R25 filter, TMX, Pyrocat:

ba-BAM Wow, just stunning!

[Graham Patterson]

The atmosphere just makes me want to be there.

[Corran]

Thanks guys.