Doors and Doorways

**Asher Kelman** · 12-Jun-2011, 10:01

Originally Posted by Ken Lee

Doorway, 2011
Sinar P, 135mm Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar
4x5 TMY, D-23

What's so special about this, Ken, is the trust in the viewer. By showing less, we are forced to imagine more. The door being ajar, give the idea of movement and happenings within.

Asher

**Asher Kelman** · 12-Jun-2011, 10:03

Originally Posted by austin granger

Samuel Merritt's Crypt, Oakland

Austin,

Great detail. If it had an arch over it, Dante might have used it!

Asher

**Ken Lee** · 12-Jun-2011, 11:13

Originally Posted by Asher Kelman

What's so special about this, Ken, is the trust in the viewer. By showing less, we are forced to imagine more. The door being ajar, give the idea of movement and happenings within.

Thanks - It's always rewarding to hear the impressions of others. I just saw the scene and liked the look. These things are largely subconscious I guess - but I see it when you point it out.

**Richard Mahoney** · 12-Jun-2011, 18:15

Originally Posted by Michael Wynd

Very, very nice Richard.
Mike

Thanks Mike. It's good on occasion to come across a place that hasn't been altered. Seems to have been quit shortly after the being wired for electric lighting. Gave me a good idea of what our place must have been like before all the various `improvements' to keep it habitable

Kind regards,

Richard

**Pat Kearns** · 12-Jun-2011, 18:44

Weathered door in Pascagoula, MS. House is being renovated and I couldn't let this become a "one that got away" shots. One of the door and one of the door knob.
Tachihara 4x5
TMY2
210 mm Carltar IIN

**srbphoto** · 12-Jun-2011, 20:41

Manhattan

**Randy** · 13-Jun-2011, 16:28

Rt 8 heading toward the Blue Ridge Parkway, southwest Virginia. First pics with my new-to-me Kodak #33A 5X7, Fuji 180mm.

Can you see the doorway?

**Bill Poole** · 13-Jun-2011, 19:31

Love this, Randy. Was in SW Virginia a few years ago for a wedding and was enthralled by all the old abandoned buildings. This was before I started LF. I took a lot of digital images that I liked at the time--not so much now. Very nice.

**Randy** · 13-Jun-2011, 19:42

Thanks Bill. I have driven by a hundred times, watching the tree getting taller, and saying to myself - "One day I'll pull over and take a picture".

**austin granger** · 13-Jun-2011, 21:31

Originally Posted by Asher Kelman

Austin,

Great detail. If it had an arch over it, Dante might have used it!

Asher

Hard to see here, but even Merritt's lock is custom, with a big 'M' on it! If you're looking for elaborate tombs in the Bay Area, Oakland's Mountain View cemetery is tough to beat.