3,698 Comments Posted by Motts

Yes, that is correct.

No, the light is from the sun beaming through the elevator doors.

There was an upper mezzanine or balcony up there, with a door to the projection room. It was connected to the third floor of the hospital, with the lower part of the theater connected to the first floor.

This is the building behind A building - the A complex was demolished when I arrived at YSH.

I believe this was used as a county morgue, which usually serves a fairly large area, and therefore much larger in capacity than one at a psychiatric hospital.

Yes, mot of the working lights made buzzing and humming noises.

2004 was the official closing date - certain departments, wings, etc. might have closed at different times.

Sure have, neat old place.

I use long exposures, which range from 10-30 seconds at around f5 ISO 200, but I've heard many others with shorter exposure times - this might be dependent on the lens being used.

Unfortunately it is often impossible to take infrared shots of places where security is present and there is no time to fiddle with filters, tripods and exposure times... I was thinking of converting an old 300D to an all-infrared camera to avoid this.

Thanks, the colors were digitally toned.

Thanks, no I take the photos straight from the RAW file, and adjust the hues in Photoshop.

It is a light switch for the seclusion room.

I've been to Brush Park a few times, most of the homes there are gone but yes I've explored a few there.

Those are holes in the roof, possibly from abatement.

Thanks, no I just adjust the brightness and contrast from the RAW file, then again in the program; the amazing colors are pretty true to life, which is part of what made NSH such a beautiful place.