80 Comments Posted by Vince

Hey Motts it is to bad that Afghanistan is so dangerous (for many reasons). But also because Darul Aman Palace and Tapa-e-Tajbeg Palace in Kabul would be a cool place to photograph. I got a little bit of a look at both from the outside on my second tour in Afghanistan. Sadly Darul Aman is all bombed out but Tapa-e-Tajbeg is in better shape. Maybe one day Afghanistan will be safe and these places can be photographed all though that is a big maybe. Ah wishful thinking.

Grate gallery Mr Motts well done.

“Through me you pass into the city of woe;
Through me you pass into eternal pain;
Through me among the people lost for aye.
Justice the founder of my fabric mov’d;
To rear me was the task of power divine,
Supremest wisdom, and primeval love.
Before me things create were none, save things Eternal,
and eternal I endure.
All hope abandon ye who enter here.”

– Dante, “The Divine Comedy”

Anybody got a barrel.

What a lovely fireplace, I would never have thought it was in a hydroelectric plant.

Man that’s a lot of torque.

This is an awesome picture for so many reasons. I love shipwrecks as much as I love old buildings so this picture is doubly enjoyable for me and Canada is a good place for both. Canada has a huge number of shipwrecks from the Empress of Ireland to Edmund Fitzgerald.

Cool a new gallery and man that water is green it almost looks more like paint then water.

(MamaToFiveInPA) Thanks and maybe it was "The Persistence of Memory" on the left and "Metamorphosis of Narcissus" on the right. I love Dial’s work as well and i think that is what i love about this website. Dali had an obsession with life and death and its symbolism was always in his work. There is the same symbolism in looking at an abandoned decaying building. It brings up that same foreboding feeling of death i.e that is why most people find old abandoned building so creepy. But there is a grate unexploited and hiding beauty there as well. That few people can see on the surface and even fewer can bring it out. That is where a good artist comes in to exposes that beauty so it can be enjoyed. I hope i don’t embarrass Mr Motts to much with flattery but i would say he has this ability as well.

El Chupacabra strikes again =)

Wow cool angles I hate to sound cliche but they just don’t build them like that anymore.

Such crazy pattern in the cracking of the paint it all gives it this surreal look. Put a melting clock on the wall and a lobster on the floor and it would be like walking into a Salvador Dali panting.

Love the color in this one plus the way the paint is still in the early stage of cracking and peeling.

Thanks once again for the wonderful gallery Mr Motts. I have got to ask how do you always find such wonderful places to photograph. I have looked at a lot of the other sites and they are good but you seem to find better locations and consistently.

(Canada) The C-17 Galaxy was the best we used to call it the Cadillac of the sky. The C-130 was like a sardine can but the 141 Star lifter was the worst. It was a vomit ride do to the turbulence and the smell of the aviation full that some how always got in the cabin. Plus they had to almost stall the engines for us to jump out it just sucked for us. I cant say for other units but the 82nd stopped using the 141 back in 2002 but lucky me i got one of the last jumps on one. Well i don't want to clutter up Motts site with my reminiscing about my time in the 82nd airborne. So thanks for the complement and the same to you. You really know your aircraft I'm impressed.