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Just out of curiousity, how often do you photograph just what is there, and how often do you move elements specifically for the picture? Not that it really matters, all of your pictures are beautiful, but I was just curious if you always found scenes like that, or if you had to manipulate any.
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no no no, i'm in the PA army national guard and 2 units and a recruiting station are there. Only some buildings are constantly occupied (very interesting since it's all maintained in there just like it used to be) but many others are used for urban combat training hence a few lights here and there. I can't tell you how many things go "bump" in the night there or you think you saw something.
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Dunric: I don't photograph (never had the eye for it), but I do use photoshop (actually, GiMP) extensively during my day. I've found that the best B&W photos I can get start out as color photos that are just ok, but which I convert to black & white on my computer. For some reason I've found that digital doesn't shoot as good in B&W mode, so I take it as a color picture, then use the "Colorize" option in GiMP to turn it into a crisp B&W with awesome contrast. Try it out some time (GiMP is free, so you can try it without spending hundreds of dollars).
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"Danger: Keep Out" what a beautiful sentiment. Yet, even though all of the windows and other doors have been boarded over, this one hangs open in invitation. I wonder why they didn't board this one over too?
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It brings a tear to my eye that no one (probably) will ever see the other side of that hallway again. A building that was once so alive with emotions, where people went about their (abnormal) daily lives, and now it is just a shell without a purpose. Great photo!
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This is a great example of why developers are so reluctant to fix these older buildings up. It's cheaper to knock them in and rebuild than it is to do the extensive work to repair them. Sadly the money aspect wins out over the historic most of the time, and we see less and less of these beautiful buildings all the time... I wonder how feasible it would be to build a Kirkbride building today?
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Every time I see one of these light from the doorway shots, I expect to see the shadow of a person in it. I am so happy that I haven't!!!
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OMG, Ron, you're the genius!
A lava lamp would SO look good there!
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I think the tracks were for the laundry carts.
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No, but I think I remember a photo of something similar... was it a caged-in hallway that had patients on one side and employees on the other?
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It's not that I hate developers. I hate what they do. I've seen them rip apart perfectly good wooded areas. They cut down all the trees and after they put up their 'cookie cutter' homes (they all look the same) they plant these really dumb looking trees that have the shape of a corkscrew.
Oh how..fun?
Thanks puddleboy
God I hare developers...HATE HATE HATE THEM...
Imagine you worked here, like, forever ago (okay I know you'd probally be dead but ssssshhh) and you come back and see it like this..meep..I'd feel so uncomfortable...and sad...in a way, abandoning these places is like disrespecting the people who once lived and died there.
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For the lava lamp genius