264 Comments for New York City Farm Colony

Wait, was that a Haiku Mica?

Oh, nope.

Best Evil!

Are those arches bricked in, perhaps cutting off a portion of the room?

I wonder how many intact grave markers went home with people over the years. Probably left behind because of it's condition? On a more positive note, I bet people of this era would never have imagined their lives would be chronicled, and posted on a website, lasting beyond what was marked on their grave.

I so enjoy your site! I would love to visit places as you do. I try to imagine what it was like back then and love the buildings! Keep up the great work.

Great atmosphere on this!

Fantastic.

Beautiful. It must have felt great to be the first person in that room for years.

OK wallpaper added, thanks!

The first one is always the toughest and will usually require two or more test exposures until you can dial it in. A full moon on a clear night near a urban area, provided you're in a dark place, is usually in the 4-6 minute range with a low ISO and mid-range f-stop. With less light pollution in rural places I find it can go anywhere beyond that, depending on how long you want the star trails to be; out there, it's tougher to overexpose, so best to go a little longer.

Autoguy you bring up a point I neglected and that was that you have to have the means to keep up the property and taxes, but my point was give people a break, especially those on minimum wage. It just seems to me that there are way too many homeless people in this country that could benefit from something like this instead of just letting the property rot and be vandalized.

How do you decide how long to expose a shot? That's what I've always had trouble with, I either expose it too short or way too long.

@ flushed - your comments intrigue me and I would love to hear more of your experiences. Feel free to write to me if you want to, I'm a great listener.

Could it be possible that the cage was at one time covering the entrance the bridge leads too. As the fence and grates on the lower level windows block lower level access?

And question answered!