Abandoned Shit

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my turn in the barrel: Dec 31, 2007

It looks like the Urban Exploration thread is archived So i figured I would start a new one as it's something I would like to learn more about.

I'm new to photography in general but I've been trying to find decrepit things to photograph lately.

Here is an old Car I found in the woods

6 Springs
by curbjumpinss, on Flickr

And a gallery with more
https://www.flickr.com/photos/curbjumpinss/albums/72157681369186255

And an old Tractor I found in an abandoned house/ garage

2 tractors
by curbjumpinss, on Flickr

Here is the Gallery
https://www.flickr.com/photos/curbjumpinss/albums/72157677961885013

# ? Mar 13, 2017 16:40

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# ? Apr 19, 2024 04:02

RangerScum: Apr 6, 2006; lol hey there buddy

I've seen lots of abandoned poo poo over the years and have taken plenty of bad pictures of it all. Enjoy, laugh, poo poo ur pants.

Packard by Tom Olson, on Flickr

114 by Tom Olson, on Flickr

Get out of here. by Tom Olson, on Flickr

Horror by Tom Olson, on Flickr

Chernobyl Power Plant by Tom Olson, on Flickr

Titan's Lair by Tom Olson, on Flickr

The Hollow by Tom Olson, on Flickr

Untitled by Tom Olson, on Flickr

WIP by Tom Olson, on Flickr

Gary by Tom Olson, on Flickr

Hospital by Tom Olson, on Flickr

Basketball by Tom Olson, on Flickr

Pripyat by Tom Olson, on Flickr

Pripyat & Chernobyl by Tom Olson, on Flickr

Pripyat by Tom Olson, on Flickr

Hummingbird by Tom Olson, on Flickr

Untitled by Tom Olson, on Flickr

Pripyat Streets by Tom Olson, on Flickr

Estate by Tom Olson, on Flickr

Igloo by Tom Olson, on Flickr

extra comedy poo poo:

The Empty Hospital by Tom Olson, on Flickr

The Bridge to Someplace New by Tom Olson, on Flickr

# ? Mar 13, 2017 18:35

my turn in the barrel: Dec 31, 2007

I'm assuming the gas masks are at chernobyl. How much does a trip there cost?

# ? Mar 13, 2017 19:22

Syntax Erin: Jan 1, 2012

my turn in the barrel posted:

I'm assuming the gas masks are at chernobyl. How much does a trip there cost?

About 5 years off your life

# ? Mar 13, 2017 19:40

DJExile: Jun 28, 2007

I don't know how 'safe' Chernobyl is now but I know it's no longer illegal to go so... there's that?

E: super glad this thread is back. I may have more stuff to add soon

# ? Mar 13, 2017 21:11

Helen Highwater: Feb 19, 2014; And furthermore; Grimey Drawer

my turn in the barrel posted:

I'm assuming the gas masks are at chernobyl. How much does a trip there cost?

It's about a hundred bucks per person depending on the tour guide you go with. It can go lower if you have a bigger party. You can only go with an official guide, you can't just rock up and start wandering about by yourself.

untitled-45.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr

untitled-41.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr

Flexaret011.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr

Kyiv_April-74.jpg by Iain Compton, on Flickr

Arsenalna, Kyiv by Iain Compton, on Flickr

Abandoned NKVD prison by Iain Compton, on Flickr

# ? Mar 13, 2017 21:20

my turn in the barrel: Dec 31, 2007

I went back to that car after some snow fell.

Quarter by GunandShotTV, on Flickr

And I hit some abandoned farms in my area

Well House by GunandShotTV, on Flickr

Holey Barn by GunandShotTV, on Flickr

Green Room by GunandShotTV, on Flickr

Coop by GunandShotTV, on Flickr

Now that I'm looking there are abandoned farms all around.

I found a neat abandoned Study inside a dilapidated old barn

Cozy study behind door in Same barn by GunandShotTV, on Flickr

Second case and fireplace by GunandShotTV, on Flickr

Someone was messy by GunandShotTV, on Flickr

I also hit another 5 or 10 places and need to organize them and pick my favorites to upload.

# ? Mar 22, 2017 06:37

my turn in the barrel: Dec 31, 2007

Here is a place I found full of old cars.

Beak by GunandShotTV, on Flickr

Bodywork special by GunandShotTV, on Flickr

Plymouth by GunandShotTV, on Flickr

Mean green by GunandShotTV, on Flickr

Ramblin by GunandShotTV, on Flickr

Full gallery of all the cars here
https://www.flickr.com/photos/curbjumpinss/albums/72157681966974125

# ? Mar 29, 2017 20:34

stealie72: Jan 10, 2007; Their eyes locked and suddenly there was the sound of breaking glass.
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Can we have a pro/con about how 90% of photos of abandoned places now use aggressive HDR? I hate it because it makes everything look so...fake.

# ? Mar 30, 2017 13:45

underage at the vape shop: May 11, 2011; by Cyrano4747

Urbex and HDR appeal to the masses. There's nothing wrong with that, but photographers look at photos on the reg as a hobby. You start building taste and an appreciation for composition and subtleties. I can't smell, so a lot of flavours and seasonings are completely lost on me, and a lot of things taste super good to me that are bland for everyone else. For me it owns, because "boring" food tastes the same as really good food so I always enjoy my meal. I thought about this stuff a while ago and came to the conclusion that people liking hdr or people (me included) liking pop music is exactly the same as me liking all food, except you can develop appreciation for an art. You can't grow a new nose.

# ? Mar 30, 2017 14:21

xzzy: Mar 5, 2009

I think bracketing is useful because abandoned interior spaces are going to have lovely lighting and it's nice to have a bigger dynamic range to work with.

Turning it into mega processed poo poo though is bad and dumb.

# ? Mar 30, 2017 14:32

DJExile: Jun 28, 2007

Yeah bracketing/hdr makes sense to a degree with urbex when you're in a pretty poorly lit setting. The problem is then people go nuts with it

# ? Mar 30, 2017 14:38

underage at the vape shop: May 11, 2011; by Cyrano4747

Yeah good hdr is good, the hdr that sticks out like a sore thumb, optionally going ham on the presence sliders is what I meant.

I really hate seeing steel wool in urbex photos. Loads of great old buildings in Brisbane get burned down by people doing it, so all the really awesome stuff has tight security or gets demolished pretty quickly.

# ? Mar 30, 2017 14:56

stealie72: Jan 10, 2007; Their eyes locked and suddenly there was the sound of breaking glass.
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underage at the vape shop posted:

Yeah good hdr is good, the hdr that sticks out like a sore thumb, optionally going ham on the presence sliders is what I meant.

Yeah, this is what I'm talking about. May be confirmation bias because I look at a lot of urbex stuff, but so much of it is this.

OTOH, back when I was young and had time to explore the ruins of my hometown (and could shake off a trespassing charge as "teenagers doing teenager poo poo"), I used to leave a camera on bulb on a tripod and "paint" big rooms with a maglight, which isn't any less forced, so maybe I should shut up.

# ? Mar 30, 2017 17:38

DJExile: Jun 28, 2007

stealie72 posted:

OTOH, back when I was young and had time to explore the ruins of my hometown (and could shake off a trespassing charge as "teenagers doing teenager poo poo"), I used to leave a camera on bulb on a tripod and "paint" big rooms with a maglight, which isn't any less forced, so maybe I should shut up.

son of a bitch that's a clever idea

# ? Mar 30, 2017 18:32

stealie72: Jan 10, 2007; Their eyes locked and suddenly there was the sound of breaking glass.
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DJExile posted:

son of a bitch that's a clever idea

I was doing it in the film era and didn't have immediate feedback, so the results were...imprecise. I got some cool shots out of it, though. Also would play with firing a hand held flash in a couple directions with the camera on bulb, which worked better, but was obviously much harsher.

# ? Mar 30, 2017 18:46

ianskate: Sep 22, 2002; Run away before you drown!

I really need to get out more, I've tried finding abandoned stuff to shoot and never seem to luck out. I guess that's the downside to living in such a big overpopulated city, there's nothing really left that doesn't get boarded up and locked down immediately.

Some really great and inspiring work posted here so far... hopefully I'll be able to find something in the NYC/NJ/PA areas this spring and contribute :ninja:

ianskate fucked around with this message at 22:50 on Mar 30, 2017

# ? Mar 30, 2017 22:47

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# ? Apr 14, 2017 11:19

InternetJunky: May 25, 2002

stealie72 posted:

Can we have a pro/con about how 90% of photos of abandoned places now use aggressive HDR? I hate it because it makes everything look so...fake.

Last week I was selling my stuff at a big art/craft fair and there was a photographer there who was selling HDRed old/rusty junk. People were buying that stuff up like crazy. It made me question my life choices with respect to the types of photography I'm pursuing.

# ? Apr 15, 2017 01:12

iSheep: Feb 5, 2006; by R. Guyovich

Fits right in between my neon bud lite sign and my Harley Davidson branded jukebox down in my man cave.

# ? Apr 15, 2017 04:51

ExecuDork: Feb 25, 2007; We might be fucked, sir.; Fallen Rib

underage at the vape shop posted:

I really hate seeing steel wool in urbex photos. Loads of great old buildings in Brisbane get burned down by people doing it, so all the really awesome stuff has tight security or gets demolished pretty quickly.

Could you elaborate on the steel wool thing? Are urbex photogs starting fires in old buildings for some kind of lighting effect, and sharing photos with the world that include the fire-starting materials? Why steel wool and not, I dunno, something else flammable if you're hankering for a fire-lit photo?

# ? Apr 16, 2017 03:43

Helen Highwater: Feb 19, 2014; And furthermore; Grimey Drawer

ExecuDork posted:

Could you elaborate on the steel wool thing? Are urbex photogs starting fires in old buildings for some kind of lighting effect, and sharing photos with the world that include the fire-starting materials? Why steel wool and not, I dunno, something else flammable if you're hankering for a fire-lit photo?

It's this effect.

You set fire to some steel wool stuffed into a kitchen whisk and swing it around to get the shower of sparks and light trails.

# ? Apr 16, 2017 09:26

akadajet: Sep 14, 2003

Helen Highwater posted:

It's this effect.

You set fire to some steel wool stuffed into a kitchen whisk and swing it around to get the shower of sparks and light trails.

That effect looks dope tho.

# ? Apr 17, 2017 03:25

underage at the vape shop: May 11, 2011; by Cyrano4747

Its cool but its done to death in Australian urbex and it causes fires. Literally everything cool and old has very strict security because people burn them down on the reg. Your only option in Brisbane are the stormwater drains that flood at high tide, the less guarded stuff has all been knocked down.

E: like do steel wool shots, but dont do them in buildings made of timber, built before fire regulations.

# ? Apr 17, 2017 04:39

ExecuDork: Feb 25, 2007; We might be fucked, sir.; Fallen Rib

Helen Highwater posted:

It's this effect.

You set fire to some steel wool stuffed into a kitchen whisk and swing it around to get the shower of sparks and light trails.

Thanks! That is indeed a cool effect - done outdoors on a snow-covered field. Inside a pre-fire-regulations wood building seems like a bad idea.

When I saw "I hate seeing steel wool in photos" I thought that meant a bit of steel wool in the corner of the shot, like the photog forgot to clean up before showing the world the evidence of their pyromaniac tendencies. Pictures featuring actual fire inside old buildings wasn't what I was thinking. People are stupid, goddam.

# ? Apr 17, 2017 15:28

DJExile: Jun 28, 2007

Yeah that's an awesome effect but that's dumb as gently caress to do in an abandoned building :stare:

# ? Apr 17, 2017 15:29

xzzy: Mar 5, 2009

Humans are traditionally extremely stupid with uninhabited property. Either they're looting tombs or they're tagging something with their name or destroying it just for fun.

I mean they're stupid in general but it seems like when no one's watching all inhibitions disappear.

# ? Apr 18, 2017 04:57