Weekly #902 - Dereliction Competition

Thank you all for your entries.
You've succeeded in giving me another tough job of choosing the winner and podium places.

My thoughts, for what they are worth.

A Forgotten Mechanism by davidwozhere.
Nice composition this! For my personal taste and the nature of the subject matter, I'd probably mute the colours a little, having said that, good choice of point of focus, the transition of bright top left to dark bottom right and the in close angle makes me feel as if I'm almost in the machine.

Varosha untouched since 1974 by dewsburya
A well framed shot of a sad story, this looks like an unfinished construction and then so many lives were turned upside down. A fine documentary shot well suited to the black and white rendering.

Shattered Dreams by davidtrout
I do like this idea and composition, great use of the shattered windscreen. With the cracked screen in sharp focus and the stacked cars disappearing into the distance. Very good on all fronts.

Unsure by kasperbergholt
I'm not unsure, for me, this is not an image of dereliction. I really like the image, very well framed and presented, top notch image.
Everything looks too new and well cared for, all the lights working, lovely high quality fencing, outlines of houses and windows behind. Perhaps a competition themed "deserted" or "empty", this would be a great entry.

No more home coming by Antony
These deserted stone buildings make for great photographic subjects as seen here. The lovely textures and contrasts a feast for the eyes. The beautiful old door still in place due to the protection of the lintel. Beauty in decay!

Jag returning to Nature by MikeInDevon
Another lovely shot with a diagonal feel to the good composition. From the missing badge on top of the grill through the open engine bay, filling with plant detritus up to the windscreen. A project that never happened or just plain left to rot?

Desolate and Derelict by Lubbyman
Another great entry! A real sign of changing times and practices. This image just captures the feel and nature of the location so well. What more can I say.

Local by Flan
This image whilst totally different is working as Davidtrout's image. This time the decision to focus through the foreground fence on the ruinous buildings behind. The brambles growing up the fence framing the scene. Personally I'd crop a little off the righthand side to help keep focus on the primary scene but, liking the image just the way it's presented.

Left to rot by Noelcmn
I do like the use of the front wall to frame the inside. My one thing is the overall image quality looks a little off/odd almost like an image of an image or maybe some different processing has had an effect. When viewed small I really like the image when viewed at full size less so. A good entry all the same.

Now the places.

I do like the use of the windscreen so.....

1st Place davidtrout
2nd Place Lubbyman
3rd Place Antony

Highly commended:-
davidwozhere
MikeInDevon

Thank you all again for your entries and giving me such a hard job.

Best to all
Nigel

Thanks for the unusual competition subject , and feedback well done all

A worthy winner. And thanks from me, too, both for the interesting topic and for the second place. For what it's worth, that photo of the phone box was the start of a series documenting all the phone boxes of a couple of the islands of the Outer Hebrides. Some were modern glass ones, but many were the old red ones in various states of decay - once an important part of island life, now going the way of all things.

Steve

Thanks for the competition Nigelk, good topic, great images and thoughtful judging, nice!

Congratulations on the win David, many thanks for the HM.

Regards
Mike

A good topic for a photo competition and it attracted some fine entries Nigel, well done. Thanks for your comments and my 1se place and well done also to 2nd and 3rd Lobbyman and Anthony and to Mike on his highly commended.