Downturn

Thanks both, I'll give the popped colour version a go after I've had lunch, Kris!

A.

Here it is:
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Regards,

A.

Now I'm undecided, some of the set work better in black and white for me, particularly the broken window but I think the first one is better in colour. Either way it's a great set of pictures.
david.

Thanks David,

I never know how people are going to react to something like this. It's a bit "alternative". It's out there, though.

Your comments are much appreciated.

Regards,

Andrew

i do prefer them in black and white makes the shots so much more atmospheric i like the popped colour one too but maybe would have just coloured the 'worn out absorbers' sign but very nice shots as i said wish there was somewhere like that round here that you could actually get too

I prefer the colour set, numbers 1 & 2 for me, the interior shot shows what destruction occurs in these buildings after the company has gone bust due to outside influences.

I like the popped shot but agree that just the shock absorbers sign would work better.

Cheers, Kris.

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Again, thanks for all the input, folks!

(Kris, on a totally unrelated matter...in my attic, I've just discovered a Zorki 4 range finder camera which once belonged to my father. It seems to have been constructed out of bits of Russian military hardware.It has a fabric focal plane shutter and smells like a tanning factory! (My son, ever the wit, thought it was last used to document the Battle of Staligrad!)

Would you happen to know what lens mount is used: the little f2 lens rattles around in my M42 adapter? (I know you've got some Soviet stuff.)

Thanks in anticipation,

Andrew

I think it is a Leica L mount fitting. Hefty would know for sure. K.

thats alot better andrew IMHO very lovely powerful shot

Thanks Kris, I sent a PM to Hefty to confirm your thoughts.

Thanks Emma, Got there in the end! This place took some finding, I can tell you. Imagine what the aftermath of the last recession would have looked like (1980s) there must have been any number of places like this, even in your area. I remember poignant shots of old steelworks and coal mines in the Sunday supplements...

Kind regards,
A.

Nicely shot Andrew....there is definitely a sense of space in these. The light is bright, you get to see the detail and the angles convery the abandon very well. Good shots!!!

Oh and I think I prefer the colour ones....the mono do work, but prefer the colour for the drama....

Andrew really nice set

One one in colour for me the rest in B&W

try the window with a tighter crop so you just have the window as a frame

I'm not going for a walk with you

James

I like these as well. I prefer the color set.

I think the interior closeups work better than the documentary wide shots. I have a feeling you added them to the set to give an idea of what the place really looks like, but, taken as a set, I'm not sure they're necessary in that regard.

That said, I do like them. #1 is my fave.