I'll break the ice. This was on the second floor of a building which was not actually in the tour, but just outside. We (Heinz, Stefan, Johan and myself) arrived early and looked around. The building actually didn't feel very safe, so we were careful where we went and how many were on the stairs at any given time...
Wow, Carsten: great beginning! I like the image (subtle HDR!) as well as the location. There seem to be surely some benefits for being an early bird...
Thanks everyone! Randomly, this photo probably would have looked different if I had used my tripod, but since we left that stuff in the car, it had to be hand-held. Specifically, I missed another exposure for the brightest sky in the top hole (although technically, I of course didn't need a tripod for that ) Anyway, I decided to use what I had and try to get it as close to having the visual impact I felt when I first looked through the doorway and saw that sight.
Wonderful images, everyone! Looks like a great site for photography with the gritty, industrial decay.
jotdeh/Johann - I like your image with the cylinders lined up in the factory hall: great composition and sense of perspective. The grime in the walls and ceiling and the light shining through the windows catches the eye and gives texture
H.Lux/Stefan - great images of the corridor, staircase and tanks through the disintegrating wall: I like the composition and feel in these shots very much
jotdeh wrote:
None of my "through-shots" are working for me yet - your shot with the 4/35 however is excellent! Congrats Stefan!
I really like your grass and blurred ruin shot as well as the hall with the four tanks.
wfrank wrote:
H.Lux, you make the Oly really sing here. Great shots with great depth in what looks like really difficult lighting conditions!
What is this place anyway?
Thanks! I also love the spatial drawing of the lens.
This place is one of the main halls of the chemical factory. In the bassin under the tanks there is a yellow fluid in there, looks like sulfur but doesn't stink. Everywhere is some white dust which due to the organizers is non-hazardous. No idea what they produced there during GDR times.
) Anyway, I decided to use what I had and try to get it as close to having the visual impact I felt when I first looked through the doorway and saw that sight.
