Old Penitentiary

[sillyphaunt]

My husband and I took a trip to the Old Penitentiary in our area on Wednesday. The day was rainy and dreary, but I thought it fit the mood of the old jail, so I shot pictures anyway. When I converted them to black and white I really liked them. There's quite a few here, so I'll post it in two threads so the load time isn't so bad.. I just wanted to share. Any thoughts or critiques are welcome!

The "Key Room"

One of the Guard Towers on the left side of the courtyard

Part of one of the inside exhibits.. Can you guess what it is?

View through the old Chapel (now burned down in a riot in 1973)

Inside the Chapel

To the right here is the rose garden where half of the executions took place.

 

[JonMikal]

nice series! love the third!

 

[2Stupid2Duck]

Let me be harsh: I really don't like the lean on the first shot. Rotate and crop and that will fix it.

Let me be frank: damn! fantastic series. Fix the first and maybe the last has a similar lean... this is a winning series, I tells ya! Great work ... (and the crowd goes wild....)

 

[sillyphaunt]

2Stupid.. Thanks!

 

[MDowdey]

let me be matt: i love the black and white feel of these pics...great work!!


md

 

[will965]

I really like the 1st one, its got a sort of emptiness which allong with the b&w make it quite interesting.