Abandoned House

PixelRabbit · Apr 14, 2012

This is an abandoned house in the town my Husband grew up in, Chatsworth Ontario. I love going to these places but they make me wonder what happened, how you end up at the point where you just walk away?

Editing was "fun" lol trying to straighten pictures was frustrating and I will pay way more attention next time around to the angles etc. Mind you even the ones that are straight... aren't lol

I tried really hard to only post a few, there are more on my Flickr if you would like to take a look at the rest.
C&C would be greatly appreciated since this will be far from my last shoot at this type of location!
Thanks for taking a look

1. From the road.

2.

3. Chicken Coop

4.

5.

6. Memories Left Behind (my fav)

7.

BlackSheep · Apr 14, 2012

Nice shots!
I really like #6 and #7.

PixelRabbit · Apr 14, 2012

Thanks Blacksheep, those are both my favpurites too

I'm a sucker for tighter shots ( probably because I still struggle with composing wider ones lol )

Frequency · Apr 14, 2012

You very well know how to arrange your images.... i always love your preface to the story
...and the last two are going to be the favorite of the most viewers

regards

PixelRabbit · Apr 15, 2012

Thanks Frequency! These places are so interesting I want to try to recreate the feel from the first moment I lay eyes on it. That first moment I never fail to go " oooo neat! "

Kazzy · Apr 15, 2012

Great photos, I loved looking at these.

6 is my favourite too.

iPhoto17 · Apr 15, 2012

very nice!!

dxqcanada · Apr 15, 2012

To work on your wide angle ... try this:

Take shot #6 ... so from your original angle, start widening the view ... maybe even change the composition slightly.
Get a sequence of about 10 different shots as you go wider.
Later on you can examine them and figure out what you like or dislike about them ... then you have something to work on.

tirediron · Apr 15, 2012

Nice series.

PixelRabbit · Apr 15, 2012

Thanks Kazzy, IPhoto, DX and Tirediron

DX, thanks for the suggestion, I actually tried that with some divorce papers that were on the floor. I wanted to get the word "divorce" and isolate it but alas I didn't achieve what I was trying to do, I definitely could have used the same method on the shot of the polaroid and many of the wider shots. I will certainly do that next time around.

dxqcanada · Apr 15, 2012

Remember, it doesnt cost anything to shoot Digital ... so just go for it.

Us Film shooters tend to be more conservative.

manaheim · Apr 15, 2012

Most of these don't excite me, but 6 is great.

7... the flash is a bit harsh, but .. um...

Do you see the face in the window?

Look at the bottom 4 panes, now look at the top left of those 4.

I'm seriously getting chills. WTF?

ericz83 · Apr 15, 2012

Well, yeah 6 is my favorite too. Did you really just find the polaroid lying there like that? I had to ask!

PixelRabbit · Apr 16, 2012

manaheim said:
Most of these don't excite me, but 6 is great.

7... the flash is a bit harsh, but .. um...

Do you see the face in the window?

Look at the bottom 4 panes, now look at the top left of those 4.

I'm seriously getting chills. WTF?

Thanks Manaheim, fair enough.
Hmmm I don't see it in 7. My flash looks like it caught there so maybe a reflection of me? That my be considered chilling lol

Eric, thanks, it was actually sitting vertical in a bunch of stuff below the window, I try to leave things where I find them but it was half covered so I put it on the sill for the shot and returned it when I was done.

KenC · Apr 16, 2012

I like #6 a lot, but I might crop some on the right. #5 I think would have been better from a different angle, looking more into the corner on the left than straight at that wall. This would have made the strip of sunlight diagonal.