various abandonments in Europe

kts

haven't posted anything on here in a while, nor have i been taking a lot of photos recently, that whole 'life thing' has been getting in the way...

back at the end of April i took off to Europe for a 12 day trip across Belgium, The Netherlands, and Germany. along the way i met up with a few friends and got to see some abandonments. here are a few of the highlights:

a steel mill somewhere in germany

help prevent accidents!


the blue chair


scary artwork


dirty sink


Gestrahlt



an abandoned village in Belgium

bathroom


dirty rag


kah-razy kitchen


stairmaster


the wildest room ever


me.



a customs depot in belgium

chain bits


box


empty


lockup


a flour factory in Germany

what's behind door number 3


wheeeeeee!


steps n' stuff


another steel mill in Germany

big


seeing red


lift me up


out of order


trailer trash


keep out


the D300 loves it some color. (ADR turned on, Vivid set to +1) I didn't tweak colors in Lightroom/CS3 on these shots.

schmoo

Kevin dude I haven't seen you in a while but you're lookin' good! I still get Rickrolled with your self-portraits.

I heard about this trip through the grapevine and am so glad to see the fruits of your travels. I'm very jealous. And I bet certain EU friends of mine are, too. :ivar

Your PP has come a long way (anything in LR not colors?), as has your photography. Keep it up!

kts

schmoo wrote:

Kevin dude I haven't seen you in a while but you're lookin' good! I still get Rickrolled with your self-portraits.

I heard about this trip through the grapevine and am so glad to see the fruits of your travels. I'm very jealous. And I bet certain EU friends of mine are, too. :ivar

Your PP has come a long way (anything in LR not colors?), as has your photography. Keep it up!

i saw on your 365ish and blog that you were in Amsterdam just after i was, small world.

i didn't get to see some of the things i thought i would during that trip but this trip was VERY last minute (i booked it less then 2 weeks before i left since the airfare was so cheap) and work was killing me, but the next one i'm going to plan out more w/ my contacts out there and then REALLY see some stuff.

thanks about the photo comments. i have some more stuff to post, i guess i'm getting OK at the whole photo thing. i finally got my macbook and CS3 + Lightroom which has made a HUGE difference. i still only use maybe 2% of CS3/Lightroom, mostly use Lightroom to import + catalog, but I do tweak exposure and curves, etc as needed in Lightroom and then use CS3 for resizing, sharpening, border, etc. just been too busy to really experiment but hopefully soon i can play with it more.

anyway cliffnotes to that, most of my post processing is just straightening, sharpening, and resizing.

Awais Yaqub

These are great !! thanks for sharing

Darren Troy C

My fav by far....the Dirty Sink! The texture is amazing! The crop is even better! Wonderful image!

cj99si

The dirty sink is awesome! Please tell me you tried the slide!

kts

Idlewild wrote:

My fav by far....the Dirty Sink! The texture is amazing! The crop is even better! Wonderful image!

Thanks! I smiled when I walked into the room that sink was in, I figured it would make for some nice photos.

I currently have that in a folder to upload along with a bunch of other stuff to get prints made to hang up in my house.

cj99si wrote:

The dirty sink is awesome! Please tell me you tried the slide!

But of course! It was a fun, if rusty, ride.

snowalker

yep
amazing trip huh? congrats for shots!