Ghost Town - Ardmore, SD

Dogdots

Re-editing and tried these out in HDR. I'm just learning so if I'm heavy handed with the sliders please let me know. Ardmore sits on the border edge of SD and NE. It is known as the town that survived the Great Drepression without one family on welfare. Quick facts on Ardmore, SD.

I have more on my site. Hope you enjoy them

Old shed sitting on the south end of town.




Car dump - I could get closer to these then the buildings in town because of the bee's.





Old store front.




It just gets left behind like everything else in town.





Unfortunately the sun was terrible that day. It was high and hot when we came through here. You could see the heat radiating off the buildings, but I took this photo anyway. Had a hard time exposing the photo since I wanted the part of the house in the shade to show. Should of done different exposures then stacked them together, but I didn't know how to do that then

Seatime

I like your ghost town shots, Dogdots. I don't know how to do hdr, but yours looks good, but maybe a little too much contrast?

I especially like the old cars. They tell a story.

Richard

Nice old stuff. On my monitor, the shadows are so dark on the first two that I think some detail is being lost. I would lighten up the effect a bit.

Jeroen

Nice. Nr 2 with the old cars is a winner.
All a bit too oversaturated for my taste. But I like them anyway. Nice series.

DaddyO

Nice shots... Really like the last one in this set.
You have some very cool color value going on in all. Thats nice PP work.

rwells

Hey Mary,

I like all of them, but the first three are top-notch to me


Don't let the dis-tractors get ya' ~ Stay outside that box!!!

whiterice

Very nice series Dogdots. #1, #2, and #3 are my favorites.

The RV/camper on the left detracts from #5 IMO.

Azzaro

Hi Mary Kim......Great job I like them all.... If I had a favorite it would be the old cars. I'm with Randy, stay out of the box..... azzaro

Dogdots

Seatime wrote:

I like your ghost town shots, Dogdots. I don't know how to do hdr, but yours looks good, but maybe a little too much contrast?

I especially like the old cars. They tell a story.

Thanks for letting me know about the contrast. I'm just learning this stuff and well....I'm finding the outcome for me has to do with my attitude at the time Strange when I think about that.

Your right the cars did tell a story. There were really old ones and newer ones there. Kind of tells the time-line of the town.

Dogdots

Richard wrote:

Nice old stuff. On my monitor, the shadows are so dark on the first two that I think some detail is being lost. I would lighten up the effect a bit.

Thank you for looking and I'll lighten up them

Dogdots

Jeroen wrote:

Nice. Nr 2 with the old cars is a winner.
All a bit too oversaturated for my taste. But I like them anyway. Nice series.

Ok...I need to lighten, and take the color down a notch or two. Thank you for the input. It helps

Dogdots

DaddyO wrote:

Nice shots... Really like the last one in this set.
You have some very cool color value going on in all. Thats nice PP work.

Thank you DaddyO

The house - that was one strange looking house. The roof/house really intrigued me because it matched the truck sitting next to it. Wish there were at least one person outside walking around, but the town was empty. Kinda creepy too...wind was blowing and you could hear things move..YIKES!

Dogdots

rwells wrote:

Hey Mary,

I like all of them, but the first three are top-notch to me


Don't let the dis-tractors get ya' ~ Stay outside that box!!!

Thank you Randy

Outside the box is a good place to be

Dogdots

whiterice wrote:

Very nice series Dogdots. #1, #2, and #3 are my favorites.

The RV/camper on the left detracts from #5 IMO.

I'm glad you liked them -- as for the RV -- that bugged me too. I tried cropping it out, but it squished the photo to much. It also interested me too since it was there. Thought maybe someone was living in it.

Dogdots

Azzaro wrote:

Hi Mary Kim......Great job I like them all.... If I had a favorite it would be the old cars. I'm with Randy, stay out of the box..... azzaro

Thank you Azzaro I'm glad you liked the cars. I'd love to get back there during the fall when I can get some photographs inside the cars and buildings.

As for the box...it's been recycled

NeilL

I like #2 best of this set, Mary, somehow HDR and old metal work well together.

Neil

Dogdots

NeilL wrote:

I like #2 best of this set, Mary, somehow HDR and old metal work well together.

Neil

Hi Neil

Thank you for taking a look and commenting. I like #2 too. I kick myself when I look at that photo....should of taken the time to take a look inside. Sometimes I've found the keys still in the ignition

The cars with the flat tops really interested me.