Abandoned cell block in the jungle - C&C please.

DeVerm

This cell block is part of battery Baird of Fort Sherman in Colon, Panama. It was abandoned by the US army in 1999 and the jungle is taking over these concrete structures that once housed huge guns. Battery Baird housed 8 mortars of 12" (yep, 12 inch) caliber.

I have been here a number of times before but it is difficult to find the interesting light. I finally did:

Earache

Nice exposure - you're right, the lighting was pretty good. This one is great, but I actually like the other pic in your gallery better - it shows the wall face more straight on.

DeVerm

Earache wrote: »

Nice exposure - you're right, the lighting was pretty good. This one is great, but I actually like the other pic in your gallery better - it shows the wall face more straight on.

Hi Earache,

Thanks for your comments. Here's the other one you mention; I decided to post the one above because it is the 2nd angle I selected for the subject. I recon the first choice is the one that every shooter would take, making the 2nd more interesting... but sometimes the first choice is best of course

Earache

I think your theory is sound - I just formed a personal preference for the wider composition.
BTW - It is a treat to see all the green - we are bone-dry and brown here in SO CAL.

DeVerm

Earache wrote: »

I think your theory is sound - I just formed a personal preference for the wider composition.
BTW - It is a treat to see all the green - we are bone-dry and brown here in SO CAL.

Ah but you don't have an 8-month long rainy season

I love to go out with a wide angle lens. These shots are the 17-40L but still at the upper range because I couldn't get closer without disturbing the big spiders and snakes

Crokey

I think DeVerm was right with his choice of photo. The second just "is". It's almost documentary in nature, but your closer shot tells the story so much better. You've simplified it, removed the bright patch of sky, and organized the elements into a nice graphic whole. I vote number 1

Snowgirl

Crokey wrote: »

I think DeVerm was right with his choice of photo. The second just "is". It's almost documentary in nature, but your closer shot tells the story so much better. You've simplified it, removed the bright patch of sky, and organized the elements into a nice graphic whole. I vote number 1

I agree.

And yep - avoid the nasty spiders and snakes at all costs!

DeVerm

Crokey wrote: »

I think DeVerm was right with his choice of photo. The second just "is". It's almost documentary in nature, but your closer shot tells the story so much better. You've simplified it, removed the bright patch of sky, and organized the elements into a nice graphic whole. I vote number 1

Thank you Crokey. It's nice to hear that I am on the right path. I sometimes think that I'm weird shooting this kind of scenes instead of beautiful women

The main feature of the second photo is the staircase that actually goes all the way to the top of the photo under all that growth.

p.s. the orange "stuff" on the walls is lichen. I need to bring a macro lens for that later

DeVerm

Snowgirl wrote: »

I agree.

And yep - avoid the nasty spiders and snakes at all costs!

Thank you Snowgirl. The thing with the spiders and snakes is that they normally don't come at you unless totally ignoring you. But in the Panama jungle they also have Jurassic versions of wasps, hornets, bees, stinging flies etc. and they love to build their nests in these kind of places. I'm almost ready to spray the deet repellant in my neck too