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Abandoned Real Estate
Abandoned Places Photography
Interesting abandoned real estate and abandoned personal property can be portrayed with the HDR touch.
Vacant... Left behind... Its character broken. An abandoned property picks no favourite home. Urban. Rural.
"Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm."
Blaise Pascal (1623–1662), French scientist, philosopher.
The next three HDR photos explore an old shed on my farm. When our family farm and home was expropriated by the government in 1968 for a new highway, we rebuilt the farm about 300 yards north. This shed was kept and made the trek up the hill. It continued to be frequently used for storage of machines and other farm implements. We eventually built a much larger shed in the 1970s, but this old, wooden structure has remained; straddling the line between abandonment and living.
Further up Roachville Road (the east end) stands this barn, which possesses the standard architectural style of its time. The animals were housed on the ground floor and hay was stored above them. Access to the top floor (the 'hay mow') was usually available from the front or around the back. Hay bales were placed on an excalator and make their way to the mow through the high window at the barn's end.
The setting sun hits the power lines leading to and from this example of abandoned real estate: the former Roachville Elementary School. It's now taking the fast lane on the decay highway. In its heyday, it held three classrooms, from grades one to eight; and at the end, from grades one to six.
Returning to my farm, here's an inside-looking-out HDR photo of the main dairy barn. Several years have passed since Dad retired from farming. This building is mainly used for storage and a home to stray cats, mice and raccoons.
Abandoned With A Grunge, Surreal Effect
The Photomatix HDR settings were adjusted to give the next five abandoned property images a different look.
A once yellow school bus now sees another colour taking over.
A hay baler, I think, with that old-age, rust skin.
An old barn at the crossroads of Mount Middleton/Mount Hebron.
As the snow melts, little presents are uncovered from days of shopping past.
A potpourri of tin, rubber and wood.
A house and trailer at Mt. Pisgah.
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