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Abandoned door

An old abandoned doorway rotting away gave me a great opportunity for some up close shots.

An old abandoned doorway rotting away gave me a great opportunity for some up close shots.
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FinePix S2980

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Aperture f/5.2 ISO 200 Shutter 10/130

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Apr, 2013

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Behind The Lens

Location

This photo was taken at the Great Central Railway station in Quorn Leicestershire, I'm a self taught local photographer and always find the GCR fascinating with an abundance of photo opportunities.

Time

Walking around the Great Central Railway station on a cold afternoon, I was looking for something unusual and spotted this shed door, the decay caught my eye. It was taken on 26th January 2013 at 4pm.

Lighting

Being a January afternoon, the lighting wasn't great, it was beginning to fade and the sky had a cold blue/grey tinge to it, I didn't want to use flash as I felt this would make the image look a little false, so I used the last of the natural light available, I think this has worked as it gives the image a cold feel, complimenting the rust and abandoned look the door has.

Equipment

This was shot using my Fuji Finepix S2980 bridge camera, no other equipment was used.

Inspiration

I very much like anything quirky, and love to wander around the old GCR train stations, each one has a 1940's theme to it. I spotted this door, the tired faded colour, rust and decay along with the fading light made it seem an ideal shot, I thought about framing the complete door, but realised a close up of the lock would bring out more of the detail.

Editing

Post-processing was very minimal on this image, I slightly enhanced the contrast, and cropped the edges.

In my camera bag

I have since upgraded my camera from the S2980 Fuji bridge camera to a Canon eos 450D, the Fuji often gets put in my bag for everyday photography, but when I go out specifically to take images I take my Canon, which I love, it's such an easy camera to use. I have two lenses, the standed 18-55mm kit lens and a Tamron 55-200mm, both are fantastic lenses, and are the only ones I use. I also keep a UV filter on my camera, it not only helps with glare it also keeps my lenses scratch and dust free. I also have a star-8 filter which is great fun and creates interesing shots of car/street lights or any other lights, and lastly I have spare memory cards, always a must have.

Feedback

I often find quirky images creep up on you when you least expect it, so be sure to always have a camera with you, I'm always on the look out for odd things and find you really need to experiment with different angles, particularly close up as this brings out so much more detail. I think the best advice I was given and can give is to take photos of the things you love.

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Abandoned door

An old abandoned doorway rotting away gave me a great opportunity for some up close shots.

Behind The Lens

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