Decay
A snap of one of the Hallways in an Abandoned Mental Institution that I had an explore around last year.
A snap of one of the Hallways in an Abandoned Mental Institution that I had an explore around last year.
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MaryAnne306
March 04, 2015
Great composition and capture! Congratulations on being the People's Choice winner.
debbie_packer
March 07, 2015
Cool photo! I love places like this. Somehow I missed this contest, or I would have dug out my photos (that I haven't had a chance to edit yet) from the prison in Philadelphia. It actually looks somewhat similar to this place. Very cool! I bet you had a lot of fun exploring here!
AndyB1981
March 13, 2015
Thanks very much! Ahh that's a shame that you missed the contest, seeing pictures of the prison in Philadelphia would have been interesting :) . This particular photo was taken in the abandoned mental asylum in Denbigh North Wales, United Kingdom :) - it was fun indeed!
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adavies
March 18, 2017
Great image! Nicely done! If you haven't done so already, please consider joining my Beautiful Urbex challenge:)
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Location
I took this photo whilst exploring an abandoned hospital situated not to far from where I live. I'm not so sure I was supposed to be there, so "shhhhh" don't tell anyone!Time
I arrived at the site just after lunchtime. If I remember rightly, this particular photo was taken a few hours after that (probably around 3-4pm) because this shot was taken in the heart of the abandoned hospital.Lighting
To be honest, it was pretty dark where I was standing and I did not expect the photo to come out as well as it did. The scene (upon closer inspection) actually had quite a few lighting influences coming from cracks in the walls and ceilings. The main source of light was from the open/broken doors that lead to a courtyard to the left, and from the well-lit hallway due to a decaying roof! If you cast your eyes on the vanishing point of the picture, you can see where the roof has actually caved in! Dangerous stuff!Equipment
This shot was taken with my Canon 550D and using the 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Lens. I also used a tripod. No flash.Inspiration
I've always been a big fan of urban exploration pictures of run-down and abandoned areas. I really don't know what it is about them, but I find them strangely alluring. So I decided to take the plunge and take my own pictures of an abandoned hospital which wasn't to far from where I live.Editing
If I hadn't used any post-processing, I doubt that half of this photo would have been visible. Initially, I took 3 photos all at different exposures. So one was darkish, one had medium tones and the other was light enough to highlight all the darkest areas. I stitched the photos together in Photoshop and tweaked the contrast/brightness, saturation of particular colours etc. So yeah, just some tweaking - nothing too crazy!In my camera bag
My equipment is fairly limited as I'm actually quite new to photography. What I currently have is a Canon 550d and the kit lens that came with it, along with two other lenses which are an EF 50mm f1.8 II and an EFS 55mm-250mm f4-5.6 IS II. I also have a GoPro 4 Silver Edition.Feedback
If you ever have the urge to go and do some Urbex (Urban Exploration) photos, GO!! It's loads of fun! If you're looking to capture something similar, then find yourself a nice long decaying hallway for starters. As for composition, I put the vanishing point roughly in the centre of the image so that there is roughly an equal amount of the walls, floor and ceiling in the picture frame. If the environment is dark like mine was, mount your camera onto a tripod so you can shoot at long enough exposures that will allow you to capture your dark areas. As for the ISO setting, I think it was set to 200 for this image, so that I could keep a lot of the detail and reduce noise. Each picture is different though, so you'll have to experiment to find out what works best for you and your situation. If you want to easily see the dark and light parts in your final image (if you're in a really dark area), you're going to have to take the picture at multiple exposures and stitch them together in photoshop in post like I did.
