MPC #5. Abandoned-> 9/14-9/28

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Originally Posted by Lonnie

Great shot, but next time, frame the grand through the opening in the bumper.

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Thanks and DAMN IT I hate when I do see that possibility in the field.

Here are my crappy entries:
http://users.tkk.fi/~hmatilai/Comp/Kelat.jpg
Old cable rolls

http://users.tkk.fi/~hmatilai/Comp/Lato.jpg
Long forgotten barn

http://users.tkk.fi/~hmatilai/Comp/Romu.jpg
Pile of heap.

So here is my first try at the MPC. This last weekend I hiking around one of the more scary places deep in the Santa Monica Mountains...ok maybe not so deep in. In Rustic Canyon in what is now about a mile or so north of the current northern edge of the Pacific Palisades is the old run down remains of what is known as Murphy Ranch. Through the years there have many many stories and the rumors about this place such as it being a place where albinos were exiled, a nazi camp, a hangout for Manson and his group, and so on. Many of these were just tales told by older scouts to younger scouts to scare them when hiking around in the area. But some of it is strangely true such as it being a self sustaining camp in the 30's for Nazi party sympathizers in the US and later on being a artist colony in the 60's and early 70's. Since then nature has regrown around the site, structures have aged and collasped, and many LA taggers have used the remains as a canvas for their tagging. More on the intersting history can be found by googling Murphy Ranch and Rustic Canyon.

So here are my 3 pictures
http://tetongravity.com/forums/attac...3&d=1190874390
The old remains of the former power station at the Ranch
http://tetongravity.com/forums/attac...4&d=1190874390

http://tetongravity.com/forums/attac...2&d=1190874390

I am not sure if these qualify as they are historic "sites," but they are abandoned in the sense that nobody lives there. All from the Alcazar Real in Seville

http://homepage.mac.com/ars062.01/.P...166D0A11DC.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/ars062.01/.P...C96D0A11DC.jpg

http://homepage.mac.com/ars062.01/.P...316D0A11DC.jpg

bump, ends Midnight.

Third entry.
While wondering around a cabin at Bar BC I came across this onion. It was first thing in the morning and no one else was around. Someone definitely abandoned it.
http://stormrider.smugmug.com/photos...77-600x600.jpg

Nice work mags, voting thread posted soon.

A couple of mine that I think fit the subject.
Edit: For some reason, I was thinking that the deadline was the 30th. I'll read ALL of the thread title next time.
1. Shot this past Thurs. Untitled
http://gabe.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p742674984-4.jpg

2 Also shot this past Thurs. Untitled
http://gabe.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p825498844-4.jpg

3. Shit...oops, Shot today. Title: Man Vacuums Shit
http://gabe.zenfolio.com/img/v2/p644165333-4.jpg
^^^By Far the most interesting thing I saw at the Candy Dance Crap Fair.
Every once in a while, the hose would shake and rattle. I'm guessing that's when it sucked up a phatty turd. I'm pretty sure the hose man's mind was somewhere else, as his expression indicates.

i was out of town for the duration of the contest, but ended up shooting for the contest anyway.

along the shepherdwong lines:
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...lySept0011.jpg

cool car on a fake island in a fake lake under full moon light:
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...lySept0014.jpg
yes i know its tilted, i was shooting with a 3" bendy tripod :nonono2:

same place during the day
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...lySept0010.jpg