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

Nice work everyone on “Perspective”, now time for the next one. The theme for this round of Maggot Photo Contest is “Abandoned.” The images should capture the abandoned and forgotten. The direction you take this up to your own creativity; lost and abandoned places off the beaten path, forgotten people of society, history that’s been pushed aside for development are some ideas I had in mind.

Rules:

1. Photos must be taken within the time period of the contest.

2. You may submit 3 photos during the competition.

3. The contest moderator will choose 5 of the photos to put in a poll for the mags to vote on and decide the winner.

4. The winner will get a happy feeling in his/her pants. (That is a rule by the way not an option)

5. Winner will be the contest starter/moderator for the next comp.

That's cool, nice work

great idea! I have the perfect piece of history in mind for this one.

This is a very cool topic.

Hope I am not ruining anyone’s surprise but some AK mags need to go shoot the huge rusting pieces of mining machinery scattered throughout the state.

Looks like I'll have to drive a couple hours north, but I think I might have a spot for this one! I know Pure Vida lives to the north somewhere, but I'll be rolling through the mountains...

Not as abandoned looking as i had remembered, the library from the Ventura County Work Camp up in Rose Valley.
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1305/...dad50f6e_b.jpg

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Originally Posted by powdercow

This is a very cool topic.

Hope I am not ruining anyone’s surprise but some AK mags need to go shoot the huge rusting pieces of mining machinery scattered throughout the state.

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Damn that time period clause cause I shot some sick photos from my annual trip to Kennecott/McCarthy (AK) in August..

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Originally Posted by snowburns

Damn that time period clause cause I shot some sick photos from my annual trip to Kennecott/McCarthy (AK) in August..

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Eligible or not I would love to see those.

A couple...

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...1&d=1190170320


http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...1&d=1190170320

What the hell, let's make it 3...
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...1&d=1190170845

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/a...1&d=1190298627

#1:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1196/...41ff57ac_b.jpg

#2:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1169/...b595f189_b.jpg

#3:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1322/...afbea694_b.jpg

9 Mile Canyon, 15 Sept 2007

Hippy-Bus from today.

http://shepherdwong.smugmug.com/phot...654339-L-2.jpg

Good shot. Slightly oversaturated IMHO. What's the exposure info and post adjustments (if any)?

3 from Saturday, out looking at fall aspens. Didn't do to well with the aspen, so at least I captured some abandoned mines and buildings.

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/b...2007/Mine3.jpg

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/b...%2007/Mine.jpg

http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/b...2007/Mine4.jpg

Tschanüff Castle, Lower Engadine (Switzerland)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1355/...622c1aa3_b.jpg



Steinsberg Castle, Ardez

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1199/...93c9c38f_b.jpg

Abandoned Florida Style:

http://adaps.smugmug.com/photos/199871284-O.jpg

An old aqueduct:

http://www.pbase.com/praeesse/image/86148414/large.jpg

An entire town:

http://www.pbase.com/praeesse/image/86148408/large.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/praeesse/image/86148405/large.jpg

I’m gonna go with these two for now. Taken at the old Bar BC Ranch. It was homesteaded in 1911 and had it’s heyday as a dude ranch in the ‘20s and ‘30s. It was eventually sold to Grand Teton Nation Park under the stipulation that the former owner and his wife could live rest of their lives there. He died in the '50s and she in the late '80s. Since then, the Park has been trying to figure out what to do with it.

Dining Hall
http://StormRider.smugmug.com/photos/200094462-L.jpg

Bumper
http://StormRider.smugmug.com/photos/200093186-L.jpg

A third from this day may come if nothing else pans out.

MarkersTeleMark, nice fall colors. Where were those taken?

Gilman, Colorado.

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Originally Posted by LaZapatilla

Steinsberg Castle, Ardez

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1199/...93c9c38f_b.jpg

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Desperately needs to be 'un-abonded'.:D

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Originally Posted by Trackhead

Desperately needs to be 'un-abonded'.:D

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No kidding. Backcountry and backyard are one and the same.

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Originally Posted by MakersTeleMark

Gilman, Colorado.

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Nice. I figured Gilman would make an appearance. There's some excellent shooting sites within the town as well, just have to be stealth getting in.

Is that the town right next to Red Cliff,CO?

If so, go for a walk on the train tracks near Red Cliff- there are all kinds of mangled cars down there. Some are really freaky looking.

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Originally Posted by StormRider

Bumper
http://StormRider.smugmug.com/photos/200093186-L.jpg

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

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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