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A trip to abandoned military building - XeoX - Feb 14, 2006

Well, Sunday me and my mate Ander decided to take a trip to abandoned military buildings in the suburb. 90 minutes, 77 shots, 3 buildings and kilometers of walking - these would the the entries for this trip.
Here are some of the best ones:

#1


#2


#3


#4


#5


#6


#7


#8


#9

And that's me then

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A trip to abandoned military building - smarti77 - Feb 14, 2006

Great shots, seems like a facinating location. Is it easy to walk around or is it 'off limits'?

I like # 1, 3 and 6 in particular.

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A trip to abandoned military building - matthew - Feb 14, 2006

Wow, very nice. As I was looking through, I was trying to pick a favourite and kept adding numbers to the list. I will say that my favourite 'people' photo is #1; the others don't convey the sense of place that makes the rest of them special.

I've shot inside abandoned buildings before, and always found it difficult to isolate distinct and significant subjects within them. You've done a great job.

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A trip to abandoned military building - Toad - Feb 14, 2006

Good thematic series - well done.

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A trip to abandoned military building - EnglishBob - Feb 14, 2006

Interesting Series, I like the composition and tones of the stairs the best.

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A trip to abandoned military building - shuttertalk - Feb 14, 2006

Great series, Xeox. I find them very dark and emotive. Very similar to Kombi's thread on urban exploration... do tell the story behind the trip!

My favourite is the stairs - love the peeling paint and the mono treatment.

The upturned table amidst the leaves also appeals to me, as there is a lot of meaning in there. Almost like progress and civilised life is overturned, and nature is taking over... something like that.

Awesome!

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A trip to abandoned military building - wulinka - Feb 14, 2006

I think #2 is my favorite, has an artistic touch and I like abstracts.
The location seems appealing, nice work!

uli

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A trip to abandoned military building - Schellamo - Feb 15, 2006

No. 1 is superb!! I love it, very moody, though I feel a little could be cropped off the top (down to where the ceiling meets the wall)
Great composition on no. 2, I really like it!
i love the lines and textures in 3 & 4 and the colours are just beautiful in no 8

Thanks for sharing these, they are great!

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A trip to abandoned military building - sg - Feb 15, 2006

Outstanding stuff XeoX..................... seems like a very interesting trip to make!!!!!!

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A trip to abandoned military building - XeoX - Feb 15, 2006

Thanks, mates, for good words.

I did a lot of thinking about the #1, but I just couldn't come up with any cropping or post porocessing. Basically it is the original one. Now that I think, it seems to me that it would be really better if I cropped it from the top.

I hope to take another trip with my friend soon to more exciting places. Though, there aren't many such places in my hometown.

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A trip to abandoned military building - Petographer - Feb 15, 2006

Very interesting series. These type of images fit into a category of their own.

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A trip to abandoned military building - Kombisaurus - Feb 19, 2006

oooo.. lovely photos here Xeox!

Shots #1 through to #4 are all my favourites, in no particular order.
#1 has a fantastic mood about it with just the right amount of light on the subject and to hint at some of the contents of the room. And the other three show excellent use of repetition and patterns. There is a lovely relationship between the order created by the patterns in the architecture and the chaos of the peeling paint, broken glass, and chipped plaster eating away at it all. Excellent!

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A trip to abandoned military building - Zig - Feb 22, 2006

Number one does it for me, though they are all dripping with mood and....er, eastern europeanness! Yeah, I know they would be....but you've really maximised this by your treatment.
Nice stuff.

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