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Abandoned Rural House
Posted by grant (kansas city, United States) on 24 March 2009 in Landscape & Rural and Portfolio.
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Annie Viguié from Bordeaux, France
I like the alignment of electric poles with the house
24 Mar 2009 5:19am
Matt Sutton from Sydney, Australia
Well done Grant. It has a real cold abandoned feel
24 Mar 2009 5:43am
Chris Parr from Jefferson City, United States
Not often you see a rural house with bars on the windows. Nice shot!
24 Mar 2009 5:53am
cat from Tel Aviv, Israel
Such a rich shot, the patterns in the snow and the bits of debris left around the house... it looks so lonely and yet the light is so warm. There are small signs that people have been here all around, even though they are absent from the shot. It seems full of stories somehow.
24 Mar 2009 6:17am
jpla from St Barthélémy d'Anjou, France
Très belle composition et très joli N&B.
JP
24 Mar 2009 8:24am
dik from McAllen, United States
Nice composition with the bit of snow on the top left of roof, great accent. Sky is subtle but rich.
24 Mar 2009 11:35am
Marcie from United States
Love the charcoal greys in this. Almost looks like a charcoal sketch.
24 Mar 2009 11:46am
dogilicious from Millerstown, PA, United States
Great composition. Great b/w tones in the sky.
24 Mar 2009 12:34pm
daina from New York, United States
No footprints yet a dark shape in the snow of indeterminate origin. Something was there when the snow fell but is there no longer - a vehicle? A body? And smaller dark patches continue as it that something might have been dragged behind the house. The house, I don’t think was ever a home – perhaps a station of some kind – those sturdy bars are not for a cottage. Ah well we will never know. But stories, possibilities come to mind. The texture of the snow is almost touchable and the mood palpable.
24 Mar 2009 1:22pm
@daina: i find that dark patch a bit creepy myself.
don from Spokane, United States
I like this stark shot of an old abandoned place. The barred windows suggest a mystery as to its past.
I too wonder about the melted area in the snow. Lot's of questions with this image - which makes it
a very successful one.
24 Mar 2009 2:58pm
sherri from Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
A sad image, Grant. The snow lends to the cold, empty feel.
24 Mar 2009 3:10pm
Stephen Phillips from San Francisco, United States
The light on the boarded door adds so much to this image. Well seen.
24 Mar 2009 4:38pm
Alex from Barcelona, Spain
Me gusta la nieve, este hinvierno ha tenido que ser muy duro, buen trabajo...como siempre.
Saludos.
24 Mar 2009 5:52pm
yiannis krikis from thessaloniki, Greece
very beautiful framing - I like the connection with the power lines and the tonality
24 Mar 2009 6:02pm
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
Its such a shame to see empty dwellings, the sense of lonely isolation comes across through the shot.
24 Mar 2009 6:28pm
Howard F. from South Pasadena, Calif., United States
Someone lived here once. I wonder what had happened... Nice shot. Though sunny, it's a bit sad too.
24 Mar 2009 6:37pm
Ian from A tranquil leafy place, United Kingdom
Interesting shot - the greyscale works well.
24 Mar 2009 8:54pm
ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States
Maybe someone is locked inside. best...jerry
25 Mar 2009 12:04am
michele from Canada
oh i like this one a lot! was so surprised to read the comments about the image feeling sad - that didn't cross my mind i was just delighted when this one unfolded. i like that sun/shadow across the door and the wire line to the house and how the line of trees meets the house.
25 Mar 2009 1:38am
bluechameleon from Vancouver, Canada
I really love your framing in this shot...a very emotive shot!
25 Mar 2009 3:11am
EYES WIDE SHUT from The library of my soul, United Kingdom
Bars on the windows, bodies under the bed. Secrets whispered from behind the curtains. There is a dark brooding undercurrent rising from the scene. All is not as it seems.
A wonderful, characterful shot that really stirs my thoughts.
25 Mar 2009 4:54am
Suzanne from Huntington Bch, California, United States
Nicely framed and documented. An unfriendly looking place with those bars on the windows.
25 Mar 2009 4:56am
observing from North West, United Kingdom
Maybe they got out before the snow came, an excellent image of a house that could have a secret.
25 Mar 2009 6:21am
Teresa from Mountain View, United States
I like how the left side of the house goes to the center of the frame and how the wires across the street disappear into the center of the frame as if they almost went into the house. Really like it.
26 Mar 2009 1:39am
shallowregret from Kongsberg, Norway
fascinated by your area, it is so different from around here. You seem to have a lot of abandoned buildings and closed businesses. Great shot.
26 Mar 2009 11:31pm
@shallowregret: well, they're there for the finding. but please don't take my photos as a representative sample of the area. i'm especially interesting in these empty places.
Denis from the edge of my blackhole, Kiribati
Sad picture, yet attractive. All an atmosphere of decay
27 Mar 2009 3:44pm
lisa v from Gawler, Australia
Rural, but still with security grill on the window.
28 Mar 2009 9:15pm
