“Civilization”

by Robert Santafede

Posted on 2012/03/09 at 06:05 in Architecture & Urbex, Photography | RSS feed | Reply | Trackback URL

Tags: abandoned, civilization, industrial, landscapes, photo, photography, pic, urban exploration, urbex

17 Comments to ““Civilization””

mehmudah
2012/03/09 at 06:09

Really cool.

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- Robert Santafede
  2012/03/09 at 06:21
  
  Thank you Mehmudah!
  
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Face
2012/03/09 at 09:28

Love the composition!

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- Robert Santafede
  2012/03/10 at 07:19
  
  Thank you!
  
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niasunset
2012/03/09 at 10:26

You caught and captured nice image, Thank you dear Robert, with my love, nia

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- Robert Santafede
  2012/03/10 at 07:20
  
  Thank you for all your comments Nia, you’re too kind!
  
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mdphotographers
2012/03/09 at 13:50

Robert you sure do know how to take something that I would never think to consider shooting and make it very interesting. Is this the outside of a defunct factory or store? Is the light coming from a streetlight or did you use a flash? Well done again!!!

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- Robert Santafede
  2012/03/10 at 07:31
  
  Thanks MDP! It’s a bad habit. I tend to go through phases – I’ll spend a week wandering around ‘exploring’ trying to find locations like this one. The nice thing is you’ll never run out of content though!
  
  I’m not quite sure if it was totally abandoned, certain areas were still lit, but it’s definitely beat the hell up and it was pretty desolate there. The light is a combination of streetlights (Angeline had it correct two posts down) and the lighting under the awning. It was shot behind glass which picked up the street lights (upper center and left). I made the yellowish hue ‘pop’ a bit more, and as Ken below mentioned, upped the contrast to really get some of the texture and rust to come through.
  
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ken bello
2012/03/09 at 14:00

Great composition and high contrast lighting, yet a little mysterious.

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- Robert Santafede
  2012/03/10 at 07:31
  
  Thank you Ken!
  
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Angeline M
2012/03/09 at 15:15

Wonderful shot! I have the same questions as mdphotographers…is that a reflection in the black area? Or is it a panel that we’re looking through to lights in the distance? Fascinating.

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Robert Santafede
2012/03/10 at 07:33

Thank you Angeline! Good eye on recognizing the lights! I think I answered your question to MDP. 🙂

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ciluuk
2012/03/10 at 08:11

aih…. you have a great vintage color, amazing!

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- Robert Santafede
  2012/03/11 at 06:09
  
  Thank you Ciluuk! Your photos are amazing!
  
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Cardinal Guzman
2012/03/10 at 17:06

I like the work you did on the color of this photo. Great use of light as well!

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- Robert Santafede
  2012/03/11 at 06:09
  
  Thank you Cardinal!
  
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ahardyperspective
2012/03/21 at 17:41

wouldn’t have known it was shot behind glass, made a pretty cool effect. nice work

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