Heygate Estate – Claydon House
I though that I would finish off the Heygate images this evening. As the area is somewhat ‘dodgy’, with lots of under under and overpasses and covering quite a large area I didn’t really hang around...
View ArticleHeygate Estate – Locked Up
The front of the housing block looked pretty bleak, all doors and windows shuttered and welded closed. The estate was deserted except for a few people passing through as a short cut. Yet the London...
View ArticleManor House GT – Main Hall
My urbex colleague and I had been planning this one for a couple of weeks. We had originally thought about doing a south coast industrial location, however he wanted to go somewhere totally different...
View ArticleManor House GT – Dinner Is Served
Not sure why I chose the title for the image, possibly as my dinner was ready after I’d finished processing. I don’t know about any of the other photographers, but when I get home I cant wait to get my...
View ArticleManor House GT – Neither Up Nor Down
I’ts funny that I often complain on here about not having any inspiration to process images. The advice from others – GO SHOOT. Recently I’ve been in good processing health and for some reason I’ve...
View ArticleManor House GT – Sunrise
Just a really fast post this evening as I’m heading out! Click the image for the full gallery.
View ArticleManor House GT – Rent Note
Those were the days eh! Three years rent £13! This was on top of a pile of papers left in the Great Hall (which I have now found out was a library). Thing like this I hope are kept, it shows a good...
View ArticleManor House GT – Up Stairs
Another quick post as its Friday and I have to have a quick turn around. I’ve seen many great pictures of staircases, but never been anywhere that I’ve been able to grab great images myself....
View ArticleManor House GT – Servants Quarters
Right at the top of the house were a couple of rooms that were still left with ‘things’ in them. This was the only one with a bed though. The setting indicated that this was probably servants quarters...
View ArticleManor House GT – Different Faces
This image is typical of the rooms in The Manor – tidy and swept. Ready for the contractors to come in and get busy. Interestingly there were a couple of paintings on the window, probably set up by a...
View ArticleManor House GT – Shutter Detail
Here’s a close-up of the awesome old skool craftsmanship in the manor house library. This shot was enhanced by the lovely morning light coming in through the windows. I was really taken with the...
View ArticleManorhouse GT – Arched
Here’s a typical view of the architecture and decay in the manor house – somewhat crusty, but not yet falling apart (too much). You can also see the scaffold that has been put in place to bolster /...
View ArticleMonday Morning – Sleepy Eyes
Here’s an image that I’ve processed slightly differently to my usual manner. I’m trying to add a little more colour to this one. I’ve used the cross processing filter in Nik to get a more antique look...
View ArticleWest Park Asylum – Showers
I was surprised to come across the showers in this area of the asylum. Having been there many times before I don’t think I’ve been in this area before. It has what can only be described as paint...
View ArticleWest Park Asylum – In The Mouths Of Madmen
Although West Park has been mostly cleared of trinkets and other such ornaments there is still the odd thing to be found before the demo teams continue their assault on sturdy Victorian architecture....
View ArticleWest Park Asylum – Cleanse Me
Another quick post this evening. Here’s an image from one of the bathrooms at the asylum. I’m trying to move away from my normal style taking some different images and angles. Its actually very...
View ArticleWest Park Asylum – UP
Another nice simple shot in my series of simple shots together with a simple post! I loved the peeling pain on this switch and the almost monochrome paint colour a lot, the rust breaking through and...
View ArticleWest Park Asylum – Time For A Cuppa
I’m getting towards the end of this set from West Park I think. I need a little break from relentless processing to start afresh. with renewed vigour. Its not helping that my 550D is in the repair shop...
View ArticleWest Park Asylum – Frail and Bedazzled
This week has been an interesting one for me. I did my first ‘photo presentation’ at a local camera club. This was around HDR and urbex, more focussing on the urbex side of things and hopefully...
View ArticleWest Park Asylum – DRUGS
Having visited West Park around 15 times over an 18 month period, I was fairly used to seeing artefacts laying about, toys in the children’s ward, beds and chairs etc. However it’s shocking to see that...
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