guard gate

[jetrim]

When mother nature takes back what is hers

[gahspidy]

Ahh, what a beatiful place . I like your framing of this very much. Nice perspective looking through one window to another. I am not feeling that b&w is doing any good for this, and would be inclined to see what the color version (if there is one) can offer this.
Still good, and a great subject.

[jetrim]

The color version

[Didache]

I much prefer the colour version - I'm not sure there is enough tonal variation for a mono image. The colour version I like though! What is it about photographers that attracts them like moths to anything decrepid or decayed?? And no jokes please about being willing to do a portait of me

Cheers
Mike

[Frog]

I like the composition and do prefer the b/w though both have their benefits. I'm thinking the lack of tonal variation is what adds to the drabness which is what this is about.

Mike, I've asked that question many times myself and never found an answer. I don't think you've yet reached the decrepit and decayed...yet...but this tendency in photography does count for faces as well as things.

[gahspidy]

Yes, I like the color version better only because I can readily see the various vines and elements which i think were blended in flat in the b&w version due to a rather flat lighting condition. the colors bring back a certain depth to it. If you wanted to keep it as b&w, I think bringing a little more pop with contrast could improve it.

There is much beauty and intrigue to gather from the natural process of decay and neglect.Then there is also the curiosity of the "Car wreck" syndrome that has everyone wanting to see. . .

[MB1]

My vote is for the color version.

Either way I want a bit of a crop from the bottom to reduce the amount of blank wall on the lower left.

[jetrim]

Thanks guys!
MB, the idea behind the composition was to have the roofline finish off at the top left and the floor finish at the bottom right. The wall you mentioned should probably have a faded old sign on it or something, I agree that it's a pretty big area of dead real estate compared to the rest, but cropping it out introduces a nasty by-product in that you lose the bottom part of the door and all of the floor, and after trying it, I find it even less appealing (to me) than the section of blank wall

[Greg McCary]

I also agree the color works best. The spots of rust on the roof are more noticeable. My kind of place. Good find...