Tonedale Mill

[pxl8]

Tonedale Mill was established in 1790 and continued working up until the 1990's. The site is now being developed into luxury housing and is somewhere I've wanted access to for a while and this morning I spent a couple of hours on site. I would loved to have taken a model along as well but it's strictly hard hard, boots and gloves. Anyway, here's a small selection of the shots, I'm still toying with the processing but these have the general feel I want - I suspect they'll be a bit like marmite...

http://www.pxl8.co.uk/web_8690.jpg

http://www.pxl8.co.uk/web_8702.jpg

http://www.pxl8.co.uk/web_8710.jpg

http://www.pxl8.co.uk/web_8712.jpg

http://www.pxl8.co.uk/web_8734.jpg

http://www.pxl8.co.uk/web_8744.jpg

http://www.pxl8.co.uk/web_8752.jpg

http://www.pxl8.co.uk/web_8771.jpg

http://www.pxl8.co.uk/web_8778.jpg

http://www.pxl8.co.uk/web_8795.jpg

The open book in the last shot shows orders dating back to the 1940's.

[EdinburghGary]

Fantastic set, reminds me of the film 1984. Love these style of shots. Urban Decay I heard someone on here call them before. Top notch.

[Pirate Neilsouth]

The site is now being developed into luxury housing

More houses , as if we don't have enough already :razz:

Great shots though , love the processing on them :thumbs:. My favourite being the door on the floor

[Gandhi]

2,3 and 5 for me.

Lovely light and I like the processing too. Very sympathetic with the subject matter.

Model?

Hard hat, gloves and boots?

Would she need to be wearing anything else?

[Toothie]

number 2 and the book for me. Stuff like that is so interesting, history in progress.

[Tony B]

I like the compositions and bleached processing of your images really suits the subject.

Regards, Tony.

[Duckydoodle]

Great lighting and composition on these shots and the processing is excellent. Love the window the ivy on the outside makes it look magical. Excellent series :thumbs:

[Susane]

Love the window covered in ivy and the book shot.
An interesting set. :thumbs:

[Dark Star]

These are really nice! A great feeling of dereliction and times past! Books, Ivy window and door on the floor work best for me but they are all very good!

[Jan Solo]

Fantastic - I also love the door on the floor - and the one after that - no idea what it is, is my favourite because it shows all the other areas that you were shooting in and asks the question of "what the hell is that thing??"