The gates are all that remains of the East Lancs Paper Mill (Radcliffe)
Thousands worked here and at Radcliffe Paper Mill (My dad worked at both over the years) their closure had a huge impact on the town.
Took this with my Sony nex5n, used the toy camera setting to give a moodier sky, the colours were a bit vivid, thought a B+W conversion would work better for this..
Work - nice image. Unusual to take a shot of a demised works without any hint of buildings.
I like the desolation of just the gates, the solitary tree and the moody sky which emphasises the loss of jobs and community spirit. B&w works well for the mood. only one small point - I'm not sure if it would be possible to make the words a little more stand out - but that might alter other elements to the detriment of the shot.
welcome back michelle.... like this shot for work, or lack of work. Empty gates with no walls either side always stand out. Great sky too, I think the portrait orientation works well, but possibly a wider view might have helped - more sky and a bit either side of the pillars.
Not normally a fan of a heavy vignette, but used to good effect here.
only 4 "little" donuts?? Lovely stacking, can't fault that at all, and I love the DOF and the clean background, but someone's going to have to explain the crop to me.........
Hi really like the bleakness of Work and well framed. B&W was the only way. If you're inclined I might remove the bush on the left to emphasise the symmetry.
Time...beautiful , great pp which suits the timepiece & nice to see a non plain bg
Gluttony.....not sure why but I like the lighting on this , almost dreamy soft & seems to compliment the colors in the hundreds n thousands.....odd's normally work better but even seems to be ok for this one & like the positioning ...
Work...mono suits it perfectly , dark n moody fits the abandoned nature of the gates...like it
Gluttony - I like the angle looking down on the stack. I think that the lighting works and the dreamy (as Lynne) feel helps with the soft pastel colours of the sprinklings.
Time - lovely interpretation of the theme with the old fashioned feel, the toning, dof and b/g. well handled
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