Junction
(exif: canon 5d mark ii, tamron 17-35 2.8, 17mm, iso100)
I’m out in Henderson, Nevada for work this week and of course dragged my gear along with me. I used to hate carrying a lot of crap with me back in the day, but now I take along my personal laptop, camera bag and tripod if I’m gone longer than a day or two. It certainly makes things more difficult, but then again, I’d miss out on stuff like the above image.
I had no idea where I was going yesterday, but I decided to take a drive after getting done at the plant. I headed south on the 515 which turned into the 95 and then took the 93 towards Lake Mead. Not sure what I was looking for…I just knew the sun was going down and I wanted to get a cool picture of something.
I passed by this building off to the left and saw a bunch of broken windows. Bingo. It was close to the road, no fences, so I flipped around and parked at a pullout right by it. Was almost like it was an overlook to view this place (link to it here from Google maps).
Now, there is something about a building being abandoned, windows broken…the oldness, the quiet…that spooks me. I mean, this thing was only a few hundred feet from the road but I still kept looking over my shoulder. I need to get over that.
I slowly explored the area and was amazed to find the door to the above room open. I didn’t have to work hard to slide it all the way which allowed in a bit more light and let me setup the tripod.
The site itself was interesting. It looked like a power generation station but also a small water reservoir storage system. This set of pipes is some kind of junction for the process…I count at least five valves in the picture. I love old, worn, decrepit stuff like this…and I seriously love how the HDR process brings it to life.
I took a few more shots from around the place and will post them at a later time. Below is kind of a quickie image that gives you an idea of what the outside area looked like (posted it on Twitter last night).
Awesome. Love the grime and complexity of those pipes. Look forward to seeing more from this location.
Really like those textures you brought out in that first image, cool shot
I’d be looking over my shoulder as well, looks like something from resident evil.
Great shot, Mike. Agree with Heath and Jesse. You really brought out the texture and grime on the shot! Awesome!
Great grungy goodness! Love the processing on the pipes.
The brick wall is really cool in this shot… I also love the gradient from light to shadow, really great shot Mike!
Great find Mike, love how you just found it on the side of the road randomly! Great example of HDR bringing out details, killer shot dude!
Lovely shot – you did well to get in. After the external I was thinking that it would have to be a bit of an effort. Its always worth having a scout around. Many times I’ve gone in through a window only to find a door open!
It looks like a water pumping station, you’re right.
Good work on the image – processing and HDR top notch as we all some to expect – keep it up!
Great shot mike…its amazing what you can find when you are not really looking for it.
Great find!