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Across Salt Road to the East are a pair of buildings Xerox used to rent in its glory days. One is back in service; this one that I worked in for several years is looking decidedly forlorn.
My boss sat on the other side of the window I'm peering through.
Scanning and inverting the negatives leaves a sepia tint on the images. Usually I desaturate to a clean black and white. For this set it seemed appropriate to leave it in.
Canon AE-1, Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens
Ilford Delta 100 Professional
Negative scan worked up in the Gimp
My boss sat on the other side of the window I'm peering through.
Scanning and inverting the negatives leaves a sepia tint on the images. Usually I desaturate to a clean black and white. For this set it seemed appropriate to leave it in.
Canon AE-1, Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens
Ilford Delta 100 Professional
Negative scan worked up in the Gimp
Image size
4916x3410px 19.63 MB
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Overall Vision Originality Technique ImpactExcellent use of the window. I think a lot of folks would have tried to clean it up as best they could to get a clearer view inside, but it suits the nature of the subject to have that grime in the very foreground yet unfocused. It adds a bit of mystery, which is good for an abandoned building!
In looking more closely at the composition, I think that the lower-left corner is a bit distracting. It looks like it's maybe shrinkwrap over some furniture, or something? The lines are distracting, because they create a very light spot that draws the eye away from the rest of the subject, and it makes the thing look a little less abandoned, because on the way out someone obviously took care to wrap it up. I don't think there's much you could do about it other than trying another window, though.