Long forgotten...

[Raven]

I love old and derelic buildings, places time and mankind have forgotten.

If you have any photogenic old stuff on your land, please let me know!!

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/Ol.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/ol2.jpg

[Anne x]

These are fabulous reminds me of my grannies in caithness

[Buttercup]

That 1st one makes you think what a hard life they must've had ~ we just don't know we're born.

[Phoenix200416]

That 1st one makes you think what a hard life they must've had ~ we just don't know we're born.

Yes I agree Buttercup. It does doesn't it. We have some many things today that we just take for granted.

[psyberyeti]

Hello Raven,

You could try Dounreay Castle. Not forgotten but not many people can get there. As a professional photographer you might be allowed to do it.:cool:

[nanoo]

Hi Raven, I loved both of those pictures, they are very dramatic looking i think. A very nice touch (the black and white) to achieve this effect. Reminds me of the days of Robert Burns.;)

[Tugmistress]

Are they HDR images? They look impressive, wish i was savvy enough with computer programs to do them :)

[Raven]

Cheers folks, I am glad you enjoyed them!


Are they HDR images? They look impressive, wish i was savvy enough with computer programs to do them :)

Yes, the first one is a genuine HDR shot, in the second one HDR is only applied partially in a layer, the rest is done with d&b...

[Tugmistress]

Nice one Raven :) they really are impressive, i have to make do with what comes out of the camera :roll:

[psyberyeti]

Try Swona, the grass is very green, if not greener. The buildings are grey and the sky is a beautiful blue. Lots of photo oportunities here. Here's one of my photos;

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/psyberyeti/Hoy%20day%20out/Hoydayout047.jpg
Well worth the trip and the climb.:cool:

[Raven]

I think I have seen this one in a fred before... looks very eerie, even in the sunshine. Well maybe in summer there will be a trip available to go there...

[cuddlepop]

There's loads on Skye.It seems quiet common for a whole township to be abandoned and moved further up the glen.

In Uig if you go up the Glen conon road as far as you can,leave the car and then walk past some beautifil waterfalls,you'll find some ruins of houses and the old school house.You carry on walking down the bottom of the Ben and walk along the other side.Takes you out at "fairy glen" and the back of the Uig hotel.
Suppose to be an amazing walk.
Its just far too muddy just now so maybe come the summer.:D

[honey]

those pictures are breathtaking Raven!

I love looking at old buildings, I remember when we used to get finished our schoolwork in primary 7s in mount pleasant, the teacher would let us take a picture from a big pile to write a story about. I always took pictures of old buildings and wrote ghost stories about them.

[Deemac]

Some explanations . . . . . (I'm sure some viewers my be puzzled)

HDR = "High Dynamic range" (i.e. take a range of exposures (using a tripod to steady the view) - some to capture the very bright areas of the image some for the mid tones and some for the dark areas - then combine/overlay them using something like photoshop - you then have a composite image using the best bits of each exposure!!

d&b = "dodge and burn" (just like a real darkroom you can deliberately over or under expose selective parts of the image - again an image editor like photoshop of Paint shop pro will be required)

Raven, you should give Tugmistress some tutorials (apologies if I am too presumptuous here girls . . . .);)

[Tugmistress]

Some explanations . . . . . (I'm sure some viewers my be puzzled)

HDR = "High Dynamic range" (i.e. take a range of exposures (using a tripod to steady the view) - some to capture the very bright areas of the image some for the mid tones and some for the dark areas - then combine/overlay them using something like photoshop - you then have a composite image using the best bits of each exposure!!

d&b = "dodge and burn" (just like a real darkroom you can deliberately over or under expose selective parts of the image - again an image editor like photoshop of Paint shop pro will be required)

Raven, you should give Tugmistress some tutorials (apologies if I am too presumptuous here girls . . . .);)

hehe no worries on my count deemac! if raven is up for it and used PSP then i would greatfully receive tutorials! a very nice gentleman came round for an hour or so one night to take me through the process but in my fuzzy head it has all gone again!

[Raven]

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/lf2.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/lf.jpg

Sorry Tugmistress, I don`t work with PSP, I have PS CS2, so you are all on your own.
No and then I get asked if I do lectures, but even if I would want to, it would be very hard to fit it in with my most times busy schedule.

[Raven]

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/lf3.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/lf4.jpg

It`s so sad to see those once beautiful houses in ruins...

[Raven]

Before you ask yourself.... the birds are real!

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/lf5.jpg

The moon isn`t ;-)

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/lf6.jpg

[cuddlepop]

Before you ask yourself.... the birds are real!

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/lf5.jpg

The moon isn`t ;-)

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/lf6.jpg
Looks like ideal locations for horror movies.Spooky.

[honey]

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/lf6.jpg
that looks like a picture i would have done a ghost story about!!!! :D

[psyberyeti]

I have fallen in love with the house under the moon.:cool:

[twiglet]

Love the photos, especialy of the old church in castletown. Looks very spooky but nothing there but rooks,pidgeons and an owl! Seeing buildings like this always makes me wish I had the money or oportunity to renovate them, picturesque as they are.

[Torvaig]

Love the photos, especialy of the old church in castletown. Looks very spooky but nothing there but rooks,pidgeons and an owl! Seeing buildings like this always makes me wish I had the money or oportunity to renovate them, picturesque as they are.

Know what you mean Twiglet; it is such a shame that lovely buildings are allowed to get so dilapidated until latterly they have to be pulled down. Mind you, so many of them are listed and the owners cannot afford to renovate them making for ludicrous stalemate.

"The powers that be" should provide the finance for same if they insist on making buildings listed; after all, they are supposed to be preserving them for future generations....:confused

[Phoenix200416]

"The powers that be" should provide the finance for same if they insist on making buildings listed; after all, they are supposed to be preserving them for future generations....:confused

Yes I agree there Torvaig. Otherwise there will be nothing for future gens too see if all thats left is a pile of stones. Very sad. :(

[Raven]

that looks like a picture i would have done a ghost story about!!!!
Honey, why dont you write a story about it and we make a book together:lol:

I do absolutely agree with twiglet, Torvaig and Phoenix!!

[Raven]

Speaking of spooky.... now that place really gave me the creeps... dont know why though..

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/lf8.jpg

Maybe not forgotten, but could do with a new lick of paint :-)

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/lf7.jpg

[honey]

Honey, why dont you write a story about it and we make a book together:lol:

I do absolutely agree with twiglet, Torvaig and Phoenix!!

your on!! it might be about the level of a 12 year old cause thats the last time i wrote one, but hey, we might be on to something! :lol:

[Raven]

your on!! it might be about the level of a 12 year old cause thats the last time i wrote one, but hey, we might be on to something! :lol:


Lets do it honey, sounds like fun! ;)

[Sandra_B]

Wow! What fantastic photos. You should be selling those, you have a great eye.

[Dusty]

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/lf8.jpg

Once again Raven, brilliant photographs.

The one above seems slightly familiar, where about is it?

The more I see on this forum, the more I want to see. Keep 'em coming everybody.

[Torvaig]

Wow! What fantastic photos. You should be selling those, you have a great eye.

With any luck she will: http://www.martinacrossphotography.co.uk/ ;)

[Sandra_B]

Fantastic site, although I'm depressed I missed out on the calendar. Will have to order early for next year!

[Raven]

@ Dusty, that was somewhere going up Braemar?? Dont take this for granted as this is an old shot :-)

@ Sandra, yep, the 2009 one is in the making and almost finished already. I would advise to get into touch early enough :-)