monochrome heaven
By: Kirsty
Tags: art, Australia, black and white, deserted building, freedom, monochrome, photography, Warburton, Weetbix factory, Yarra Valley
Category: Daily Photos, human constructs
| Aperture: | f/11 |
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| Focal Length: | 48mm |
| ISO: | 400 |
| Shutter: | 1/125 sec |
| Camera: | Canon EOS-1D Mark II |
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The Old Weetbix Factory, Warburton
This post celebrates the world of black and white, and the joy of finding a subject ideally suited to being photographed the old-fashioned way (with a little help from the modern world). This old factory was deserted years ago and has become quite eerie and atmospheric. There are so many wonderful textures and structures that one image couldn’t tell its story. I have therefore decided to take you on a monochromatic tour. Enjoy!
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I love them all, but I especially like the one with the circular and rectangular windows!!
thanks for visiting Jillsy – love the new blog name!
Hey, great little slide show Kirsty! I like all the different textures of this place. Favorites are the round window (I love it’s positioning) and the very tactile plant like surface photo. I also like the first one that looks like there’s lots of coloured paint on the ground round the rock. There really is a magic to black and white imagery:)
thanks Lynda. There hasn’t been enough b&w in my life lately and I do love it!
Yeah, B&W. These are great. You have a wonderful eye for making the banal interesting.
I am loving returning to the world of tone, inspired in no small part by you.
What a lovely portrait of a place, Kirsty! I especially was drawn to the stairs image….almost drawn into the place with that. How provocative images can be! Lovely!
thanks Leslie. Have you ever thought of painting a watercolour in shades of grey?
Here are two posts you can check out. The first was a painting I did in blues (my very first watercolor): http://lesliepaints.wordpress.com/2010/03/22/beginning-strokes/
Here is what I usually do for a value study: http://lesliepaints.wordpress.com/?s=first+thaw&searchsubmit=Find+%C2%BB
wow, I love ‘first thaw’. You have inspired me to do some duotones now. Look our for them
You can do duo-tones with photography? You photographers rule!!!! I’ll be looking for them!
Loving this monochrome slideshow Kirsty, have left it open on my screen and it has gained some attention from a few passerbys in the house!
Eerie and atmospheric are perfect descriptions. The place reminds me of the old wheat silos in Newtown (Syd), but sadly they are apartments now….This real estate city leaves no stone unturned (literally!) so its sad we dont have many of these places left to explore around here….
Thanks Ruby,
I wish I were a little more inclined towards illegal activity. I might get up the nerve to break in. There is one room that glows at night through orange curtains. Squatters I think.
Hey! What a WONDERFUL tour! They are all so cool. I particularly loved the ‘no parking’ sign in the park. That gifted a great laugh. But they are all great. I love black and white and the angles You watch from and the story You tell. That one white, stained wall with vines….or is it tree shadows?…..is haunting and romantic to me. Thanks for all this beauty! Cheers and Namaste.
I loved the irony of the no parking sign too. Thanks for your lovely joyful comment
Oh it’s so nice to play in blogland and discover more joys of b&w photography. You’re so lucky to be able to get so close to this building. There are several in KC that are fenced off so that it’s tough to get close-ups. Sweet work, Kirsty.
Thank you. It’s true, even here it’s unusual to be able to get close to an abandoned building. I really enjoyed playing with different subject matter.
Love all the B&W photos.
thanks carol
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Great shots! Love B&W!!