Part of my thinking behind this series of posts is to get a bit of feedback from all of the readers, which should help me formulate a crisper view on my photography. It’s been very heartening to see your thoughts on some of my abstract images, so I thought I’d also mix something a little different in this week.
As the Tuesday Photo Challenge has the theme of Abandoned, this week’s Warped Wednesday image kind of fits pretty well…
This is an image that I took during a bit of urban exploration a number of years ago in Westborough, Massachusetts. This is inside the farm that was part of the state hospital (I say was, as this building has been razed).
When I chanced upon this interior, I immediately had a sense of being inside the hold of a ghost ship, devoid of life and stripped bare; somewhere, there was the foreboding that all could come back in an instant: crew, canons and full ship to ship combat.
That’s why I decided on a 5 shot HDR series that I processed in a rather stark fashion, using a grungy look to get the desired effect.
I’m curious to find out how this image speaks to you.
I love the way the lines draw the eye deeper into the photo. I was a bit disappointed that at the focal point there was nothing to hold my attention. My imagination adds someone tied up in a chair awaiting painful interrogation.
Really like your analysis, including your disappointment. Painful interrogation, while imaginative, is not a direction that I wanted to go towards (I didn’t have a willing victim with me 🙂 ); I purposely left the rather undefined light to allow the mind to wander across the threshold into whatever scene may lie ahead…
Thank you for your insightful comments!
I think your derelict (abandoned) ship reference probably pushed my mind in the wrong direction.
I think it is stunning.
Thank you kindly!
I like that you have captured the shadows (from posts) falling in opposite directions, caused by the windows on opposite sides. There is a suggestion that some shadows might be cast by objects (from the past) that we can’t see.
Very interesting; in all honesty, I had not noticed that before and really like that you found this. Great interpretation!
Thank you!