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UER Forum > UE Photography > "Hightower Church", a lovely, crumbling gothic church (Viewed 4141 times)
FloodSpectre 


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"Hightower Church", a lovely, crumbling gothic church
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This is the third abandoned church I've explored thus far and it's now my favorite by a long shot. Beautiful architecture in an advanced state of decay with no graffiti or vandalism. Only the power of time and the elements has caused the damage here, as far as I can tell.

Usually my location-specific sets tend to be incredibly varied, almost spastic in terms of style, but this time I made a concerted effort to achieve a similar color cast/grading and processing in each shot in order to create a stronger sense of consistency.

Exterior shots aren't my specialty but I still gave it a try here.
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To Seal Away the Light | Hightower Church by FloodSpectre, on Flickr

And almost all the rest are the same part of the church. I... may have fallen in love with this building. Just a bit.
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Apostasy | Hightower Church by FloodSpectre, on Flickr

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We Will Tear Down the Gods | Hightower Church by FloodSpectre, on Flickr

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A Hymn to Desolation | Hightower Church by FloodSpectre, on Flickr

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Circle of Memories | Hightower Church by FloodSpectre, on Flickr

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Upon the Tattered Wings of Faith | Hightower Church by FloodSpectre, on Flickr

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Divinity in Discord | Hightower Church by FloodSpectre, on Flickr

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Our Ancestors' Intense Love Affair | Hightower Church by FloodSpectre, on Flickr

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When the Heavens Fall to Earth | Hightower Church by FloodSpectre, on Flickr




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< Reply # 1 on 5/23/2014 11:25 PM >
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Love that place. Great set man.




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< Reply # 2 on 5/23/2014 11:30 PM >
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Fantastic




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< Reply # 3 on 5/23/2014 11:37 PM >
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Amazing stuff, really diggin the processing and angles.




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great picture and location




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Wow amazing set! Love the post processing!




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These are great. Love your flickr photo stream.




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Fucking incredible!




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I really need to get back here.

Wonderfully captured!




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Good God I like all of this. Just great stuff, compos and processing alike.




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Your efforts at consistency have paid off entirely, your exterior follows just the same. Great set.




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gorgeous work!




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beautiful set and incredible location!




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Great shots! I don't see too many exteriors of this place. Probably because folks don't want to lose their gear.




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Really cool. Was there an accessible pipe organ in the back of 2?

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Thanks everyone! I'm really happy with this set and it's awesome to know you guys are enjoying 'em too.

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Great shots! I don't see too many exteriors of this place. Probably because folks don't want to lose their gear.


Can't pretend I wasn't a bit paranoid getting that exterior. There was a guy who seemed pretty sketchy, kept walking around but not actually going anywhere...

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Really cool. Was there an accessible pipe organ in the back of 2?


I didn't see one, no. Is that what you'd normally find in that otherwise empty space up there? I haven't really been in many churches, abandoned or not, so I'm not sure where something like that might typically be.




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Amazing.




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Amazing.




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Simply beautiful. You really nailed the sense of space it all took up. Wish we had something like this is T.O.




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I didn't see one, no. Is that what you'd normally find in that otherwise empty space up there? I haven't really been in many churches, abandoned or not, so I'm not sure where something like that might typically be.


Most likely. All the pipes would have been taken out, but that large box looks like an organ facade. There may have been rows of boxes with holes back there, the air chests, where the pipes stuck out of.




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