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First off I love that shot.
But when boarded well enough, they can pretty much be light free. There's a few state places that have what I consider to be unshootable buildings without flash or a light source. I might have a look sometimes, but normally I don't leave with any shots...I think a fair amount of photographers don't bother.
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The gate may have been locked, but somehow I found a way in.
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In all fairness that was there to hide the hole from security.
That fridge also became formidable when it was later glued to the fence.
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Posted by bandi
The gate may have been locked, but somehow I found a way in.
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Impressive! I'm thinking that you should start a thread on advanced infiltration techniques and methods. Looks like you have the topic covered...
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Where was the POE?
Oh good, my slow clap processor made it into this thing.
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Not supposed to post photos of POE. I see nothing here. Move along.
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Posted by Vectored Approach
Not supposed to post photos of POE. I see nothing here. Move along.
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Fuck you guys. How am I supposed to get in if no one will show me where I can get in?
Oh good, my slow clap processor made it into this thing.
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Posted by HarvestmanMan
Fuck you guys. How am I supposed to get in if no one will show me where I can get in?
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I CLIMBED THE FENTS.
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Posted by Weirdling
Boarded windows is an effective security measure. Even if the door is wide open, if there's almost no light inside I don't really care much about a place. I'd rather not shoot than shoot with flash.
My two cents.
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Uhm. Long exposures aren't your thing, are they?
[02:33:56] <Valkyre> Astro your whole life is ruled by the sentence ' life is better without clothes on'
[22:16:00] <DSomms> it was normal until astro got here
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Posted by Weirdling
First off I love that shot.
But when boarded well enough, they can pretty much be light free. There's a few state places that have what I consider to be unshootable buildings without flash or a light source. I might have a look sometimes, but normally I don't leave with any shots...I think a fair amount of photographers don't bother.
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As we all know property owners are insanely worried about people taking pictures inside of their buildings and not at all worried about scrappers, the homeless, vandals, or arsonists.
So yeah, I guess boarded windows are a great deterrent...
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Posted by Astro
Uhm. Long exposures aren't your thing, are they?
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I have a lousy ISO and no remote. I can't bank much on darkness and I've been to some places that I have to credit the owners for...they genuinely sealed the place aside from, obviously, the one entry point. It makes me more likely to move on.
Posted by McNulty
As we all know property owners are insanely worried about people taking pictures inside of their buildings and not at all worried about scrappers, the homeless, vandals, or arsonists.
So yeah, I guess boarded windows are a great deterrent...
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Thanks for being a smart ass before thinking my statement through all that much.
Who takes numerous photos of places...inside and outside...pastes it all over the internet...and then tells others or meets with others to show them in person? Who maps out these places for the community?
Photographers are a bad threat for the integrity of a location. Scrappers don't 'name drop'. They just put the name into a GPS and ruin it for everyone. We're the ones who create the exposure that brings the real threats. Obviously scrappers have their own initiative...but they are in ways our parasites.
Cut out the light and you're going to push away alot of mid-level skilled photographers who would subsequently each be rolling the scrapping/tagging die another time. I've heard a number of people use 'its dark' as a way of telling me a place isn't so grand as it seems.
I feel it's effective. But a dickish comment about it is cool.
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Posted by Weirdling
I have a lousy ISO and no remote. I can't bank much on darkness and I've been to some places that I have to credit the owners for...they genuinely sealed the place aside from, obviously, the one entry point. It makes me more likely to move on.
Thanks for being a smart ass before thinking my statement through all that much.
Who takes numerous photos of places...inside and outside...pastes it all over the internet...and then tells others or meets with others to show them in person? Who maps out these places for the community?
Photographers are a bad threat for the integrity of a location. Scrappers don't 'name drop'. They just put the name into a GPS and ruin it for everyone. We're the ones who create the exposure that brings the real threats. Obviously scrappers have their own initiative...but they are in ways our parasites.
Cut out the light and you're going to push away alot of mid-level skilled photographers who would subsequently each be rolling the scrapping/tagging die another time. I've heard a number of people use 'its dark' as a way of telling me a place isn't so grand as it seems.
I feel it's effective. But a dickish comment about it is cool.
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What the hell are you shooting with that you have "lousy ISO"? I have a D90, my ISO only goes to 200. It is sufficient. I also lack a remote, so I only have the options of a 30 second exposure most of the time.
I find your argument really only says "I am a lower to mid-level photographer" and if that is the case, so be it. But, I also think that you are making a rather dumb point. I shoot in drains. Granted, the drains are strategically boarded so that no light is let in but lets face it..there is no light down there, at all. That doesn't stop me from taking photos in it because I know how to light things myself.
This room was solid black.
"The sun now rose upon the right: by astroberkman17, on Flickr
This is also solid black
DSC_0339 by astroberkman17, on Flickr
Either way, I think your point is silly and just is an ode to the fact you need to improve your own photography. Boarded windows really don't stop many people from going into a location, it seems they just stop you.
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Oh no they have a laminated sign 
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Posted by Weirdling
Thanks for being a smart ass before thinking my statement through all that much.
Who takes numerous photos of places...inside and outside...pastes it all over the internet...and then tells others or meets with others to show them in person? Who maps out these places for the community?
Photographers are a bad threat for the integrity of a location. Scrappers don't 'name drop'. They just put the name into a GPS and ruin it for everyone. We're the ones who create the exposure that brings the real threats. Obviously scrappers have their own initiative...but they are in ways our parasites.
Cut out the light and you're going to push away alot of mid-level skilled photographers who would subsequently each be rolling the scrapping/tagging die another time. I've heard a number of people use 'its dark' as a way of telling me a place isn't so grand as it seems.
I feel it's effective. But a dickish comment about it is cool.
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Yes yes yes, but I dont think owners are thinking that.
Also, Im just breakin your balls ;)
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Posted by Astro
Either way, I think your point is silly and just is an ode to the fact you need to improve your own photography. Boarded windows really don't stop many people from going into a location, it seems they just stop you.
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Maybe the point is illustrated better as this: If I had the money to upgrade where I'd like to...IE there were more options and the quality was raised, I'd be much more willing to attempt gaining skill in this area. I've taken good low-lighting shots before because I applied myself enough for it to work out.
But those 'beam leaking beneath the board' shots...where that's most of what you can be sure you're going to leave with on your camera. Where there's like two of those shots in the building. I'm not very motivated to get into those places--not in New England anyways where I can just drive a few towns over.
I think it's effective. By some-odd percentage, but a decent enough one to say that low-light buildings get less coverage from photographers. They then get less attention from others.
This has been my theory, and I'm not denying that refusing to overcome my camera's poor low-light abilities is lazy and uninspiring.
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Also, Im just breakin your balls ;)
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Well I need them fixed asap. Plan on using them tonight even.
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Posted by Weirdling
Maybe the point is illustrated better as this: If I had the money to upgrade where I'd like to...IE there were more options and the quality was raised, I'd be much more willing to attempt gaining skill in this area. I've taken good low-lighting shots before because I applied myself enough for it to work out.
But those 'beam leaking beneath the board' shots...where that's most of what you can be sure you're going to leave with on your camera. Where there's like two of those shots in the building. I'm not very motivated to get into those places--not in New England anyways where I can just drive a few towns over.
I think it's effective. By some-odd percentage, but a decent enough one to say that low-light buildings get less coverage from photographers. They then get less attention from others.
This has been my theory, and I'm not denying that refusing to overcome my camera's poor low-light abilities is lazy and uninspiring.
Well I need them fixed asap. Plan on using them tonight even.
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You never did say what you are shooting with though.
And I guess since I am an explorer first and a photographer second, I never cared about.the lighting and just dealt with it
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Posted by Astro
You never did say what you are shooting with though.
And I guess since I am an explorer first and a photographer second, I never cared about.the lighting and just dealt with it
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Nikon D3000, no bells or whistles. I've just never been content with the quality of shots from those places that buy out Home Depot's lumber dept to seal up. So only certain circumstances peek enough interest to get me in there...and that's one photographer gone out of some-odd amount.
But...either way...I think we were originally talking about something like this...
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Its pretty hard to see but on the door jam to the right side of the door on the left you will notice a jumbled up bit of wire. This was attached to a screw on the door itself and then the wire was cut and twisted back together. Therefore, door opens, twisted wire becomes detached, and alarm goes off. This was run in parallel to magnetic trips on many doors (you know, open door, break magnetic contact, alarm goes off). The unfortunate part was that 9/10 of the doors were open. So if the alarm was armed it would be going off.
The building did have power (one of those LED illuminated light switches in the dark basement told me so once I cleaned the shit out of my pants I inspected it closer to realize what it was) but the power seemed to be only running from a few outlets in the building still (as there were shop lights and long, long extension cords everywhere). Unfortunately the IR Beam alarm upstairs (the old school kind you found in shops back in the day to let the employees know a customer entered) was a surprise which caused us to leave quickly. After waiting, hidden, outside about 500 yards away for about 20mins...nothing happened and no one showed up. We'll have to go back before winter.
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Wish I had a photo but one time I wondered into a section of an abandoned hospital that still had power for police training. It was my first time ever in an abandoned building and I turned around only to be facing an illuminated ADT Alarm. Luckily it wasn't even armed. Instead of saying Armed it just said 'Ready. I couldn't figure out if it was actually armed and just said 'ready' to trick me into thinking the police weren't on their way.
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Posted by Astro
I have a D90, my ISO only goes to 200. It is sufficient.
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I have a D90 too. I have used up to ISO 3200 (for astrophotography) and consistently use ISO 640 - 800 for abandonments with no real noise issue that can't easily be corrected in ACR.
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