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UER Forum > US: Southeast > Weekend Shenanigans (Viewed 2114 times)
turtl 


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Weekend Shenanigans
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Two day weekend explore in Atlanta, where we payed $30 for parking to eat at Waffle House, collectively got about 7 hours of sleep, and put our common sense and logic skills to the test (mostly mine).

Started with the abandoned theater of a former asylum, which was in impressively good shape.

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The next morning consisted of a system of storm drains running under the Atlanta streets. Involved walking over some sketchy grates above a 25 foot drop-off, two ruined pairs of sneakers, soggy feet, and some supposedly terrifying spider webs. The drains led us to what appeared to be a hydroelectric generator

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And last but not least the weekend ended with an explore of an abandoned Atlanta house, built in the 1910's, and from the looks of it, abandoned a longggg time ago.


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Oelky 


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< Reply # 1 on 7/14/2014 12:07 AM >
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The theatre building was fantastic, and not just a theatre, but a chapel, basketball court, and classrooms. However the theatre stole the spotlight. And much to my chagrin, RadioactiveTurtles picture of the theatre trump mine.
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Next the drains. First time draining, so it was pretty fucking cool, despite the bad smell and scary spiders. Really, we should burn all spiders.

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Finally, the amazing house. Another permission explore, thanks to Radioactive Turtle's connections. Complete with leftover furniture and furs, as well as coal chutes outside, and the remains of a garden out back.

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As always, if you want to see more pictures, I pretty much use my Flickr as a dumping ground for my photos so you can find them there (https://secure.fli...otos/99489487@N04/). Great weekend! Now off to get my wisdom teeth out bright and early tomorrow morning.





turtl 


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Re: Weekend Shenanigans
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Have fun with those pain meds Oelky, as I wont be getting any Also i'm done mocking your 24/7 tripod-HDR shooting style, cause #1 of your house set is absolutely stunning!! Great shot! Awesome set all around.




Oelky 


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Have fun with those pain meds Oelky, as I wont be getting any Also i'm done mocking your 24/7 tripod-HDR shooting style, cause #1 of your house set is absolutely stunning!! Great shot! Awesome set all around.


Damn straight! Tripods and flashlights help a lot when exploring
Also, goes without saying, but great pictures yourself.




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< Reply # 4 on 7/14/2014 12:25 AM >
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nice sets!




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turtl 


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< Reply # 5 on 7/14/2014 12:25 AM >
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-"Oelky, do you think i'll need a tripod?"
-"I don't know Turtle, what do you think?"
-*Turtle looks over at brick building with no power, no windows, and no natural light* "hmmmm, not sure"




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< Reply # 6 on 7/14/2014 3:38 AM >
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Nice photos both of you! The tunnels look awesome. I loved the childish graffiti behind the theatre: "you'll never keep us out motherf*ckers!"




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I really like the overall look and tone of your pictures Radioactive, what kind of editing do you do to achieve that effect? Its most evident in #1 from the house set.

Oelky I love #1 from your drain pics, the reflection really gives it a surreal quality.




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< Reply # 8 on 7/14/2014 3:03 PM >
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Looks like some good exploring! I really like that first group shot, RTurtle & the one you took facing the stage.




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turtl 


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I really like the overall look and tone of your pictures Radioactive, what kind of editing do you do to achieve that effect? Its most evident in #1 from the house set.

Oelky I love #1 from your drain pics, the reflection really gives it a surreal quality.


Thanks! My go to editing move is to bump up the clarity slider in Lightroom (Which is basically like adding a lot of mid-contrast).




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< Reply # 10 on 7/14/2014 8:43 PM >
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Oelky and Turtle - nice shots!




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Awesome pics! The way the light comes in and casts shadows on some makes them particularly creepy.




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EXCELLENT!!!!! I don't get excited often on here, but great sets and great locations. Well done. Really like your draining shots. Oelky, your number 1 in the tunnels is my favorite... Especially considering you had never photographed drains before.

Turtle, you should join the ranks of tripod users... With or without HDR ;)




Oelky 


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EXCELLENT!!!!! I don't get excited often on here, but great sets and great locations. Well done. Really like your draining shots. Oelky, your number 1 in the tunnels is my favorite... Especially considering you had never photographed drains before.

Turtle, you should join the ranks of tripod users... With or without HDR ;)


Thanks Amish! Photographing the drain was definitely a different experience, but I enjoyed it- lots of opportunities for reflections and light painting.




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< Reply # 14 on 7/15/2014 6:29 PM >
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I'm not into drains but you guys had some nice shots. That house looks amazing as well - great set all around.




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turtl 


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I'm not into drains but you guys had some nice shots. That house looks amazing as well - great set all around.


Thanks man! I'd actually love to do more draining, but its tough in Atlanta with the combined sewer/storm drain system.




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