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 freeside
  
Location: Northern California
Gender: Male
eh vigo!
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< on 12/31/2007 9:18 PM >
|  | | | Saturday night adventures in downtown Oakland, CA.
#1 
Errant streetlight and a Krypton flashlight from below the stairs light this one.
#2 
Exterior shot from inside the 7th floor. Heavy fog that night.
#3 
Street level lobby. Errant street light only.
#4 
Exterior facade detail.
DOI Key Systems Building in downtown Oakland, a Designated National Landmark.
The seven-story Beaux Arts building was built in 1911 by Frederick H. Meyer and Walter D. Reed originally as the Security Bank Building and then later as the Bank of Italy and the Key System Building. The City of Oakland’s Cultural Heritage Survey has identified the building as an anchor and primary contributor to the “Downtown Historic District”, an Area of Primary Importance (API). The building is a Designated Historic Property (DHP) and City Landmark with a rating of A1+. In addition, the building is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Currently abandoned and extremely boarded up.
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don cornelius
 
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Location: Your asshole.
Proud Parent
| |  | Re: Key Systems Building
<Reply # 1 on 12/31/2007 9:42 PM >
| | | | #2 is quite nice.
40+ year olds with Myspace pages are not cool, they are pediphiles on the prowl. Buyer beware. |
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Martino
 
Location: Almere - NL
Gender: Male
2,5 days 5691 km, 1200 cigarettes, 131 beers, 67 locations, 3 girs and 2 cars! I absolutely rule!
| | | Re: Key Systems Building
<Reply # 2 on 1/1/2008 3:56 PM >
| | | | i like em all! nice style, very peaceful to look at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/martino_ |
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tron_2.0
 
Location: Ohio
Gender: Male
| |  | | Re: Key Systems Building
<Reply # 3 on 1/1/2008 7:41 PM >
| | | | I like this set. Good information here.
[quote][i]Posted by yokes[/i]
I find your lack of coziness.... disturbing.
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H3TZL
Gender: Male
| | Re: Key Systems Building
<Reply # 4 on 1/2/2008 2:31 AM >
| | | | Your lighting is very impressive for an abandoned building at night. 1 & 2 are my favorites.
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Free Baller
Location: New Jerssey
Gender: Male
I have a friend in Jesus. Seriously, Jesus ate my friend. It was horrible.
| | Re: Key Systems Building
<Reply # 5 on 1/2/2008 3:20 AM >
| | | | 2 is amazing.
Trying to win hearts and minds, but willing to splatter them if neccesary.
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freeside
Location: Northern California
Gender: Male
eh vigo!
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<Reply # 6 on 1/2/2008 7:37 PM >
| | | | 1 and 2 are the real power shots in my opinion as well. For a building this size, there was relatively little of interest photographically. The inside is just a bare concrete skeleton on all floors but the lobby. The only thing to shoot that looked like it dated from the beginning of the building was the staircase and columns in the lobby. We were actually quite disappointed with the place because we were expecting much more on the interior.
The exterior is where the greatness is in this place. Shooting the outside of a building, from the inside, leaves little options for angles though! I figured I had to include some of the stonework detail on the outside and ended focusing many of my pics on this. I'm still processing the others, but they are only good and not great for me.
Thanks for the feedback. I found these pics peaceful as well, Martino. Don't know why though...
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plexiglas
Location: SF Bay Area, California
Gender: Female
| | Re: Key Systems Building
<Reply # 7 on 1/2/2008 8:32 PM >
| | | | That staircase is beautiful! I love how the white wall behind it lights up the details of the craftsmanship.
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freeside
Location: Northern California
Gender: Male
eh vigo!
| | Re: Key Systems Building
<Reply # 8 on 1/6/2008 7:54 AM >
| | | | Here's a couple more from this trip.
7th floor looking through the window with newer buildings in the background on 11th st.
This is one of my favorite shots I've taken. There isn't much underground stuff in California cities, that I know of, so this was a rare find for me. Pulled a manhole cover for this one.
Below street level in Oakland, CA, light rains in from above and puddles on the floor in this 8 minute 40 sec exposure at F4.0 and ISO400.
This ranks as one of the riskiest photographic expeditions I've been on.
After being in heavy darkness for over 30 minutes, my eyes had adjusted significantly and I could see the light just like here in the picture. It really surprises me that it took 8 minutes for my camera to pick it up. It just emphasizes the incredible capacity of the human eye.
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bonnie&clyde
Location: 510 & 415
Cleverly disguised as responsible adults
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<Reply # 9 on 1/6/2008 8:52 AM >
| | | | Kick ass photos
The question is not when are we gonna stop, It's who's gonna stop us?
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JeepXJ
Location: San Jose, CA
Gender: Male
| | Re: Key Systems Building
<Reply # 10 on 1/15/2008 6:16 AM >
| | | | That ladder shot is absolutely stunning! Excellent work! I have to ask, did you try the light switch?
06:01:50] <Chris> i mean im retarded and im not that awkward
"You mean over saturated photos and macro shots of pealing paint isn’t historically relevant?" -TDK1000 [00:12:02] <yota94> he just called us bitches [00:12:04] *** JeepXJ has joined #general [00:12:15] <JeepXJ> you guys are bitches! [00:12:16] *** JeepXJ has quit AvChat (connection closed by user) [00:12:23] <Deuterium> that w |
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buckybear
Gender: Male
| | Re: Key Systems Building
<Reply # 11 on 1/15/2008 7:23 PM >
| | | | #3 looks like the work of building miners. Notice the Terra Cotta is stripped as far as someone could reach without a ladder.
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Lord
above and beyond
| | Re: Key Systems Building
<Reply # 12 on 1/16/2008 1:30 AM >
| | | | Posted by JeepXJ
That ladder shot is absolutely stunning! Excellent work! I have to ask, did you try the light switch?
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funnY.. I saw that and thought the same thing.
DID IT WORK?
I will defeat that which was once untouchable only so that I may now move on |
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freeside
Location: Northern California
Gender: Male
eh vigo!
| | Re: Key Systems Building
<Reply # 13 on 1/17/2008 12:01 AM >
| | | | Posted by Lord
funnY.. I saw that and thought the same thing.
DID IT WORK?
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In fact, there wasn't even a light switch there. An artifact of construction? Construction workers joke? Don't know.
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mANVIL
Gender: Male
| | Re: Key Systems Building
<Reply # 14 on 1/17/2008 7:02 PM >
| | | | Really well done. You nailed the exposure on these.
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F A S T
Location: Oakland, CA
Gender: Male
Coastal Wind
| | | | Re: Key Systems Building
<Reply # 15 on 1/21/2008 1:53 AM >
| | | | Posted by freeside
Here's a couple more from this trip.
http://farm3.stati...16ce8a0d03.jpg?v=0
7th floor looking through the window with newer buildings in the background on 11th st.
http://farm3.stati...7f2e0aed13.jpg?v=0
This is one of my favorite shots I've taken. There isn't much underground stuff in California cities, that I know of, so this was a rare find for me. Pulled a manhole cover for this one.
Below street level in Oakland, CA, light rains in from above and puddles on the floor in this 8 minute 40 sec exposure at F4.0 and ISO400.
This ranks as one of the riskiest photographic expeditions I've been on.
After being in heavy darkness for over 30 minutes, my eyes had adjusted significantly and I could see the light just like here in the picture. It really surprises me that it took 8 minutes for my camera to pick it up. It just emphasizes the incredible capacity of the human eye.
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That entrance is SO shady! I think my nearby neighbor owns or at least has some strong affiliation with that building so I didn't trip too hard, but still, sketchy. He might just be a realtor, I'd probably still get fucked. Whatever. Your basement ladder long exposure is really stellar.
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don_corleyone
Location: F/RoX
Gender: Male
I have abandonment issues
| | Re: Key Systems Building
<Reply # 16 on 1/21/2008 4:25 PM >
| | | | that underground shot pwns
leave the gun. take the cannoli.
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freeside
Location: Northern California
Gender: Male
eh vigo!
| | Re: Key Systems Building
<Reply # 17 on 1/21/2008 5:11 PM >
| | | | Posted by F A S T
That entrance is SO shady! I think my nearby neighbor owns or at least has some strong affiliation with that building so I didn't trip too hard, but still, sketchy. He might just be a realtor, I'd probably still get fucked. Whatever. Your basement ladder long exposure is really stellar.
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F A S T: Don't you know about this from experience? I heard you pulled the same entry!
Thanks all for the feedback. I think this set is one of my overall best.
Cheers,
-free
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