[Leica] Photos from the Bethlehem Steel Works

[bdcolen at comcast.net (B. D. Colen)]

Thanks, Ted...we were pretty much on our own, in that this was a photo group
from a local art center. We had access to the grounds, but we were supposed
to stay outside...but needless to say, we didn't. But no guard or escort....


On 3/12/06 11:22 AM, "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote:

> B. D. showed:
> Subject: [Leica] Photos from the Bethlehem Steel Works
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> 
>> Spent today shooting with a group of people at the abandoned Bethlehem
>> Steel Works, in Bethlehem, PA. Not my usual kind of thing, but fascinating
>> and challenging. All wide photos shot with the Olympus E-330 and the 11-22
>>> f 2.8/3.5 lens. Long stuff shot with the Olympus E-1 and the 35-100 f 2
>> (70-100 35 equiv.) <<<<
> 
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/album370<<<
> 
> Hi B. D.,
> Very interesting, spooky, emotional and magical all rolled into one. 
> There's
> always something eerie about old factories shut down for many years, they
> kind of draw you in looking for what made them tick in production.
> 
> At times I find them dis-quieting in their silence and yet want to stay to
> look & look & look again, simply because they draw you in with a strange
> kind of light and form.
> 
> Well done, I don't suppose you could get a shot at it on your own with one
> of the custodians as a guide?  Being alone eliminates the distractions of
> voice and movements of others, particularly when it's just at a moment you
> have this great visual lined up and some one breaks in with... "ok we've 
> got
> to move on." Aaaaaakkkkkkkkkk kill! ;-)
> 
> Very nice series and moody as it should be. Good on you.
> 
> ted
> 
> 
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