Beyond Repair by kannafoot

Beyond Repair

Beyond Repair
12 August 2014 -- 224/365
Lincoln, Rhode Island

This old mill sits along the historic Blackstone Canal. It has long since fallen into disrepair, however, and the structure is no longer salvageable. It's another of the mills in the state that fell victim to the migration of the jewelry and textile industries to Asia. The property currently serves as a parking area for tractor trailers. Getting this photo required getting off the beaten path along the Blackstone River Bikeway and using a 400mm lens (200mm with 2x teleconverter) to pull in the details. Given the texture and contrast, though, it was an ideal subject for b&w.

Post processing started with a neutral filter in Topaz B&W FX. I adjusted color sensitivity sliders, adaptive exposure, regions, contrast, boost black, and boost white. A levels adjustment was added in PSE.

Here's the high res version in Smugmug: http://kannafoot.smugmug.com/Photo-Challenges/PAD2014/i-SK4XKNT/0/XL/2014%2008%2012_0029%20copy-XL.jpg
Fabulous, well worth getting off the path.
August 12th, 2014  
Great character in this old structure super shot and processing.
August 12th, 2014  
Deifinitely worth it - interesting abandoned place!
August 12th, 2014  
Looks like quite the interesting place, it'd be quite interesting to see inside! Great shot x
August 14th, 2014  
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