The Ruddington Ruin by vikdaddy

The Ruddington Ruin

Today felt like the longest day at work. I even had time to slope off in the afternoon and visit the decrepit building I've dubbed 'The Ruddington Ruin'. You might recall that I last visited this place on day 22 for one of my more popular pictures.

I remembered when I was last here that there was some graffiti on one of the dilapidated walls, and I wanted to capture it today. It might be difficult to see, but the unusual statement reads "work on your lettering". In post-processing I underexposed the sky to make it look more dramatic.

I think my new 28-135mm Canon lens arrived today. Unfortunately I wasn't at home to sign for it, so I'll pick it up in the morning at the Post Office depot before I go to work. I want it for this weekend because the Nottingham Riverside Festival is on and I want to do a shoot there. The annual Riverside Festival fireworks display will be on Saturday night, so I want to attempt capturing fireworks for the first time.

Canon S90, f/4, 1/320, ISO-80
Great capture.
Love all the textures and the sky is gorgeous.
August 3rd, 2010  
Wow (yeah, said that out loud while I'm at work and have nothing remotely "wow-worthy" on my desk...)
August 3rd, 2010  
Perrrrfect! The sky is just amazing..
August 3rd, 2010  
LOVE this! I am so drawn to ruins of buildings. What a great shot!
August 3rd, 2010  
building ruins like this always make me think of Blair Witch movie lol...creepy
August 3rd, 2010  
this is absolutely great! I love the graffiti - i think it really takes the picture to a different level. Fantastic processing as well!
August 3rd, 2010  
great shot, love the colors of the bricks
August 3rd, 2010  
this is phenomenal
August 3rd, 2010  
I love the way this looks, great shot!
August 3rd, 2010  
Great color and composition.
August 3rd, 2010  
Wow love the colors.. and the sharpness..
August 3rd, 2010  
The colors are fabulous. this is just perfect for the theme.
August 3rd, 2010  
Wow!! Great shot! The colors are amazing!
August 3rd, 2010  
Really great colors
August 3rd, 2010  
wow stunning clouds!!!! soooo dramatic!
August 3rd, 2010  
Thanks Vik... And like the processing on this - the colour really pops..
August 3rd, 2010  
Really nice. Like the editing.
August 4th, 2010  
beautiful! amazing colors and the behind is fantastic
August 4th, 2010  
oohh...what an amazing shot! and that sky is so unbelievable...
August 4th, 2010  
this is such a great shot! That sky is really great, and the fact that its really dark makes those red bricks really pop.
August 4th, 2010  
wow, this if spectacular vik! lovely grey sky
August 4th, 2010  
perfect capture. Love the sky!
August 4th, 2010  
Kc
great!
August 4th, 2010  
AWESOMEshot. one of my faves for the theme so far.
August 4th, 2010  
Gorgeous shot--those clouds are awesome. What a bizarre message to graffiti(?)
August 5th, 2010  
Impressive processing! I really like it!
August 5th, 2010  
This is great! This is what I have been trying to accomplish, but to no avail! I love this photo!
August 6th, 2010  
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