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TOP 3: Your Favorite 3 decay shots

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Special is a group administrator Special  Pro User  says:

I'm interested in seeing what people feel are the best 3 urban decay shots they have taken, and perhaps why they feel that way.

When you decide on your favorite 3, please post the thumbnails in this thread. Here's how (for those who don't know).

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Then you just reply here and paste the code into it. Please only post the thumbnail or square version of the photos. No need for the larger versions.

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Lala Lulu  Pro User  says:

Bart? als in Bartje?
als in van urbexforum?
hoi
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Hotel Cadillac says:

Totally new to the scene.

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loic_  Pro User  says:

DDR souvenir

Stade des Charmilles

Lost moto...
Posted 13 months ago. ( permalink )

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Jalca  Pro User  says:

The old house by the sea

Antiques

The Alley</
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silverstealth  Pro User  says:

A Couple of my stuff

corridor2

A Corridor in the Abandonded Asylum Cherry Knowle

fridge

The Body Store at Cherry Knowle Asylum, sunderland uk

Mortuary

High royds Asylum Mortuary
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RISD_Grad says:

Post-nuclear landscape and industrial dinosaur

Industrial shoot

masonic temple
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rdon83  Pro User  says:

Old Officehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/rdon83/1856380519/"67" alt="New day" />
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rdon83  Pro User  says:

Clean up on Mahoning Ave.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

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rdon83  Pro User  says:

New day
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j...b  Pro User  says:

old one but i still like it:
alone

can't get in this place anymore:
x-ray

i used to live right down the street from this place:
lights out
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

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_pipe_ says:

No return




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fiendicus says:

189

CNV00076

CNV00007
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aveteva1  Pro User  says:






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Mr. Ni  Pro User  says:

Pacific Northwest represent.

Belt Alley

0004

051
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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MS Sucks(Peter)  Pro User  says:

Still a Home for some 2

What Happened??

Come on in!!!!
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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eholubow  Pro User  says:

Colorful Chair

Chairs

Summer In the City
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joodw  Pro User  says:

CMS stairs

CMS view

CMS sid lives
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Patrick Redbeard Lewis  Pro User  says:

cages?
This is inside an abandoned car dealership. Not sure what the caged parts are about.
the view from the entrance
This is what you see first upon opening the back door.
Number 22
And here is the door to a nearby abandoned shop.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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vanshnookenraggen  Pro User  says:

IMG_0197
Inside the old Revere Sugar Plant in Red Hook, Brooklyn

Collapse 3

Inside the old Greenpoint Terminal Market building in Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Arches in Front

Far Rockaway, Queens.
Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )

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Roche Photo  Pro User  says:

Here goes:

Urban Decay 7

Standing, Reflecting

Urban Decay 6

The last photo is just piles and piles of old rat traps inside this abandoned warehouse in detroit.
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Johnny Hailstones [deleted] says:

Here's 3 from Dublin
1. Dublin City Centre: as the comment on this photo says Dublin is famous for these Georgian Houses, but not in this state.
Beresford Place

2. Also Dublin City Centre, about 2 mins walk from our main street

Parnell St

3. Northside Suburbs: this is taken from my sister's upstairs window

Triffids
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Qualudez says:

1). Abanoned tracks in NJ
Central Railroad of NJ track?

2). One of the most beautiful things I've ever seen.



3). The persistance of the graffiti artist..



I See You!
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Danny Q-DJah  Pro User  says:

#1 It's not abandoned
murky

#2 ...and this too. Just an interesting DECAY
skinned

#3 ... decay - light
۔ e x i t ۔
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Tom b(ejgrowicz) [deleted] says:

While it’s impossible to pick favorites, here’s three I enjoy a lot...

A view to the abandoned warehouse from an office window:
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Fallen paint chips in an abandoned stockyard:
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A wall from an abandoned home in the flood plains of Alabama:
©2005_TomBejgrowicz_25.jpg
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

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Alatryste  Pro User  says:

Dublin's Autumn

Seat

Somewhere in... (Brussels)

Hope you like them!
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

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Pixel Fantasy  Pro User  says:

Alarm

Art in port jervis

Same old store in Port Jervis
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

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Cikei  Pro User  says:

It was very difficult to choose three of my best photographs, but I think these pictures are my favorites :

Gr, Cikei
My web site

#1 : An old abandoned house


#2 : In a abandoned hospital


#3 : In a old abandoned coal mine.

Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

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eternalflameserenity  Pro User  says:

Indianland

bwalcatraz

dilapidated

Alcatraz Prison, San Francisco. Urban or Rural?
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Atila-Horta  Pro User  says:

Ruina de una barraca cebollera. Massalfassar, Valencia (Spain)
26-04-05_14

Techo en ruinas de una casa de la Huerta. Massalfassar, Valencia (Spain)
20-03-08_07

Techo en ruinas de una casa de la Huerta. Massalfassar, Valencia (Spain)
20-03-08_21

Saludos.
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

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mlephotos  Pro User  says:

A view of Detroit from the Fisher Body 21
Room with a view

From the Arnold Home in Detroit
"The piano has been drinkin"

From the Heidelberg Project in Detroit
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Rolf F.  Pro User  says:

Horror Movie Window The Roof Destruction
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grandpa ape  Pro User  says:

70x28 / balcony and window

70x28 / street football

starling-box
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bluecinderella  Pro User  says:

These are all familiar images in my life and all ellicit emotion in me. For better or worse, I've watched them change over the years . . .

Cavity
cavity


Show Case Society Club
show case society club inc.


Nouvelle Or`leans: Hot & Crooked, Even on a Cold Sunday
Nouvelle Orleans : Hot & Crooked, even on a Cold Sunday
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jophisnutter says:

here we go these are my three to add in the mixer

gutted

car battery

needle colour
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eryn.rickard  Pro User  says:

The Broken Wall

This is just a really neat looking wall I found in a downtown back alley.

Graffiti on Rust

This was also found in a back alley way. It's actually an old rusted garbage bin.

Rust

This is another photo of the same garbage bin.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

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seeker312  Pro User  says:

BrokenConc001

AptRepairs001

Alleys004

Enjoy.
Posted 7 months ago. ( permalink )

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macropoulos  Pro User  says:

Surreal C LURE 96
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Matt Lambdin says:

The Final Pages The Infected The Dawn Of Time
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Christos Tsoumplekas  Pro User  says:

New hairstyle Hairstyle Ruins
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Foxsong  Pro User  says:

I haven't had nearly as many opportunities to photograph this stuff as I'd like, but here are three faves...

1. Eastern State Penitentiary

easternstate219

This cell block wasn't open for the tour, but the doorknob was missing from the heavy wooden door, and I stuck my camera's lens into the doorknob hole and got one of my favorite pictures from the prison.


2. Eastern State Penitentiary

easternstate118

I love the painterly look of the lightfall across this cell wall. The lamp is just enough of a focal point.


3. Community Hospital of Western Suffolk

chws19

Broken safety glass in the round viewing window of an emergency room door. Taken on my first-ever urban-ex trip.

Thanks for looking! :-)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

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guercio says:

i only have few shots strictly of the "urban decay" kind in my stream, so nothing to choose, here they are...

con me apri una porta sfondata ╔╗ Nik [serie completa] [the last is a series]

hope you'll enjoy :-)
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

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Joe the Photog says:

Prosperity Depot

Old railroad depot in Prosperity, SC

Switch

Railroad switch in Columbia, SC

Old Mill

A once famous textile mill being deconstructed in Lancaster, SC.

New member, by the way. Glad to be here.


Joe H.
Columbia, SC
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4737 carlin  Pro User  says:

These are my fave 3

wonderful spiral staircase in a disused dockland tower
Hydraulic Tower

Whittingham Mental Hospital, love the light on this

Whittingham Hospital

Old office building
round
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machschnell18t  Pro User  says:

This will be me, whoring my own stuff:

stairs of colorful decay


beautiful neglect


Keeping it out

These are my favorite 3 (that I have taken) I have a couple from an abandoned distillery that I am going back to. The "light painting" concept had crossed my mind; but I have never done it... when I go back I am going to 're-do' a few. Thanks for looking!!!
Posted 6 months ago. ( permalink )

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kabdad says:

A few shots around atlanta
Dance?
Abandoned building, further damaged by tornado
Mean Streets
found this an interesting view
maximum security
a picture is worth a thousand words?
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-{The Broken Camera}- says:

Decay can be dynamic and strong even though it may appear to never quickly change.

tritone-decay

Decay is about a change in state.

duotone-wall-growth

Decay reveals to us the future that is hidden.

mono-bricks
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guile.sarah says:

Stairways




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marctf says:

Workspace:
the inside

X-Ray:
hole in the wall

Shed:
shed


i like the first one because it really give the picture the "creepy vibe" the place deserves.

the second picture was just a goof-around shot that turned out the be actually my favorite picture that i've taken inside an abandoned building.

i like the third one because it shows the comparison between old and new. that shed has been there for a long time, long before i was born, and yet i can only recall that sign being there only for a few months.
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peƮer  Pro User  says:

Save me..

x or +?

Have a seat.. II


In all three, I personally like the light and the composition.

x)
Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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_DaleOne_  Pro User  says:

Canestro

"Il mondo è andato avanti..."

Non si passa
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mallix  Pro User  says:

1. Abandoned Hospital - Rat

Dead rat found lying on the pavement of a large abandoned hospital complex in Cape Town, South Africa. Even the dead get abandoned.

2. Werdmuller Center - More curves

Incredible derelict architecture - what a waste.

3. Abandoned Rhodes Zoo - Lions den chairs

Stacked chairs in an old abandoned lions den. Spooky.
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Paolo Tubia see my profile and vote at the link  Pro User  says:

everything ruined

chiesa radioattiva

l'abbandono
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snapsi42  Pro User  says:

That's a difficult decision indeed...
I decided for 3 pictures out of 3 different urbex series...

Final parking
This was just a lucky find. I walked the street and saw through a fence what looked like an old parking garage. I turned out to be much more exciting than just a derelict carpark - but there was a car (or the remains of it) in beautiful sunlight... this was my first urbex site I discovered for myself.

Steel beam looming outside
I like this one for its realistic atmosphere... I learned that you can create a sinister atmosphere from a sunny afternoon in the garden if you know what to do in photoshop... but this one had this feeling already IRL (it is HDR and photoshopped but I feel it does capture the actual mood of that location)

Gearbox of some old machine
Last but not least - the gearbox of the old machine we found in a derelict industrial site. I also found this site accidentally and there haven't been many urbexers before me. When I saw this machine I fell instantly in love with it - the cogwheels, rust oil and water - just perfect - I hope I could capture this in my pic.
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Silver*Rose  Pro User  says:

Here are three of my first attempts:

Off the rails



Closed
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Edinburghdaz  Pro User  says:

#1 Theatre
Time for your treatment Mr Brown
#2 Morgue
MMMmmm Whats cooking
#3
AAARRGGHH! Axe Man
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.nic.ola. says:

Here's mine...

Il tempo dell'attesa #4

Figli nuovi

Ludwik
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Robo70 says:

night shot of demolition of part of 130 year old sugar refinery
Sugar Refinery
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Seth Teeters  Pro User  says:

alleycare for a game of hoops?abandoned building
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skiesmostwanted  Pro User  says:

Hello, here are my favorites:

Old Generator in Abandoned Greenhouse


Abandoned Vacation Town


Swirly Staircase in Abandoned Mansion
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guerilla_monk  Pro User  says:

Murphy Brothers Mercantile #2

Murphy Brothers Mercantile

Batmobile 2

Abandoned Batmobile.

Portland 17

Portland Riverside
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irishmanlost  Pro User  says:

These are my 3 favs:

West Wing
Crumlin road courthouse in belfast.

Yellow Wheel
Belvoir Hospital operating Theatre.


Behind a door in an old mill
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erdbeerblond25  Pro User  says:

grenze chausseestraße 2

backstage

grenze chausseestraße 3
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publikaccion.es  Pro User  says:


Alvor Portimao, Faro, Algarve, Portugal

Alvor Portimao, Faro, Algarve, Portugal

Alvor Portimao, Faro, Algarve, Portugal

Alvor Portimao, Faro, Algarve, Portugal
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tutam  Pro User  says:

I'm new to the scene as well, but a long time friend of abandoned places. My three favorites:

berries & barbed wire
A detail of a bunker fence in Helsinki.

bunker - kivikko01
Bunker interior Helsinki.

warehouse - tapanila 09
Rain pipe of an old warehouse in Helsinki.
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Richard T Harvey  Pro User  says:

Forgotten Engine by Richard T Harvey

Blue Access by Richard T Harvey

Apocalypse 1993 by Richard T Harvey

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Cherie S.  Pro User  says:

Beauty Among the Ruins

I Come and Stand at Every Door

Blue Door
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tahneetillerman says:






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NordicFisherman  Pro User  says:



This is from a huge arena for aquatic sport shows as well as concerts. its basically your standard stadium but cut in half and set on the water. The place closed down after a riot during a concert followed by hurricane Andrew (it's in Miami). The place became "structurally unsound" which of course means it's too dangerous for its intended 1500+ people, but a couple of graffiti artists, skate boarders and photographers is completely safe. But underneath the seating area there is a walkway right above the water and there is little to no light. Well I went below there during low tide. In this area I found a drainage pipe of some sort but oddly enough it had a telephone sitting right on top of it. (which was covered in barnacles because high tide brings the water up above this point)



This is from the same location. The first shot from its bowels and this right on top of it's head. As I mentioned before the place has become run by graffiti artists and skate boarders. The prime real-estate for all being the roof. The path to the roof is from the sound/lighting booth. Which is suspended (poorly) over the seats. The floors of said booth are falling out and a few attempts have been made to replace them with plywood but to much avail. From here you climb a small latter through a hatch. The roof is shaped in what I suppose are intended to be waves. to a skate boarder this translates to halfpipe. Graffiti artists like it because it's large impossible to get caught and highly visible from a distance. It had been a rainy morning so by the time a arrived there were algae infested puddles on the roof. In the puddles there were beer bottles all floating upside down. This seems like an extremely dangerous place to drink (especially if being used as a skate park) and the bottles seemed to mimic the potential fate they could case.



This I suppose is my own take on urban decay. The room is actually a small set I built and lit. I photographed it and then double exposed it with a model. The idea is largely based on social and emotional decay due to urban (or suburban) induced isolation.
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The Green Odyssey  Pro User  says:

This is one of my favourites, but it is not a photograph, it's part of an animated film from the 70's 'Allegro Non Troppo', this sequence is really poignant and pulls on the heart strings but it is beautifully drawn and realised

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3Blm2qWduY
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NordicFisherman  Pro User  says:

Oh wow!!! thank you soo much for posting that!
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marmot06  Pro User  says:

Defenestration