the yellow church

[Beth Carter]

one of the forgotten churches in north dakota that is in better condition than most. so of course this is the one slated to be demolished.

 

[Rense Haveman]

Wonderful!

 

[Raza Shaikh]

one of the forgotten churches in north dakota that is in better condition than most. so of course this is the one slated to be demolished.

Amazing. The dark sky is scary too.

 

[Rense Haveman]

Keep coming back to this one. It reminds me of "Hotel California" somehow.

 

[Mark J. Allen]

Amazing Pic, Love it!

 

[Beth Carter]

thanks rense and mark!

 

[Chris Dodkin]

WoW! How do you find these places Beth?

 

[Beth Carter]

WoW! How do you find these places Beth?

thanks. short answer - google. north dakota is great because someone's already been out there and documented it all in one place on the interwebs.
http://www.ghostsofnorthdakota.com/

montana is a little more difficult, i spend a lot of time looking at blogs, flickr and 500px to get a general idea of where something is then scour the internet for more hints and then google maps.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

thanks. short answer - google. north dakota is great because someone's already been out there and documented it all in one place on the interwebs.
http://www.ghostsofnorthdakota.com/

montana is a little more difficult, i spend a lot of time looking at blogs, flickr and 500px to get a general idea of where something is then scour the internet for more hints and then google maps.

Love these places - have my eye on a valley North of here by 4-5 hours with abandoned farm and such in it - maybe when the weather gets better

 

[Pete Askew]

Keep coming back to this one. It reminds me of "Hotel California" somehow.

You can never leave, Rense!

 

[Pete Askew]

Now that is gorgeous, Beth. Love the way you have brought out the yellows (although from the title I thought this might be some sort of weird religion - sort of the antithesis of those that worship the blues!).

 

[Beth Carter]

Now that is gorgeous, Beth. Love the way you have brought out the yellows (although from the title I thought this might be some sort of weird religion - sort of the antithesis of those that worship the blues!).

thanks pete. the blue church isn't bad, it's those green church goers you really have to watch for.

i did some editing experimentation in lightroom with this. i desaturated the blues and cyans to almost nothing and then adjusted the white balance until i found the right tones. it was much cooler than it should have been, but it works well for almost any shot that doesn't have blue skies.