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Julia Thorne's avatar

I love exploring ruins! Where was this?

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perfectlight's avatar

these photos are from several places. there are at least 3 (that i know of) ruined abbeys an friaries in my area.

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Julia Thorne's avatar

Ah, you're lucky!

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Shital Morjaria (she/her)'s avatar

There is something intriguing about ruins. Nice photographs!

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perfectlight's avatar

thank you!

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Lynn Fraser's avatar

Fabulous! The subject matter so suits being shot on film.

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perfectlight's avatar

thanx!

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Peter Hyson's avatar

Beautifully evocative photos. Thank you.

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Writer Pilgrim by So Elite's avatar

Beautiful photography. The fact they're black and white adds another layer of meaning, simplicity and rawness to it.

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perfectlight's avatar

thank you!

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Susanne Helmert's avatar

I love them. The b/w works perfectly here! If I would have to pick a favorite it would be no. 4.

This was one of my favorite things to do in Ireland, finding and photographing these ruins.

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Crina Prida's avatar

foarte frumos!

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perfectlight's avatar

multumesc

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Sheryl White's avatar

The black and white wonderfully adds depth and antiquity to these photos. Love it!

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perfectlight's avatar

thank you!

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Ken Campbell's avatar

Thanks for this. Brilliant. Nicely done.

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perfectlight's avatar

thank you!

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Erik Hogan's avatar

The ruins in monochrome look incredible! I particularly like the frame within a frame shots through the windows.

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perfectlight's avatar

thanx!

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Davor Katusic's avatar

👌👌

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Xavi Buendia's avatar

Great shots, I love the symmetry in most of these!

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perfectlight's avatar

thank you!

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William Crawford's avatar

Good use of monochrome for ancient architecture. Film is to be venerated. Surprisingly you can produce a very similar effect with Nikon digital without a fancy post processing app. https://share.icloud.com/photos/0dfQ4GwOk5oEKgafbTRTMsBIA

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perfectlight's avatar

if i have to take them again with a digital camera, most likely i won't process them in black&white. the old stones have a grey/cream-ish color that i wouldn't want to lose. thanks for the link!

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Lin Gregory's avatar

These are great and perfect subjects for black and white...the AE1 was my first 'proper' camera bought in 1980. I've still got it and your images are a great motivation to take it out soon!

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perfectlight's avatar

when will happen don't forget to show us the results, please

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Mark White's avatar

#2❤️

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perfectlight's avatar

cheers!

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Marian Goldsmith's avatar

Great images textures and sequence. Made me feel I had just taken a good long satisfying walk. .

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perfectlight's avatar

thank you! oh, i'm happy to hear that they had that effect on you 😊

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Marian Goldsmith's avatar

Honestly they just made me want to go out and find some similar structures to take pictures of. It would be so satisfying no matter hiw well they turned out.

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perfectlight's avatar

go on, do it! please, do it! and if you want, you can show us some results

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