Urbex
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House of Horror
Front page of Explore again! Thanks everyone for the nice comments. I actually worked hard on this shot. I painted in all the shadows by RSing in darker exposures over the hdr scene.
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House of Horror
Front page of Explore again! Thanks everyone for the nice comments. I actually worked hard on this shot. I painted in all the shadows by RSing in darker exposures over the hdr scene.
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Indigo Dye Factory
Buffalo Color
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Linear Progression II
I don't know what this says. I haven't figured out what this person was talking about.
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Options 2.0
Newer ,better, longer, greener.
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Fun House Stairs
#5 in Explore
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Big Bird House
I saw an owl in here. HUGE
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Taggin Wagon
I don't know what this truck is but this place was cool.
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The Vortex
"Nonsense. We came here to find the American Dream, and now that we're right in the vortex you want to quit?"
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Starship Trooper
Per request of Dee, some more.
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Near Far Syndrome
I can't stop with the near far stuff
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OOPS!!
There's a reason why oops paint cost's $1. This makes is look 10 times sweeter with the drips.
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Watch Your Step
seriously
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Central Terminal Stairs
Wasn't much light in here
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Locked up Again :(
Thanks to my dad and everyone who helped me get a new tripod.
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A Stone's Throw Away
back when measuring was subjective.
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=====> Cheapskate <=====Hotel
This is a little place we found out in middleport NY
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Do the Gorilla
I deleted this due to lack of interest but i put it back up because it made explore
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Please Do Not....
This please do not sign I actually agree with.
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Standing Tall
This was next to an abandoned church in buffalo
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FREE HERT
www.buffalonews.com/cityregion/buffaloerie/story/608193.html www.post-gazette.com/pg/09073/955629-85.stm According to this article he would have been 17 when he painted this.
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Thousands of Glass Tubes
this was the only time I've ever seen anything like this.
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====> Merk Jr.
sorry i never posted any real Merk Jr stuff. There is plenty of it.
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Close to the Edge
#62 in Explore
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Concrete Central Graffiti Tunnel
Explored
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The Long Walk 2
Fortunately this is at the end of the walk up.
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The Long Walk
To the principal's office
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Decayed Yet Hauntingly Beautiful
Explored
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STEAM
Give me steam And how you feel to make it real Real as any place you've been Get a life with the dreamer's dream
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Change
Nothing stays the same Unchained And I hit the ground running
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HERT Upside Down
and backwards
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Playroom of Doom
My dad used to tell me I was going to kid jail if I acted up. This is how I imagined it.
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Urbex Library
This was the quietest library ever. Explored
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Hydrogen
I never work a day in my life I just lay back and let the Big Beat lead me
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All in a Day's Work
my jaw dropped when i saw this. Explored
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Buffalo in Color
Explored
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Disposable Clothing
Most of my clothing needs to be disposed of.
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UH OH Indiglow
maybe this is why that place was abandoned.
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Gotta Wear Your Boots
It's a 24 hour job Explored
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Skippy Wall
this is all photoshop
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Levels of Decay
Explored
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Industrial Decay
i am using the laptop but I don't have all the software i need yet. Doing my best with what i have.
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When I Became the Sun
I shone my light into the man's heart Explored My computer is broke so I wont be putting stuff on for a while.
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Abandoned
There was more than one burned out car around here. Concrete Central is looming in the distance. I read that this place is a quarter of a mile long and 130 feet high. It contains 180 tubes. I guess concrete central is a good name for it.
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Concrete Central
This place is really big #13 in Explore
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Full Court Press
The skippy ball is in a plastic bag here #51 in Explore
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Concrete Central
I was standing on the frozen buffalo river for this shot. Explored
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Haters
I can't understand why anyone would feel right doing this to someone's work. I tried to fix it but I can't make it look right. Anyone have the original unbuffed? Or any of the other pieces that were buffed?
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Empty Decayed Chair
they make their way into urbex shots everywhere Explored
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Smash Stuff
some people do
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Resistors and Confessionals
Explored
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GCO Hert Atak
Explored
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Forced to Create
I have been having a lot of people tell me I should try to make money with art so I will go against my better judgment and attempt that. My wife told me I have to force myself to do it. So this picture is kind of me saying something like that. I also picked this area to shoot the picture because of the no toys here line. TOYS are people who tag over other people's work in the graffiti subculture. Thanks to FATAL for fake painting
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Inside the Terminal
Explored
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Central Terminal Again
Explored
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Central Terminal
#33 in Explore
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Spooky Tunnel
This is past the baggage area past the atak tag. It looks like a tunnel that leads under a fence inside a part of the terminal. There were about 1000 ravens all around this area in trees and flying.
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Life Goes On, Bra
They were attached with twist ties
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Cake Mixes
Explored
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Golden Sun
This is at the Buffalo Central Terminal
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Urban Rooftop Gallery 2
Hert Contribution
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Orphanage Courtyard
#65 in Explore
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Courtyard
Explored
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Hert Demi
I was happy when I found this.
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Melody Fair
This place is pitch black so I had to use a flashlight with long exposure. The acoustics are still great. I sang Beyond the Sea for an imaginary packed house.
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Urbex Light Painting
Explored
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On Top of MT. Urbex
I spiked my tripod into the snow and claimed this room for all urbexers with three exposures. Well 6 but I went with these three because I had to photoshop out less snow on my lens. Explored
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Steak House
this place looked abandoned but I cannot find any info on it. Explored
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Drifting
Merry Christmas everyone hope all is well with you and yours.
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Alone Again
Naturally #61 in Explore
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Extreme Weather Urbex
There was a raging storm outside Explored
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Chambers
Turd? Explored
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Car Trouble
Urbex props amuse me. I couldn't get it running. Explored
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Executive Chair
I went to Spaulding Fiber during that storm yesterday. #86 in Explore
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Cargill-S
I wasn't even going to go in here but the CSX truck was rolling around so I ducked inside.
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Urbex Kitchen
This looks like it was a nice kitchen back in the day.
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Chambers of Death
Watch your step in this place
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Hoops
Basketball is my favorite sport to play so I can understand trying to make the best of it here. There is a bike rim nailed to the plywood backboard with a small 2x4 block.
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Move With Caution
Explored
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Pile O' Garbage
#61 in Explore
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This Cube?
This is the alter in an abandoned orphanage's sanctuary in Buffalo NY
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Window Seat
Explored
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1000 Words
This is in an abandoned orphanage in Buffalo NY
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Dramatic Lighting
Explored
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Urbex the Musical
#139 in Explore
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Take the Stairs
the elevator is out of service
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Old Brown Shoe
This is a detail of the last shot.
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Inside the North Office
#89 in Explore
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Dusting
So happy to get out of this snow storm.
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Texas Nuclear
I tried to get some shots of Beth Steel on fire but there was too much snow and smoke. I ducked in the north office to get out of the weather. This is with the 100mm macro I dare you to look at the original size it's illmatic
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Stretch
They are currently in the process of removing this place. There are construction crews in the north part of the complex until 3pm on weekdays. The workers have to go through a decontamination tent including a shower.
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Toxic Icebox
I think that guy who used to live in one of those barrels used this to store his food.
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Spaulding Fiber
I had to tie the camera strap around my hand and lower the camera on to a support beam with the timer on.
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Another Cargill Sunrise
This one has the whole structure in frame. #217 in Explore
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Cargill-S
shot from the top of a train #136 in Explore
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Perspective Railways
where graffiti artists roam free #28 in Explore
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Vantage Point
Hand held HDR. Left the tri-pod at home for this adventure so I had to improvise a bit. #125 in Explore
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NIke Base Silo
This is at the abandoned Nike Base in Williamsville
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Fall Urbex
#118 in Explore
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Morris Bean and Company
This is a little foundry I found on my turnaround to Dublin Ohio. This was abandoned but really no open ways to get in. I could have got in through the top but I didn't feel like getting arrested that day since I had to pass a guard shack to get back there.
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Another Year Abandoned
Winter is almost here for WNY
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Hole in the Wall
courtesy of the incredible hulk Explored
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G's 4 on the Floor Detail
Check out G's Pic of this #115 in Explore
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Rusty Crusty and Green
#86 in Explore
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Things are Looking Up
www.flickr.com/photos/deeva/2940680135/ This is Deeva's shot looking down check it out
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Searching for Urbex Treasure
#23 in Explore
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Make Your Own Windows
#92 in explore
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Looking Down
From the top of the giant furnace #45 in Explore
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Loading Bay
This was from the first day I went out with the Urbex Buffalo Group.
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Lonely Can
I think the nail was used to try and get the can open
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Urbex Freak
This dude takes his shirt off like Matthew Mcconaughey
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Blueprints to Copper
Treasure Map
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Snoe
I just got out of hand with the processing.
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Graffiti City
The girl at the dinosaur told us to watch out for crack needles. That's the second time I heard someone say crack needle in the last month. What is a crack needle?
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Live Long and Prosper
Abandoned subway in Rochester NY
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Abandoned Ruins
Looks like they threw a support beam in the middle of the stair set.
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Abandoned Subway
in Rochester
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More Projects
There was a design for a retirement community on a board as you came into this place. Thanks for the tips guys I got the color thing corrected.
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Living Space
the wide angle makes it look bigger than it really was. Depressing how small these things were.
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Griffball Court
Halo 3 reference
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Urban Rooftop Gallery
Free Tours
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Rusty Tower
Thanks to Rob for posing here.
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Useless Fence
A barbed wire fence that separates one part of the factory from another. My pictures do not look the same on Flickr as they do in Photoshop. What is happening?
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Concrete Jungle
We saw a giant deer jump through these paths. This is on the east side of buffalo near the thruway and ECMC. Rob said he felt bad for the deer. I said you feel bad for the deer? He said yeah they have no place to live. All of these buildings are abandoned
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Be Back Later
When we wonder?
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Up on the Roof
of one of the abandoned housing buildings in Buffalo NY. You can see more in the distance.
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Broke In To the Old Apartment
Why did they pave the lawn? Why did they change the locks? Why did I have to break in? I only came here to talk.
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Big Oven
This is on the roof of one of the 6 abandoned housing apartments in Buffalo
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Water Tower
on the abandoned housing projects in Buffalo , NY Explored
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HDRific
I usually don't take it to this level but the scene cried out for it.
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Spray Paint is Expensive
In my opinion spray paint is an inefficient way of painting.
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Tags
are still expression even if you don't like what's tagged.
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Courtyard
This is the Beth Steel north office
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Front Lobby
these aren't the best shots ever but I really had to get in and out because they are working in there. They had giant flood lights in the arena.
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Goodbye Memorial Auditorium
They had the Aud lit up with giant flood lights. They are auctioning off the seats or something.
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ATAK
in Carborundum
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More Tags
Wore merk jr lions
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Safe Place
This is at the Buffalo Central Terminal
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Central Columns
I need to get out and shoot more
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Urbex 1:01
or return too building 502 whatever you like better.
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Urbex Hallway 2
Upstairs in the BCT
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Urbex Hallway
Mcfadden's Castle
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Balcony Room is Extra
The balcony no longer supported weight so I had to carefully place the tripod on the metal supports. Thanks to Deeva and Ed for taking us here.
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Spanish Castle Magic
If there were ghosts in this place they got a healthy dose of me singing Rush and somewhere over the rainbow really loud. The brick work and the old plaster ceiling mixed together over time to make some sort of sand that covers this area.
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Control Station
in the land of the flipped and forgotten
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If you could go ahead and clean the back office...
that would be great Explored
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Random Toilet
Explored
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New Tag
This was really fresh
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Carbo-Factory
This building design reminded us of Houdaille. This exact skylight is in Houdaille.
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1985 to Now
Whoa for the longest time
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Bus Overload
Made Explore
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More Bus
I had to share the other angles of the bus so we can all move on with our lives
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Wide Angle Stretch
Any tips on how to reduce this effect is appreciated. For now I am using it creatively but I would like to know all I can about these focal lengths.
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Boy You're Gonna Carry that Weight
Carry that weight a long time I dedicate this to my friend Rob who plans to get married
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Shoot the Bus
Well since I found a flipped over bus I decided to get all the angles I could of it.
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Flip Mode
5 paintballers came out from behind this bus. The first time I ever encountered any humans in these places. I think we scared them at first but after they met us they were running and climbing all over and even showed us how to get around.
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Urbex Lesson Reworked
Don't distract the bus driver
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The Downward Spiral
explored
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Don't Rock the Boat
Check this shot out of the boat by Deeva. Explored
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Light Peeking
Lite Peking
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Castles Made of Sand
Slips into the sea Eventually #105 in Explore
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McFadden's Castle Brickwork
The whole place was brick even the floors and ceilings.
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Directions
Follow the arrows to certain death
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No Food or Beverages
Still a good idea
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Color Control Center
Look below to see why this is green.
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Corner Office
couldn't wait
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Hell's Kitchen
#80 in Explore
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Big D Little D
I liked this shot better but I thought I would share both angles of this make-shift chair. #67 in explore
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Million Ton Press
This is another shot of the press ready to be shipped. #43 in explore
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On the Stand
Demolition guys told us this was part of a million ton press that the Chinese are having shipped to them.
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Explore the Range
This is one of my favorite places to explore so it was cool to be back even though we only stayed for about 45 min. This image is 6 exposures and that's DJFrostbyte in the door. #282 in Explore One Week :)
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Urbex Canvas
Today is my one year Flickr birthday.
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Weathered
#99 in Explore and 6 days in a row
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Buffalo Central Terminal
I had to go back here because my shot in this room didn't turn out. This one I was happy with somewhat, maybe right at 5 am this would be easy to get a full range with only 3 exposures. #169 in explore and 5 days in a row
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Urbex Plugin 2.0
I have to give Hert and Atak credit for the spots they get to sometimes. Check out this shot from Bufgraf Bufgraf's Shot of a Hert Tag at BCT
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Make Your Own Doors
Got to #332 in Explore. Made explore 4 days in a row now and 8 times in 12 days, before that I never made it in. so weird.
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Mr Smiley Framed
Check out Flying Dutchee's shot and inspiration for the name. I could hardly take a picture of Mr Smiley and call him something else. This picture made explore.
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X
This picture made Explore
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Buffalo Central Terminal
I took this a while ago
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Urbex Backdrop
#437 in explore
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Texture Squid Attack
other invey tags at this location
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Nose Manual
with the fractal plugin.
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Toxic Pose
What she is sitting on I don't know. I didn't tell her to do it so don't blame me.
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Urbex Model
Thanks to Jackie and Dan for modeling urbex style. I don't really know what I'm doing shooting people. I don't know what to tell people where to put their hands or feet or how to stand.
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Home
is where you hang your hat My first picture in explore. Thanks to Invey for this tag
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Dorr-Oliver
this was in an old silo near the old base in Williamsville off of Millersport. That hatch leads to my secret bunker.
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Plasmando Colores
for Kika
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Random Tree
There were trees all over this place.
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Space Available
lot's of it
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Urbex Colors
Something told me to go shoot the sunrise in a certain location. By chance I noticed this building. Not a lot of tagging in here. Urbex Buffalo crew message me privately about the location.
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Do Not Enter
You can't go anywhere in this place without having WEED somewhere on the wall.
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Colorful Boiler
This is the Blue Led at work
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Urbex School
no HDR on this one. I liked how it looked with just one exposure.
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Urbex America
This place is rich in Urbex treasure
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Too Much Information 2
The return of the Urbex expanse
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Front Room
#283 in Explore
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Cement Silo Stairwell
Do not attempt this at home assuming you have a giant cement silo at home
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Silo Stitch
Thanks to Flying Dutchee for stitching these images. Great Job! Atak and RIP Eric I think this building was owned by eric. Now that I look maybe eric here is hert
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Urbex Buffalo
I was at iso 100 F/16 and super super long exposures with the timer.
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The Turtle
I wasn't happy with any shots of the turtle. I wanted to capture the feel of a building that looks like a turtle and I couldn't get it without having a bunch of cars in the way I can't understand how this building could be empty. It's shaped like a giant turtle and it's within walking distance of the falls.
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Rainbow Mall
I have a strong desire to be in this mall now. I always hated this mall but now it looks like an urbex dream come true.
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Couch
I have taken many pictures of the windmills but this is the first one I liked.
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Urbex or Bust
we pretty much busted today on our urbex mission. We were trying to get a real find so we could get back into the loop. :)
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Urbex is War
Thanks to DJ Frostbyte for some Urbex Modeling. You will have to ask him why he had that with him. We were thinking about Dutchee when we took this so props to him. #260 in Explore
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Had to go
I never saw anyone this happy about having to dump in these kind of conditions. I also dedicate this pic to Rob because he loves to shoot bathrooms.
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Stuck @ 222 in my photostream
I'm used to these coincidences now
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Paintball Arena Wisdom
this was obviously left for me
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Sketchy
real sketchy
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First Try at 9 exposures
If you can't see the Deeva/Dutchee influence your not looking If your gonna try 6 might as well try 9. I don't know that it looks any better than 3
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Doorway to Yesterday
first time trying 6 exposures
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Buffalo Central Temple BCT/2012
I figure this is where they sacrifice virgins to appease the beast.
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Land of the Flipped and Forgotten
crop it in your mind and save me some time.
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Texture Overload
does not compute
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Angles and Lines
Who is the graffiti artist?
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Forgotten
I did not disturb this ball, as much as I wanted to.
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Pimp my Ride
I think this is a 1966 or 67 Buick Skylark
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The Sun Rises on Buffalo
I got up at 5:30 this morning and looked out the window(still in bed) and said I was going to take pictures of the grain elevators with the sun coming up. My wife said "no you're not" Me 1 Her 0
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Better Days
43° 3'13.62"N 78°53'41.96"W
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Openings
This is part of the castle near Ellicott Creek Island. N 43° 1'48.93 W 78°49'32.56 park at 43° 1'53.53"N 78°49'24.86"W
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3.1415926
This shot was inspired by Flying Dutchee www.flickr.com/photos/flyingdutchee/2376023200/in/photost...
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Chemiluminescence
that's a word i swear
Urbex: the study of parts of civilization that are normallyunseen or off-limits, such as abandonedstructures, drains, sewers, tunnels, etc.; also called infiltration, reality hacking, urban caving,urban spelunking, urbex