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Abandoned State Mental Hospital, Manteno, Illinois
Abandoned State Mental Hospital, Manteno, Illinois
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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Abandoned Buildings (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Manteno, IL
Date: Apr 10, 2005
Aperture: 4.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Interior, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Apr 10, 2005

There are several old abandoned buildings in Manteno, IL that used to be part of the State Mental Hospital campus. They are left totally open and I did not see any "no trespassing" signs!

In RAW mode it was desaturated and the exposure lightened.

In PSP8
Rotated .50 to right
cropped
Adjusted black & white image with Black & White Points giving it its eerie yellowish cast.

Applied NeatImage.

Statistics
Place: 199 out of 500
Avg (all users): 5.2763
Avg (commenters): 6.8182
Avg (participants): 5.0430
Avg (non-participants): 5.6441
Views since voting: 4711
Views during voting: 417
Votes: 304
Comments: 23
Favorites: 1 (view)


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04/20/2005 12:34:50 PM
very cool shot...i love the tone!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/19/2005 07:59:09 PM
i'd be afraid to enter this room to take this shot.
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04/17/2005 05:19:44 PM
What a power social commentary this would make if paired with pictures of the Homeless.
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04/17/2005 02:16:18 PM
good sense of mood, very creepy
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04/16/2005 11:54:05 PM
You accomplishe d the mood here, but perhaps if you cropped the image square, removing most of the dark top and all of the dark bottom it would become even stronger emotionally
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04/16/2005 02:41:20 AM
love the color cast. really seems to bring out the emotion. great job.
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04/15/2005 04:58:00 PM
To Much noise, about half would have still kept a good texture.
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04/15/2005 08:49:03 AM
The grainy texture of the photo evokes the mood of it's former use. Good job.
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04/14/2005 08:57:25 PM
Nice shot from inside. There seems to be a haze across the wall that's a little distracting.
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04/14/2005 08:41:32 PM
love the "tone" of this pic
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04/14/2005 12:53:12 PM
Now, here we have something different!
Even though this photograph is far from being sharp and is in certain aspect a bit 'amateurish' I really like it - it has a certain quality about it! The yellow toning is nice and I think you have made a correct decision in keeping it this soft.
The only thing I don't like so much is the roof which is too dark in my opinion. Perhaps a tiny amount of shadow/highlight might have helped here?
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04/14/2005 11:08:16 AM
The fact that you dared enter this building is sheer bravery!
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04/14/2005 12:28:17 AM
Very atmosphereic...I guess that is a good thing.....................lack of focus is distracting.
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04/13/2005 11:28:08 PM
don't care for this yellow cast...but the grainy effect is nice
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04/13/2005 10:24:24 PM
If those walls could talk lol.
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04/13/2005 04:05:26 PM
Quite a bit of noise, ghosts? Framing is good.
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04/13/2005 12:16:43 PM
Eerie! Nice shot.
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04/13/2005 09:54:01 AM
very good and creepy type of photo nice color choice
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04/13/2005 07:49:44 AM
truly captures the sense of abandoned. I like it mucho.
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04/13/2005 02:02:30 AM
The composition isn't bad, but the quality of the pic is not fabulous. It looks grainy and washed out.
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04/13/2005 01:42:21 AM
Looks like the Amityville Horror House!!
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04/13/2005 01:28:43 AM
The title works well with the tones and graininess. Nice job.
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04/13/2005 12:42:52 AM
flip i'll give you a 10 on title alone, great shot!
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