This was the part of the hospital that I came to see, I’d seen several images of this bendy corridor before and was keen to find it for myself. There are not that may locations with curved corridors, so I was glad to open the door and stumble right into it. I can only assume [...]
Jan 16, 2012 | Categories:Blog, Featured, Medical, UK, Urban Exploration | Tags: Barrow Gurney Hospital, Barrow Hospital, bath, bristol, derelict, gipsy hill photographer, HDR, nik, on-one, OnOne, perfect effects, south london photographer, urbex | 4 Comments »
Here’s a not unusual urbex room – windows broken, metal removed and false ceiling collapsed. This was also very wet with water dripping everywhere including all over my camera, not ideal, but I had to get the shot! Another location in the hospital that I wasn’t really too fussed about and If I remember correctly [...]
Jan 12, 2012 | Categories:Blog, Featured, Medical, UK, Uncategorized, Urban Exploration | Tags: Barrow Gurney Hospital, Barrow Hospital, bath, bristol, derelict, gipsy hill photographer, HDR, nik, on-one, OnOne, perfect effects, south london photographer, urbex | 1 Comment »
On the way back from Cornwall we stopped off at a ‘nice’ hospital that I’d found out about. Initially I wasn’t too impressed and on return to the PC after uploading and looking at my shots i really wasn’t expecting much from this set at all.Viveca and I didn’t spend too long at the location [...]
Jan 11, 2012 | Categories:Blog, Featured, Medical, UK, Urban Exploration | Tags: Barrow Gurney, Barrow Hospital, bath, bristol, derelict, gipsy hill photographer, HDR, hospital, nik, on-one, OnOne, perfect effects, south london photographer, urbex | 9 Comments »
Having visited West Park around 15 times over an 18 month period, I was fairly used to seeing artefacts laying about, toys in the children’s ward, beds and chairs etc. However it’s shocking to see that documents and logs with patients names still left in place. Some a little disturbing making the casual visitor realise [...]
Dec 20, 2011 | Categories:Blog, Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned games, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict buildings, derelict property, Epsom Cluster, infiltration, lost property, property auctions london, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk, west park, west park asylum | 2 Comments »
This week has been an interesting one for me. I did my first ‘photo presentation’ at a local camera club. This was around HDR and urbex, more focussing on the urbex side of things and hopefully dispelling the myth that all HDR is bad. It was a very fulfilling couple of hours that I really [...]
Nov 17, 2011 | Categories:Blog, Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned games, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict buildings, derelict property, Epsom Cluster, infiltration, lost property, property auctions london, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk, west park, west park asylum | 2 Comments »
In one of the farms wings there were three rooms, light and airy with large windows overlooking the spaces. One of the room was filled with what can only be called ‘junk’ however there were two chairs that stood out and us urbexers all like a chair as a subject. The frosted windows gave a [...]
Jun 21, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: bathroom, Buckston Browne Farm, crystal palace photographer, downe, explore, gipsy hill photographer, kent, norwood photographer, urbex, vivisection | 4 Comments »
After a failed attempt at a local location I set my sights on another place not too far from where I live. Buckston Browne Farm isn’t exactly a farm, and nor was it ever a farm from what I can tell. This place has a far darker history having been previously used for animal testing. [...]
Jun 19, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: bathroom, Buckston Browne Farm, crystal palace photographer, downe, explore, gipsy hill photographer, kent, norwood photographer, urbex, vivisection | 7 Comments »
As you may know if you follow my posts I’m jumping around with images a little at the moment. My feet are getting itchy and without my camera I’m having to trawl through the archives to find some decent shots to process. I’m sure the last three have been posted elsewhere before, but its nice [...]
Apr 18, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: chrome, crystal palace photographer, explore, fridge dead, handle, harold wood, hospital, mark blundell, mortuary, refrigeration, shiny, urbex | 6 Comments »
I’m getting towards the end of this set from West Park I think. I need a little break from relentless processing to start afresh. with renewed vigour. Its not helping that my 550D is in the repair shop after being dropped at some point. Where and when, I’m, not sure. but the pentamirror is out [...]
Apr 10, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned games, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict buildings, derelict property, Epsom Cluster, infiltration, lost property, property auctions london, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk, west park, west park asylum | 2 Comments »
Another nice simple shot in my series of simple shots together with a simple post! I loved the peeling pain on this switch and the almost monochrome paint colour a lot, the rust breaking through and the shine of the brass switch itself. Click the image for a larger version and full gallery
Apr 08, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned games, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict buildings, derelict property, Epsom Cluster, infiltration, lost property, property auctions london, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk, west park, west park asylum | 3 Comments »
Another quick post this evening. Here’s an image from one of the bathrooms at the asylum. I’m trying to move away from my normal style taking some different images and angles. Its actually very difficult. I’m now really comfortable doing what I do well, so I have to change and try to push myself in [...]
Apr 06, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned games, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict buildings, derelict property, Epsom Clustern, infiltration, lost property, property auctions london, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk, west park, west park asylum | 5 Comments »
Although West Park has been mostly cleared of trinkets and other such ornaments there is still the odd thing to be found before the demo teams continue their assault on sturdy Victorian architecture. Here is a knife and spoon, unfortunately the fork was no where to be found. Seeing these made me wonder whose hands [...]
Apr 05, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned games, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict buildings, derelict property, Epsom Cluster, infiltration, lost property, property auctions london, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk, west park, west park asylum | 2 Comments »
I was surprised to come across the showers in this area of the asylum. Having been there many times before I don’t think I’ve been in this area before. It has what can only be described as paint dripping from the walls. It’s probably the most impressive sheeting of emulsion that I’ve ever seen, the [...]
Apr 04, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned games, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict buildings, derelict property, Epsom Cluster, infiltration, lost property, property auctions london, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk, west park, west park asylum | 5 Comments »
Here’s an image that I’ve processed slightly differently to my usual manner. I’m trying to add a little more colour to this one. I’ve used the cross processing filter in Nik to get a more antique look along with a couple of texture overlays to get the dreamy and slightly sleepy eyed look to the [...]
Apr 02, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned games, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict buildings, derelict property, Epsom Cluster, infiltration, lost property, property auctions london, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk, west park, west park asylum | 4 Comments »
Another bath I’m afraid – I took this one on the previous visit but from another angle – HERE. Again I have used focal point from OnOne to blur the windows and wall to the right. I have little more to say about this image at the moment – its late and I am feeling [...]
Feb 19, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, esat sussex, hailsham, hellingley, Hellingly, hellingly asylum, hir drier, infiltration, mental, mental asylum, salon, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk | 6 Comments »
This is a more processed image than my normal work and done with a bit more of a lighter hand. I think it shows that a little more time has been taken over this one compared to the darker images. As the UE specialists will attest – asylums and baths seem to go well together. [...]
Feb 18, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, esat sussex, hailsham, hellingley, Hellingly, hellingly asylum, hir drier, infiltration, mental, mental asylum, salon, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk | 4 Comments »
This lift has been like this since the start of my visitations at Hellingly – boarded up and with two floors down. I liked the symmetry and know that with decent processing I would be able to bring out the darkness inside the shaft. This is in one of the blocks still standing and likely [...]
Feb 17, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, east sussex, hailsham, hellingley, Hellingly, hellingly asylum, infiltration, mental, mental asylum, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk | 6 Comments »
A Change from the emotional stuff this evening. Viveca an I went and had a look in the only building that is left untouched at Hellingly. I’m not sure what this was originally, I’ve done a little research but cant see that anyone else has taken images from here. Whilst the main asylum was still [...]
Feb 16, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, east sussex, hailsham, hellingley, Hellingly, hellingly asylum, infiltration, mental, mental asylum, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk, we'll bask in the shadow Of yesterday's triumph | 7 Comments »
This is quite literally the end of Hellingly – the floor finishes here. As the diggers move in I have no doubt that this is now rubble. I’m going back tomorrow for what will most likely be the last time. I think I have documented the asylum almost enough and have pretty much all of [...]
Feb 12, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, east sussex, hailsham, hellingley, Hellingly, hellingly asylum, infiltration, mental, mental asylum, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk | 5 Comments »
After processing the monster pano in the last post doing single images seems somewhat dull! However I liked this one quite a bit. This was taken shot was take shortly after smashing the back screen protection on my 550D. I placed the tripod on a piece of wood board (in the foreground) and stepped on [...]
Feb 11, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, hellingley, Hellingly, hellingly asylum, infiltration, magic lantern, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk | 4 Comments »
After creating the previous panorama and seeing comments I decided to have another go. I wasn’t particularly happy with the way the top and bottom halves lined up and really wanted to add the ceiling decorations. I wasn’t able to do this on the image before. One of the comments on the previous image was [...]
Feb 09, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, DanK, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, farkfk, Finbarr, hellingley, Hellingly, hellingly asylum, hellingly hall, infiltration, snub, snub23, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk | 6 Comments »
The hall at Hellingly is the main attraction – huge and decorated with ornate ceiling roses. I’d been wanting to do a pano of this location for a while and actually forgot to do it the last time I went, this time it was in my mind from the outset. This has been one of [...]
Feb 07, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, DanK, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, farkfk, Finbarr, hellingley, Hellingly, hellingly asylum, hellingly hall, infiltration, snub, snub23, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk | 7 Comments »
Another trip to the partially demolished asylum for what may be my (second) penultimate visit, still a little more to see Destruction is happening at a fair speed with less there this of the building left this week than last. There’s still plenty to see though. Most of the rooms are stripped – so there [...]
Feb 06, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, hellingley, Hellingly, hellingly asylum, infiltration, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk | 7 Comments »
One of the few items actaully left in the asylum are the baths. Being old and iron or steel they must be heavy and cumbersome for the contractors to remove so are no doubt left for the wrecking ball to deal with. This was a small bathroom off of one of the wards, like all [...]
Feb 02, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, hellingley, Hellingley Asylum, Hellingly, infiltration, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk | 7 Comments »
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