Hellingly Asylum – No Way Down

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 to be one of the last to be flattened being at the very east tip of the asylum

The texture of the rusting boards has come out nicely too and it has created a really nice muted image.

Sometimes the simple shots do the trick and I think this is one of them.

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6 Comments

Toad Hollow Photography February 17, 2011 at 9:49 pm

Fantastic, Mark. I LOVE the textures and details you pulled out of this scene, great work. This is a highly dramatic image, especially with the way the boards are placed blocking access to the lift. Great work.
Bob Lussier February 17, 2011 at 10:23 pm

I love the straightforward approach. Clean, simple approach, conveying a foreboding mood.
Dave February 18, 2011 at 9:01 am

Yeah the simple approach definitely work best for this. I like to mute the colours too, giving the scene a more bleak/sombre mood. Nice one!
Chris Kenison February 18, 2011 at 7:12 pm

I’m really diggin the tone of this image. Great shot!
Viveca February 21, 2011 at 10:16 pm

One of your best I think – I know how dark this was in reality so can vouch for the Top Notch processing that has gone on here!