"The only thing coming straight out of MY camera is the cable!"
P. Vermeulen

Pinch punch first of the month :) Getting this underway with the delapidated fence I am replacing

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Wonderful Ronnie!!!  :-)  Oh, now, this is gonna be FUN!!!  :thumbupboth: !!

"The only thing coming straight out of MY camera is the cable!"
P. Vermeulen

Heres mine just an old boat..

Heres another one an old jetty..

Nice entries Alz, that boat is great :)

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Excellent Alz .. Love 'em both!!!

I've been swamped with work lately, I didn't have the chance to thank EVERYONE who participated in last months Challenge "CoNtrIdicTioN"... it was quite the challenge, wasn't it ???  You all made it so fun, with your contributions & SPIRIT!!!  

Now ... on with October .. let's have more fun!!  :-)

Hmmmm... I was thinking of posting a self-portrait in this one.   lol 

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P. Vermeulen

LOL Shari... we could make it a group shot ;0) 

Rofl..I nearly did that, I couldn't be more delapidated with all my ailments :)

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LOL Shari.. i've had the same idea with the self-portrait. But than i realised that the theme is GRACEFUL Dilapidation.. so forget it. :- )

LOL oh you guys age so gracefully, it makes me ill.  It just isn't fair.  Thanks for the morning laugh; its' a great way to start the day.  :-)

"The only thing coming straight out of MY camera is the cable!"
P. Vermeulen

Personal photos only work if there is a before and after (lol).
A geriatric group shot is bouncing around in my head.  Or a mirror shot ;-)
3 good ones so far.
fm ;-)

These three so far already set a high standard, I'll be searching around with eyes wide open for a good one!   great stuff everyone!

an old wartime air field......

Excellent entry James!

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Jeeze Shari, you make it so difficult I hardly showed my face in the previous challenge but I drummed up some support and we are really going to show you what's talent in this one, hehe!
:b_blush:

I am seriously looking at some captures I made tonight. It seems the contributions above are all so spot on! Good stuff ladies and gentlemen!

Your collage is really splendid Shari, it is good to see the love and dedication you put into these forums and it shows in the amount of fun we have. Ok, enough of this mushy stuff...

By the way, can you upload anything Shari, or are you just talk?

Ronnie, shuffle through your pics, let's see what we can do do shake up this place, I WILL be back later...
:b_tonguewink:

Piet Vermeulen, South Africa

:b_cool:   Oh you GUYS .... its ON !!!!!  And, piet, you're askin' for it.  :b_blush:

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P. Vermeulen

I could not help but wonder if some of the structural damage was caused by the dynamite explosion of the 1930's. The place saw so many people and things pass during it's lifetime. Almost like a silent witness... Enough of that, lol.

I hope this works as an entry to the challenge.

I see "some" people have still to come up with a response to the challenge! :sneaky: :rolleyes:

Piet Vermeulen, South Africa

patience my dear ... 

I gotta say, that photo Piet is awesome; perfect for this challenge... "Graceful .........." is right on.

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P. Vermeulen

This is a go at it.  I have had it for months, but I have another idea and will post as soon as I can get the image.  Fantastic and beautiful images so far!

Great entry Piet, the rustiness is outstanding, Beth this is interesting, would like to see that structure more closely, looks great :)...Come on Shari get weaving rofl..

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Oh relax Ronnie! Shari will only visit the forum again at the end of the month. She poses no threat as far as a challenge goes...  :lol:

Piet Vermeulen, South Africa

So much banter so early in the morning... (Yawn...) Slept right through the first two days of this challenge and now look how far behind I am! I see my fence has already been taken (Ronnie), and my garage (James) and I did have an idea about the old rice mill but ... too much like Piet's shot.  Beth's is great ... all in all, I guess I need to actually move around town a bit to come up with something...unless I can re-post that shot of the back of my house with the growing trash pile (refer to last month's challenge...)!

I'll be back.........

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Oh, this was fun - especially as I just had to put on some shoes and walk a few steps down the road...

And another shot from the same "house" (or whatever that was before it started looking like this)

There is some very good entries here so far!  I will try and get a photo of my Dad sitting on the garden bench this weekend. The bench is fine he is in a state of Dilapidation!

 ecurb - The Devil

LOL@PJ.. Drea71  these are super shots, LOL@David

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Hehe, now I don't side with you David, you are looking for serious trouble with the old guy and I ain't gonna help ya!

Wow, Drea, where have you been madam? These are excellent uploads.

Beth, I am so glad you joined in... now if we could just get the two other ladies to also join in and do an upload. I am not going to mention names but here's a clue: they are coordinators. :tongue1:

David stick with us, don't leave, get your pics selected, the fun is about to begin...

Piet Vermeulen, South Africa

Glad you like my images. Even went "all the way there" once again (I guess this building is about 30m from the house I live in - which actually of course looks a lot better - so it was really an effort) to take another detail-shot...

Another winner Drea :)...I must have a look around this weekend, see what else I can come up with!

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Such great entries so far .. wow!!!  I'm so pleased!!

You know ... with all the dilapidation all around me here, I have to be choosy ... it's only the 3rd of the month, and I can only upload THREE?   Jeez ... I thought that was 2 months ago, power of 3's... now I"m confused.  It's been a week. 

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P. Vermeulen

A rusty motorbike "carcass" leaved in a wood ....

The round white " ball" is a mushroom .....

Out for a drive this morning; I found all kinds of dilapidation around me.  I thought this might be perfect for the challenge.  Hope this meets your approval ... Ronnie & Piet? 

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P. Vermeulen

Ah Shari !!! a post of you !!!
;)

Very good captures Shari and Magali. I take back my words Shari, bravo.

I am off to the bush to find some suitable material, watch this space. :sneaky:

Piet Vermeulen, South Africa

Great captures coming in now, and yes Shari, this more than meets with my aproval:)
I went back to work this weekend, after a three year break, OMG, the reality of it :(

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looks like it made me leave out a P too :)

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Meet Sally and William graciously dilapidating together. Or should I say snuggling ever closer.

The surfaces of the head stones are weathering. Much of the writing has faded.  William was a soldier in the War of 1812 (another lengthy skirmish with the King of England :-)). Looks like both bases are slowly sinking and poor Sally's stone has been broken off and roughly recemented with some very unsightly mortar.

Haven't found any crumbling buildings yet, but maybe this makes a better story anyway?

Bill

"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes."
  

Nice shot Bill, I like this, I shot a few gravestones one time, but then lost them in a crashdown, taught me to backup now :)

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Not sure if this fits or not , but my first thought was 'horseless shoe' and I liked the rust and still being able to read part of the info on it:-) It reads: ST PIERRE, WORCHESTER MA. FORGED STEEL and after researching horseshoes this would be the kind glued on (also used for horseshoe pitching) If it doesn't fit feel free to delete it:-)

It fits!!!!!!, Nice shot Lynn

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Went out for a short drive with Emma today and came across this, it used to be the offices for the cemetery then it got taken over by the grounds maintainence crew.  Its now up for demolition.  This is also my first attempt at HDR, although it was taken around midday I tried to make it a bit spooky being in the grave yard and geting on for holloween.

Hope it fits the bill.

Now this is really outstanding. You got all you were going for and more.  I'm still looking but I just don't have enough energy to leave the house this weekend. sigh...

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I don't know about the Graceful bit but it is certainly Dilapidated.

Taken into the sun, just as the sun had gone over the hill.  Sepia tone and resize.

Nice entries Jeff, I used the gizmo today, so I may have a pano or two in the gallery soon :)

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Quote - Now this is really outstanding. You got all you were going for and more.  I'm still looking but I just don't have enough energy to leave the house this weekend. sigh...

Hi PJ,
are you a little low in spirit ... or  jamed by the weather or anything else to do ?
Hope you will stand up and make us see a graceful dilapidation caught around you

You can write me a mail too...........

my cam is in the way of death ..... :m_bawling:

So please, shot a photo thinking I am with you searching a good pic.....

Amitiés
Magali

Lord Edward Pelham-Clinton

Bent Family Memorial

Here are a couple taken yesterday  In Brookwood Cemetery

 ecurb - The Devil

Here's a piece of an outbuilding from a soon-to-be-vacant lot near my house...

And another bit of oxidation...

And the roof of someone's mailbox in my neighborhood... ( I don't really live in a slum, it's just that those are the interesting things to photograph!  I think clean and new is rather boring)

I am not sure if this is graceful at all, but definately it is dilapidated.  It was farther away than I would have liked, but this is the best I could do with 55mm lens.

This house and garage are right across the street from Providence Hospital in Seattle. 

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Old pilings at Useless Bay on Whidbey Island in Washington State. 

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

David
I enjoyed these shots in your gallery and they absolutely fit here.

Denise, three on the bounce again :)

Tara, love those pillings.

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Omgoodness gracious you guys... this is going wonderfully!!

Ronnie, glad I got your approval.  :-)

bill, yours cracks me up!!!  What a great laugh, and what a perfect entry for the challenge!!!  :)

Shadows, yours is excellent .. love it and perfect!

jeff - AWESOME HDR work!!  I love it!  It's something i have yet to master... perfect for the challenge as well ... excellent entries.!  :)

David, great shots from an old cemetary ... great!

Denise - Awesome entries as well, with the dilapidated mailbox and textures.  I think new is boring too :P

Newpy - GREAT find!!

Tara ... moss on the roof - wow, that's actually quite beautiful!!!  I have never seen moss on a roof before ... so, nice shot & great entries :)

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P. Vermeulen

This is a house not far from where I live ... I drive by it somewhat often, and wonder why they don't just tear it down.  maybe they left it up just for me  :) 

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P. Vermeulen

Wat op deeske aarde! (That better not be translated) It means "this is awesome!", trust me.

I never cease to be amazed by the creativity and ability to execute a them in photography. Well done everybody.

Piet Vermeulen, South Africa

Shari ... never seen moss on a roof?  Wow. 

Wow.

Talk about locally exotic.  I never would have thought of this image for that challenge, but I guess it is!

We have moss EVERYWHERE!  On roofs, in lawns, even along the edges of shady driveways and roads.  If people here didn't clean and treat their roofs, ALL our roofs would look like this eventually!  I admit this is a very bad case, but it's really everywhere.  You know how they say moss grows on the North side of trees?  Out here, moss grows on the North side of EVERYTHING! 

Look at Denise's mailbox pic.

Moss!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

One of my absolute favourite places in my little village. Equally beautiful each season. Wintertime the icicles hang everywhere. I just wonder when it was alive and working.

I need three shots to show the whole of it. Here nr 2

The last view of it.

I love moss ... I see it all over in our woods... and on my rock walls out back .. where its moist and stuff.  :)  but on a roof?  NEVER!  It's so pretty!  lol 

great entries Gun :)  Great to see you participate in all the fun :)

Piet ... sorry, but i'm heading to bablefish now ... to my fav translator.  :)   lol 

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"This is awesome" Pfft !!!!!   It means VAT DE HECK IS DEES!!!!  LOL  nice try bucko :-*

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An old cotton mill now divided into different units, this side just left to rot.

Keep em coming folks theres some great pics on here and still out there.

Good one Jeff ... !!   :)

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P. Vermeulen

Gosh what a great bunch of pictures! Thanks to Shari and Ronnie! Heres another...this is an old drinking fountain in the basement of the house that I like in, there is no pipe attached at the bowl but the fountain still works and the water is ice cold! Btw, my name is Lynn:-)

One could easily put together a gallery consisting of all the entries being submitted in here, it would make a most interesting an entertaining collection.

I am going to stretch things a bit submitting a tree I photographed on Saturday in a game reserve.

Oh and btw, am I busted Shari? :rolleyes:

Piet Vermeulen, South Africa

Love the TREE!  I saw an awesome dilapidated tree at the park on Saturday; I saw it and KNEW it would be perfect for this challenge; but some dork was tailgating me; and I couldn't stop :-(  maybe I'll go back this weekend .. and get it.  

yeah .. you're busted alright.  lol

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P. Vermeulen

This is from my garden.

What a great challenge!  I'm really enjoying everyone's submissions!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Wow! Everything is so green up there! I have to break it up with a little of our dry forest area okay? This is an old cabin up at the old gold mine in Mammoth Lakes, CA.

Kim Hawkins

 

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Wow! Everything is so green up there! I have to break it up with a little of our dry forest area okay?
This is an old cabin up at the old gold mine in Mammoth Lakes, CA.

Kim Hawkins

 

Kim Hawkins Eastern Sierra Gallery

 

 

Sorry we could just post three. othervice I could have given you a self portrait >LOL

I see some excellent shots coming in here again, another great exciting challenge Shari :)..And I see that my early lunchbreak is coming to a close :(((

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Now I have to 'fess up, when I stumbled across this month's forum tonight I didn't have one that I'd just shot. Soooooooooo here is one taken early this spring.

But I do have a couple places in mind that I'd been meaning to get to, and now I've really got the extra incentive to get out and get those shots.   : )  

In the words of the Terminator ...    "I'll be back!" 

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless? 

What a great theme this is. I enjoy every piece, wonderful textures and places. Mother Earth takes back everything man made, like we processing food.

Wonderful photos here.. I am enjoying all the different things entered :)

I have some related to the theme, I have just uploaded in my gallery... but I took them before the challenge was issued (in August)...  So I'll let you look at them in my gallery if you care to. 

I am on the look out for something .....

Lovely Poetess

So it was taken a while back..pfft, your defence is to say that it was delapidating on your hard drive lol, nice shot :)

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Heres another...

Some great photos on here, excellent..

I like Ronnie's argument!  :)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

LOL thanks for the backup Tara :)...Nice one Alz!

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Don't worry Ronnie, I've got your back, I'm in your corner ... whatever phrase translates well into British English!  :)   * blows kiss *

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

OMG, I am so jazzed at the fact that I am off this weekend from work, I can have a whole weekend of fun in the forums,
Tara, I will accept the phrase in my corner, as you would not want my back, it's agony at the mo :)....must get out this w/wnd, and see if I can find some more delap subjects for this most excellent challenge :)

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Wooooo Hoooooo !!!  TGIF !!!  I can play tooo!  well .. sleep in past 5:30am anyway

What GREAT entries I'm seeing here!  I will be uploading another very soon :)

Ronnie, Gun Tara, PJ .. Jeff, Lynn, Pieter, helanker, BentChick and the Terminator!!  lol  ... Melinda and Alz..  just to name a few ... thanks for keeping this going so nicely while I've been kind of away. 
You're the BEST.  :)

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P. Vermeulen

we keep it going coz it's the bomb :))

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One more from me...actually my Alex took this one but he makes me post, lol! This 'window' is on a Civil War Ironworks Factory, bricks are handmade...circa probably 1865. Great stuff everyone, I really enjoyed them all! Off to bed for me, nite all!

I've really wanted to play but life and work have gotten in the way...

Great work so far..

here's one from me..

Found this old house out a a back road was not  too keen on going inside it, as it looked kinda dangerous..

So, I settled for this shot

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Here's mine:

 

Liam

The weekend has arrived! So I got up early to catch the morning sun on a few shots.

I'm sure this boat is delapidating under all that bush. Perhaps with it next to the barn like that they are descendants of Noah and are keeping up the family tradition?

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless? 

I couldn't resist this rusty bunch of metal!  I'm not positive but by the look of the wheels, this was built before they invented rubber.

: )

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless? 

That boat is a real shame, it doesn't look that old but to let the bush grow around it like that, i cannot understand the mentality of some folks.  It doesn't look a cheap one either.

Excellent shot though and ties in with the theme fully.

As for the tractor, they put them wheels on for traction in muddy fields especially when harvesting such as potato's.

Another great shot.

Poetess, Can't be descendents of Noah, the lawn would be covered in pairs of animals lol, nice capture.

Faders, this is a great image, I can hear the past voices of children that played there

Marka, I love those beautiful greens.

Lynn, great textures in this one, well shot Alex.

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Oooh! I missed this tractor, great one!

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AWesome shots here; Marka, :) great to see u and your photo!  And bruce, Lynn... Excellent photos!.... and Poetess, I love that barn!  Hubby goes around shooting old barns all the time; they just dont make 'em like they used to - now they are all tin.  

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P. Vermeulen

Saw this thing while driving around the countryside ... I thought I'd add a sepia tone to it; giving it more drama :)

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P. Vermeulen

Cool effect adding the sepia and the framing, makes it look like an old photo.

I've really been enjoying seeing what everyone comes across, and agree old and worn is usually much more interesting.

: ) 

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless? 

Good stuff here!  It would take to long to say what I liked about each one ... it's all wonderful!  I went to the cemetary today, so I'm hoping I got some good graceful dilapidation shots!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

What boat? I don't even see it among all those bushes, Great shot anyway! Noah....you have a lot to do here!!!

Here you have Evelyn Merton, gracefully dilapidating.

And for those of you who are interested in moss, that's the north side of the headstone.   :)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Neat headstone!  Now does moss ever grow in east, west or southerly sides?

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless? 

Yes, but mostly on the north side.  As you see from the picture, most of the moss here is on the north side, and there's a little bit on the east side.  It has to do with how much of the day the surface in question is in the shade.  At this latitude, anything on the north side of something is in the shade all the time.  Of course if there's something under a tree, it gets a lot of shade, as well.  That's how you can find your way in the woods.  Check to see where the moss is thickest.  Unless you're in a termperate rain forest, in which case you're screwed!  :)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Found this contender at the ripe old age of 283 years. Thought you all would like to see the old style and that it is still readable. Location: East Hampton, New York in an old colonial era graveyard.

"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes."
  

I just love those old mossy stones. I often take a walk in our small graveyards, but mostly people scrub the moss away, that's a pity. Beautiful shots, both of them!

Interesting that at the top of the stone is a skeleton head, was the captain perhaps a pirate?

Great find for the forum challenge!

: ) 

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless? 

By way of answer to the previous post by LovelyPoetess, apparently, the skull was a common engraving used by stone cutters on tombstones in the early 18th century...at least in Colonial America (almost said US...got to keep my facts straight). There were both privateers and pirates sailing the Atlantic off the east coast near here but Capt Mulford wasn't one of them...they'd never have let him be buried in this old churchyard. Most famous privateer near here was Capt. Kidd. He buried treasure all around this locale. Some has been found...some not. The local leader, Lord Lion Gardiner, and the Governor complained to the King of England that Kidd was not turning his share of the profits over to them...the King declared Kidd a pirate and in 1699, the British Navy captured and hung him. Gardiner, the Governor and the King got Kidd's money. Just a little treachery among respectable thieves.

Bill :-)

"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes."
  

Thanks for that bit of history lesson  : ) 

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless? 

Quote - An old cotton mill now divided into different units, this side just left to rot.

Keep em coming folks theres some great pics on here and still out there.

nice one Jeff, they are all fantastic pieces of work!

This is a shot of Tonge Hall, a local land mark which was set fire to by vandals while the owner was away on holiday.  It was built in the 1500's. sadly it has been standing like this for the last two years probably beyond repair.

Stumbled up this today during a drive here in New  Jersey.  This is part of the  Smith Machine Company Factory.   The company was a major supplier of woodworking machines in the late 1870s and early 1880s. The factory is now in ruins and a park has been built up around the grounds.

J:woot:e

From  a visit recently to the Wyre estuary Lancashire...lots of these there

A secong shot of these old rotting wrecks

A third shot from this group of wrecks.I stood inside what is left of an old wooden hull for this shot.

These last three are just incredible, so much beauty.
My comment to L8RDAZE for his latest seems to have fallen away. I find it awesome!!

More great stuff!  I'm really enjoying this challenge.  Great idea!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Great captures on old buildings and boats. Y'all are equipped with good eyes for detail.

Got a question on the forum techies though, why is it when I go to the photography forum page and click forum challenge I still get this page from June? (below)  I get it both on my home and work computer.  I have to click the small listing for forum challenge under the main header to get to the current challenge. 

Any ideas?

Posted Mon, Jun 30, 2008 2:29 pm
This month get HOT with some FIRE and then CHILL with some **ICE

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless? 

                              "Welcome to my humble abode."

*( I couldn't resist adding some bones to make it a little more "seasonal" ) *    :o)

Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together...
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I am simply amazed at the captures here!  I love each of the perspectives and each has a tale to tell.  Fabulous challenge this month.

HI ! Were in the forest today and we found lots of muchrooms. These I think are good for the theme because they are soon finnished, but still beautiful.

And my last one.

Ejn,   3 gorgeous scenes you posted, I like them so much.

HEHE, OldHippieKeyboard. I like it :)

L8rdaze, Beautiful old ruin. I like old brick walls and so.

Alan, the old house it very charming.

Tara, so many thombstones are really beautiful even they are very old with patina. This one too.

Started off seeing the sepia barn for shazza, and now I have lost track, but remember the staggering images thus far, aAan great tomb along with tara Old hip keyboard ROFLMAO!

Here's my own quote here :)

In life we have some confusing issues, but who can solve them?, most of the famous detectives are fictional, and in stark reality, the real ones do not have the faintest idea.

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This is going along beautifully ... FANTASTIC ENTRIES here !!!  Love 'em all ... ejn .. such classy shots!  :)  Love the skeleton Olehippy!  LOL  and the ancient tombstone .. skull engraved; how INTERESTING! .. and the shrooms .. awesome stuff.

As for the old link ... we'll have to get that fixed!!  Thank you **LovelyPoetess!  :)

**shazza  lol

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Last week, I did a spot of gardening, and came across this kids toy basketball thingie, that was delapidating gracefuly under the soil at the back of the rockery :)

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Wow, great find Ronnie!

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P. Vermeulen

Thanks Shazza, had it been bigger, I'd have re-attatched it to the wall to have a practice :)...back to work for me now lunchbreak is over :(

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Hi all

OK! I have decided to join the party so to speak!!!
This past weekend I have captured this dilapidated pair of shoes, yet they gracefully fulfill their duty as planters..... straight face

Am I pushing my luck here???

Hugs, Carin :)

ps - Stunning images from  all of you!!!

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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OH yes, Carin .. This is great. How original but beautiful. :)

Past of a funny structre  remaining from the times immemorial right in the middle of an old unkempt park serving as a shelter for homeless. Made of concrete, a continuos arch, open to winds but saving from rain. Decaying. I decided to show just the entrance or exit, which really is not important..

This looks really beautiful and the composition is perfect.. Lovely old Arch.

Hehe, instead of growing children, the shoes are growing plants. The baseball thingy is great too.

LOL Carin :) How funny is this :):):):):), poor Bruce, he's been there five minutes and you planted flowers in his boots, ROFLMAO!...Just kidding sweetie....Great capture that does belong here so you aint pushin ya luck!

Nikolais, this is a wonderful shot, I like the textures in the archway :)

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Oh Gosh, I love those planters!!!!   :) :) :)  I have turned over buckets and baskets in my garden; with flowers spewing out from them ..  oh wait, those are bruce's boots?  Wow, he must take some long naps!  ;)   lol  

Great archway Nickolais... !  :)

"The only thing coming straight out of MY camera is the cable!"
P. Vermeulen

I wondered where I had left my boots ??????

lol... Glad I could bring some giggles with Bruce's boots. Must say - he gave them up very reluctantly... straight face

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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Carin, it's a most creative and ecological way of using old shoes. Guess I am going to make a winter garden of my old ones.

Carin, it's a most creative and ecological way of using old shoes. Guess I am going to make a winter garden of my old ones.

Thanks Nikolais!!!

Here is my second attempt at the crown!!! I loved this dilapidated old windmill close to where Bruce and I stayed at our bush hide-away. I am not so sure about the graceful, but it sure did some serious pumping in it's lifetime!!!

Have a super weekend all.

Hugs, Carin XX

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"To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them."

Elliott Erwitt

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Nice one Carin, here's my last entry :)

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It's a shame when they leave them leaning over like this, the cemetery staff could quite easily rectify it.  Ours have started laying them down flat now if they start to lean like this.  Health and safety, someone might get hurt, I didn't know dead people could get hurt.

I went to a graveyard on Wednesday Ronnie, but there was a large padlock on the gate and I couldn't get in, there was some good stones in there that would have done well in this challenge.  I'm not sure if the lock was to keep us out or if it was just on for Holloween to keep them in. Lol.

LOL Jeff, they'll get out anyway eh?, just pass straight through the railings :)

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Oh lol what are you like,  sounds like you are all having fun.

I keep coming back to take a look at whats new,  they are all brilliant, Carins boots brought a smile ! 

I saw this at Walsdenon the Lancashire/Yorkshire border near to Littlborough, Jeff knows where that is lol.     in the grounds of an old run down Mill.   Looks like the last people to occupy the mill for business left everything lol.

Keep em coming,    I'll be back!  ........Alan

The old Ernest Robert Foden, this was the first truck I learned to drive at the age of 15, when I worked for NCL...(National carriers ltd)as a van boy, the driver John, used to let me have a go on the quiet road between transit sheds...Memories like the corners of my mind, as the song goes...Nice one Al :)

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What a lot of wonderful stuff!  I've been looking regularly ... :)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Actually I thought I could upload a photo of myself to fit this category but thought this old harvester would save everyone the pain. Many wonderful images so far this month, everyone must be out & hunting.

Excellent capture Ralph :))

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Actually went out this morning to photograph vintage cars but couldn't resist a shot of my favorite old cabin.

When looking through some entries I almost didn't feel like uploading. Great stuff and I see a lot of fun was had by all.

For you who know a little about me, will know that I have been spending time at really old ruins and stuff lately and that it is influencing my style and work very much. I see things in a new (old) light while I have fun.

My entry is an old house, the main unit probably built between 1860 and 1930 and I planned to use it as a weekend getaway where one could make coffee and a fire and sleep over, close to the bush. In this house one can hear the breathing of a time before dilapidation set in... Babies born and people died. Some of you may even know who is on the photograph hanging there.

Anyway, let me stop the mushy stuff and congratulate you Shari, these forums are a lot of fun and you handle them well looking at the number of entries and the comments.

Piet Vermeulen, South Africa

I like this Piet,   and a wonderful narative to go with it.  A fabulous POV looking through the doorway towards the window in the next room.  And the picture on the wall just gives it more atmosphere, brilliant!

Oh and at first sight it reminded me of an old Led Zepelin album cover !   It was the one with 'Stairway to heaven' as the last track.  forgive me if this all means nothing to you lol.

Ralph, another great capture
Piet this is wonderful :)

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Piet GREAT picture;  It must give you the chills being there.  That portrait on the wall, is really cool too.  Such a little cutie, hanging there ... with all that dilapidation around it. 

Love that bus and the old harvester.. my husband would LOVE to have that!  lol  (just what we need, more 'lawn ornaments'!!!!

Alan, how ironic!!  Piet & I were just listening to Stairway to Heaven last week!  That was a fav of mine in the 70's :) :)

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P. Vermeulen

How uncanny! I had to squint and read twice to see if I were delirious. Yes Alan, of course I know Led Zeppelin, they were huge in the 70's when I was a little younger and very popular. I am teaching Shari good songs from the 70's although she is a bit young still, only reaching the 37 mark this week on the 23rd.  I won't mention it because I promised her I'd keep her birthday secret.

I am amazed by the creativity induced by the challenge! Fascinating old cabin there Ralph.

I am sitting riveted to the challenge to see who is next...

Piet Vermeulen, South Africa

:b_uncertain:

What am I going to do with you........

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Aha!!! the 23rd eh?...you kept thatun hush hush Shazza ???

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yeah Ronnie .. not many know I'm 37 too.  Shhh    :biggrin:

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P. Vermeulen

LOL, I will do you a nice dedi:)...wished I looked that good at 37, my hair had all fallen out by then LOL.

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Ive taken note  Shari,     the 23rd mmmm!     I'll keep quiet lol

Well that was a little wierd about the connection to Stairway to Heaven,      something telepathic going on lol 

I've still got a third upload to use!!!   so I'm thinking and looking for something new

Oh!  You know, I don't know what made me think of this, but Marilyn's (beachzz) birthday is October 23rd.  Sometimes the strangest things pop into my head ... I don't know WHERE they come from!

• fingers in ears, "lalalalala" *

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Well luckily you didn't hear from ME it's Shari's birthday on the 23rd!
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I will check back later to see what you uploaded Alan. Good luck to you and the other onliners.

Why is Marilyn so absent in the forum lately Tara?

Piet Vermeulen, South Africa

Marilyn has been away from home for the past month, visiting friends and relatives.  She just got back a couple days ago.  I'll go rattle her cage and tell her to get her hiney back over here!  :)

Oh my!  It's Shari's birthday too????  Goodness me.  I never would have known!

:)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

LOL @ YOU Ronnie !!!!   you guys crack me up.  No really, I'm not having anymore birthdays.  None.  Zip.  They used to be Oct 23rd every year, but now I dont have anymore.  So .. forget the dedi's folks.  Let's celebrate Beachzz though!!!  :) :) :)

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P. Vermeulen

Oh, I think it's faaaaaarrrr too late for THAT, my dear!  :)

Mwaaahaahaahaahaa!!!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Ok, here I am, back and yes, I'm having a birthday and not shy about telling the world!!  Though the freaking numbers remain a secret, isn't there finally a time when we can go backwards??!!

Graceful dilapidation, I thought about posting a picture of myself!!! But, instead, here's a shot of a fence in Huntington Beach, California, where I just spent nearly a month.

Welcome back Marilyn, to the corner of Graceful Silliness, I mean Dilapidation. Great entry too. I am sure you captured everything except dilapidation during your holiday.

I wish you two birthday girls a joyous week ahead!
:b_drool:

Piet Vermeulen, South Africa

Thanks, Piet, had a great time, but it's sure good to be home!!

See?  Do I deliver, or what?  :)   Anyone else you'd like to see, Piet?  I admit ... I don't have the same pull with everyone that I do with Marilyn!  LOL!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Well here goes number 3, have to stop going around the neighbourhood peering over fences looking for "Graceful Dilapidation" the police just dont' understand, lol.

Marilyn, this is a great shot, and wellcome back from you vacation :)

LOL @ Ralph :)..great capture, the sepia works well for this.

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**Old gas station on TN 116 between Petros and Stainsville, TN......road is known as the Devil's Triangle.  Photo taken 10/14/08.

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Niffty capture Ghostbear

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Thanks....I've been waiting to post a photo on this challenge until I found the right picture.....I knew I had it when we drove this road and found this old gas station

Nice work Ghostbear!  The leaves give it that much of a sad mood. Also the upload by Ralph: amazing lines and textures.

Hehe, you are amazing Tara, you were calling up Marilyn like from a crystal ball!

Piet Vermeulen, South Africa

We aim to please!

:)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

LOL at all of you; now try to get rid of me!!!!!

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Use to have a tremendous destructive power, 500 ponder 2nt World war bomb, empty and, very rusty and a point to remember, Cornelis

Now that is a powerful photo.

Here's my number three. This store is still inhabited...not sure by who or why.

This is in the town of White Cloud, Kansas...population 238 in the year 2000.  White Cloud was built on the west bank of the mighty Missouri River.  It was a booming frontier town before our Civil War, 1861-1865.  Steamboats brought settlers, provided commerce and transportation back to civilization in St. Lewis. But the Railroad arrived in 1866.  Steamboat were done. Settlers moved west.  White Cloud was done.

Today its' claim to fame is it is one of the top ten flee markets twice a year. The other 50 weeks of the year it is mighty quiet.

"Beware of all enterprises that require new clothes."
  

This is turning into a brilliant collection. So much talent not only for the captures but also for finding such wonderful subject matter.
Keep 'em comming, first place I look at when I get home from work.

Sutro Baths, San Francisco

Hi everybody,
I come back for 2 weeks without a shot to submit ...
Carin, I love your "rustique" ( in french meaning old country thing or manner ) and ecologic shoes recycled in flowerpots !...
Piet, excellent POV  and atmosphere caught through this dilapidated house !! I agree with artaddict2 : your pic remind music albums of Rock 70's but not only Led Zep' also Pink Floyd !
Grrreeeaaattttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt !!

Jumble ( fouillis in french, batiborrillo in spanish) in a garden on French riviera

A shot I did, sunday 12th october, with the cam of my friend Nathalie ( aka Nathalie06, here)
I said : "hey !!! Nat please give me your cam just a minute, I have to capture this place!" Because my old Canon is dead ...  :b_crying:

Amitiés
Magali

Have been away a short time.. Very nice Pictures here at the challenge. So here is mine: I have only had ma Cellphone with me, so the quality is not the best... sorry.

Tara, you're good!  Now, take that crystal ball and Make it so I win the lottery lol

ghostbear .. what a great looking old store/station .. I just love it.  My husband loves these old gas stations... I will have to show him this one.  He moved an old gas station onto our property and will be fixing up an antique gas pump .. it'll be a cute display once finished.  (Although, he promised me a hand-made cribbage board 20+ yrs ago, and I have yet to see it LOL .. I doubt very much this station will ever get done.)  sigh

Cornelius, what an interesting piece of metal!!!!  At first look, it reminded me of a CARP.  lol  Great addition to the challenge.

Bill ... yours kinda reminds me of the Beverly Hill Billys LOL or is that Green Acres; either one.  I LOVE IT!!

marilyn - cool dilapidated THING.. what is it ?? lol 

Magali - so sorry to hear about your loss (canon) .. how sad.  I'd be devastated if I lost my camera.  Great that you were able to nab Nats :)  Great shot! :)

Frankman, I should show you a photo taken by my cell phone .. you'd love yours all the more lol
Awesome old wagon you found there!

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P. Vermeulen

I only have time for one image and thanks to bmac62 for letting me know about this months challenge theme.   I didn't shoot it for the challenge but it was shot in October.  :)  (I'm 4 states away in Oklahoma trying to get my parents moved back to California)  Anyway, here's the Little Church from a different angle.    Lots of great images already, I browsed through them all. 

...... Kendra

Welcome to the challenge Kendra,   Excellent photo submission.... and thank you Bill !!  :) 

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P. Vermeulen

I never got any bots so I decided to pop in, man oh man, is there some great entries here or what?...knocking along nicely this one Shari :)

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Yeah, i think so too Ronnie :)  Thank you!  :)

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P. Vermeulen

I'm getting a little carried away here, is there a limit at to how many we can post?  I think this will be 3 for me, seems like I have lots of dilapidated stuff around!!  This is an old crab pot I spotted on the beach a couple of months ago.

Yeah .. the limit is 3 .... Unfortunately.  :)

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P. Vermeulen

Here's a second one from me.. One one of the back roads I frequent...I kept seeing this tall white structure off of the road..Eventually, I found a way back into it..

It appears to have originally been a place where  grains and  corn were loaded onto trains..
In it's last incarnation it appears to have been a place where cardboard and such were brought to be recycled.

The one road in,is quite overgrown, I'd guess it's been vacant for 10 to 20 years

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WOW! that's some great shot there, looks fantastic in mono :)

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 facade ...

What a bunch of wonderful images! 

Great stuff.

While I'm back here, let me wish Shari and Marilyn another Happy Birthday! 

:)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

OMG!!!!!, It's thier birthday?????????...LOL!

Mary this is a lovely capture of this facade!

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One more...

Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together...
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Thanks, Tara, for the b-day wishes and special foto!!
And this last foto above me---I LOVE it, makes me want to climb up and at least hang SOME kind of net there!!

No rim runners here then?...great shot.

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Okay, here's my 2nd shot! I saw this yesterday at the park!

Nice to see the Bodie pic, I haven't made it there this year yet, but want to do some winter pics out there.

Kim Hawkins

 

Kim Hawkins Eastern Sierra Gallery

 

 

Great new photos uploaded here!!!    Can't believe it's nearly the end of the month; I'll have to hop to and get another one posted soon!

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P. Vermeulen

Agree, lots of neat shots and many observant people behind them.  : ) 

They say a picture is worth a thousand words...

So where do they go when a photograph leaves you speechless? 

:m_bawling:

Back to work for me, great entries from everybody!

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Hello  to you all! Very interesting pics here and a very interesting theme! I love those old things, past and gone. They are so full of memories and stories......

This here is my part of the theme. I shot this pics some days ago as specials for this content.  This special place here was once Berlin`s  biggest railroad stations for freight trains. Nearly 200 trains came in and got out per day.....  Once: That means before World War II.

After World War II all trains in Berlin, even them in West- Berlin, were controlled by the Russians and the  east german "Reichsbahn", and they closed the yard, because it was situated in West - Berlin.....  Plants began to grow and now the biggest  freight yard in the city is covered with a 50 years old wood.......

The railroad station is now a park and part of a system of green areas in Berlin. A group of artists use it for sculptures and events.

Hope you enjoy it!

billcody

Excellent history and shot here Bill, welcome to the fun :)

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Very interesting bit of History Billcody!  Excellent contribution here..........   :-)

This is the last week of this months challenge; and I have to say, it's been another successful one... thanks to all of you!!!

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P. Vermeulen

The pleasure was all ours if I can speak for everyone Shari :)

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You can speak for me, RJ ... I'm pretty busy.

:)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

LOL, that's my gal Tara, always ever ready to watch my corner :))

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Yup ... I've always got your best interests in mind, my friend!

Speaking of which ... what the heck are you doing up at almost 3:00 in the morning???

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Day off tomorrow due to working today, and more importantly, the world series is on :)
"Take me out to the ball game" :)

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Whoo-hoo!  No work tomorrow is a fabulous reason to stay up late.  :)

Play ball!

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

LOL at Tara and Ronnie--you crack me up!!
Bill Cody, this is a great foto, and I love the history lesson you included!!

Hallo everyone!

Sorry for.... ähm.... interrupting? I'd like to join the challenge, I hope it's still on. I am totaly new to the whole community (and my English is terrible), but I hope that's no problem.
I am also not sure about how to get my picture into this forum o.O'.

Please work, please work, please work...

I know that the topic says it has to be graceful. From my point of view this poor animal still has something graceful, but, sure, I'm often alone with my opinion. So if it doesn't fit or if you think it is displeasing please delete it.

Thank you and have a great creative day!

It worked :)...This is fantastic, well done!!!!

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Hanging up...... a strange new meaning........LOL... Welcome here! And your english is well, so what? I hope you enjoy this community, they don`t bite!

It worked and it's awesome!!

"Dear passengers, our train has reached its destination and ends here! Thanks for traveling with "Deutsche Bahn" (german railroad) .  LOL

With words like this they say goodbye when I arrive in Berlin, so at this afternoon today..... Looking at this pic here, I have to think about this words, but why?......LOL

Thanks for your warm andfriendly words about my first work here or in a contest generally. its a fine idea, and I have seen good pics here.   Thanks for your interest.

billcody

Pic: Same location as yesterday. There is a whole great station in the wood, a lot to explore.....

Excellent shot, with a great perspective Billcody!

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I made it. I suppose graceful is in the eye of the beholder... I happen to love the way these big shovels move. To me, it is most graceful. They dip, they swing, they are just fascinating. This is an old building downtown that has been empty for many years. It was nearly 80 year old and in such bad condition, the city finally ordered it to be removed. The water jet is to keep dust down and other things that might be floating in the air during the process.

I wasn't sure I'd find something to put in this challenge. But I made it. :-)

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You made it with flying colours PJ, I like this capture, and agree that the backhoe can be a graceful machine, here in the UK, there are guys that actually manouvre these things to music, like a waltz etc, LOL, I suppose they have to have some fun eh?

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Hello again1

Month ends now, high time for a last pic for this content.

It is the same location as the others: Berlin South Station,  a very busy railroad yard 50 years ago...
My intention was to show the steam locomotive here (yeah, they have a really steam locomotive here), but the locomotive was surrounded by fences and decorated with letters as " Do not enter", "Do not touch" or "Do not look at it" or stupid stuff like that. And they had painted this old engine new, and all the special mood was gone...... And then it began to rain and my accu was empty - but I survived, and this is important, tooo........LOL

It was a wonderful experience to work for this content. I´m looking foreward to a new theme.... I hope you enjoed it, too!

Sincerely your Billcody

Some great submissions in this challenge; it was a lot of fun :) 

Here's my third ............. An old dilapidated warehouse, in a nasty part of downtown Minneapolis (MN) ....

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P. Vermeulen

What a great challenge this has been!  Thanks to Shari for the great idea, and to everyone who participated for entertaining me all month!  :)

"If your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough."  ...  Robert Capa

Wonderful perspective in this one Bill
Hey Shazza, is that the mall of America during these hard times Rofl!

I have out of the loop a bit, bloody Migraine again :(

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This has been so much fun, can't wait for the next one!!

Here here to that Marilyn :)

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LOL  @  Ronnie!   By the time I make it to the Mall of America, I'm sure it will look quite SIMILAR to my upload !!!  LOL  ( hope you are feeling better!!?? )

Thank you all for all the fun; I'm so glad you enjoyed it... I hope you enjoy next months challenge; should be up Saturday sometime. :-)

But meanwhile, spread the word about THIS challenge; there are still a couple of days left... :)

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P. Vermeulen

Much better thank you Shari, and waiting with excitement at what this months challenge will be :)..This one was a great medium for friendship and humour, plus a whole kit and kaboodle of great shots, thanks for doing this for us all!

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This has been great, it is the first one that I have took part in and the entries have all been excellent with a great deal of humour.   I'll not make a list of everyone, but I found a lot of the info along with the pics very interesting namely Billcody.  Shari and Pj came in with two cracking examples,  and a welcome to Faralis.  You all made this some great light entertainment, very well done to the organisers.  Can't wait to find out what Novembers is!

Here here Alan :)

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