This is one of my ongoing photography projects in university - I chose this location because of the socially, politically and industrially-significant impacts created during its time. It was one of the first large scale building structural failures to occur in Malaysian history and shook the entire building industry causing them to re-examine the fundamentals of building site, approvals and maintenance.

Today it carries this legacy (and that of dadah addicts). Lighting was difficult as my experience with indoor building photography is scarce.


1. Stairway entrance to Tower 3 overgrown with shrubs


2. Ground floor carpark space is riddled with the remains of drug activities


3. Clay-like earth constantly carpet the ground of the abandoned floors


4. Shell of its former glory?


5. Chernobyl-like industrial building elements.


6. Blood or red-paint?


7. 48 lives taken, but new life forms takes place


8. Ruins



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20. Various animal life can be found, including this abandoned wasp nest.


Shameless plug: If you like this album, please visit and C&C on my Rubber Tapper series here or my Indonesian street life video here.

Thanks!

This post has been edited by Hoong.ster: May 18 2011, 08:36 PM

Wow u really have the guts to go there n shoot, how many of u all went there to shoot? Nice photos btw

post editing is needed for stronger presentation.

I want to know this too. TS.

+1 with master shinchan.

Needs post.. need more drama for the Pripyat look.

11. As if we were awaited by a presence.


12. Rubble again.






15. 20-year-old literature.










20. Various animal life can be found, including this abandoned wasp nest.



thanks,

There were 3 of us.. pretty creepy at first but i think shooting in the daytime (early noon) helps.

Any ideas on what kind of post work should be applied?

This post has been edited by Hoong.ster: May 18 2011, 08:36 PM

Any pix of ghosts?

awesome !

would have been better if its high contrast black n white.

+1 to sinchan

B&W / desaturate ? perhaps on rubble pic ?

It looks more like an abandoned building than of which a building that has gone through a land slide. The clay like carper with the ladder on the floor was getting there because of the foot imprints, but still lacks something to bring it out.

Anyway, just my 2 cents.

maybe, something like this? 1 minute job

Original


My PP


Temperature a bit bluish, a bit greenish tint
get back more details a bit, contrast gelap sikit, sharpen a bit for the gritty look, upped the vibrance, but not desaturate because i still want the colours, just want it to be slightly faded, not removed.

can see lah a bit of the noise at the doors, but only if you want to see it i believe adjusting from the raw or from the high-res MP should be ok.

This post has been edited by C-Fu: May 31 2011, 08:42 AM

aiyah everyone also suggest PP - like that can turn into Black & White also.

nevertheless, I find this album interesting and love the documentary style photos.

great shots~

I like #4 cause it's a sweeping shot of the building exterior, which quite nailed the subject of the abandoned building.

In my opinion, a problem with the wide angle lens pics is that pics taken with it often lack a point of focus, look empty or look 2D. Pics like #8 are just empty, and #12 is just a pile of rubbish. I feel that WA pics often needs an outstanding subject in it that viewers can focus on (e.g. the martell bottle shot), or have really simple composition such as the strong lines in #4 or the green door pic.

Saying that I'm just sprouting theory.... hehe, I'm quite lousy myself so thanks for offering your work for discussion here... Great topic to work on, and i admire your guts!

P.S. In many shots you say that there're signs of life, but the plant doesn't look that healthy, and the wasps' nest is already empty... XD

This post has been edited by gabLhowe: Jun 12 2011, 12:17 AM

You're not the first person whom I met online who have been there but, you guys were really brave. Nice photos anyway!

P/S: The hand print, I don't think it's red paint because of the drag mark behind. Red paint shouldn't look like that right?

I want to know this tooo! TS, did you meet any?

One of the good documentary shots i've ever seen

Hmm not that we were aware of! However if you look closely at the bottom of the "messy bedroom shot" (pic#14) u can find a vague smiley face

Thanks.. do agree that your PP reveals a more dramatic feel.. an almost cold one...

I'm no expert on blood stains.. but shouldn't dried blood be browned out? Anyway.. in our minds thinking that it was blood seems too cliche.. chances are some rempits or addicts were toying with red paint..

This post has been edited by Hoong.ster: Jun 15 2011, 02:03 PM

I'm not an expert on it either, just my personal opinion. That photo somehow got my attention.

Good job

awesome one!

i tried editing 1 hope u dont mind...



used lightroom preset old polar (fine tuned) and used gradient tool to adjust light

Salute u guys for having the guts to go in there to take photos. I know there r a lot of photo ops there, but its just too creepy.