Abandoned storage tank by goodoleboy
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Captured 4/9/16 @ 7:58 am, in what I consider no man's land. I often go to the top upscale places to take pictures.
This big guy has been empty and nonfunctional for as long as I can remember. There was a move some years back to build a vast condominium complex on the land, but that undertaking came to a complete halt when radon and other toxic elements were discovered in the soil.
Comments (7)
Toxins in the soil? Around petroleum storage tanks? No!!! We had so many of these around our house growing up, I often wonder if my siblings' medical issues are a result of those toxins. I haven't seen one of these tanks for many years now, great shot Harry.
Very well taken !!
Cool capture, but those things freak me out. I always think they'll explode just when I'm passing by.
Great capture Harry !!!
If not for the warning about toxins, I'd be tempted to climb that staircase & check out the view. Seems like there should be a fence around this thing to keep people out...
It seems a waste for it not to be used. Maybe time for a demolition job and then a soil cleanup. Excellent capture. ☺
lol, top upscale places...well, from the photographic pov, this is top and upscale. A very flush forward, in our face shot of this very ominous powerful object. And yet it's recessed---you're shooting from a ways away---so it's a comfortable distance from us, which it still feels face-on, face-forward. It has an unblinking honesty about it. And the few patterns on its surface make wonderful abstractions, along with that stairwell. The gritty foreground is perfect for the beast too; and a deep blue-clouded sky brings out the blue in the foreground. You cropped it for a face-forward monumentality---for all its bleakness, it does feel monumental. I love this shot. And that "out of service" is so ominous there: Like we wouldn't have figured that out; yet it's the only print anywhere, and it's so unassuming. Terrific capture, with all that bleached grass and gravel around it. Toxic-looking place indeed...
Well I said I was back for just a few, but I'll be back for a longer session soon. In the meantime, I think I've given you links to these photographers before, but they bear repeating: These are a few shots of Bernd and Hilla Becher, a married couple who did lots of water towers and similar decaying structures. And they worked in sepias and blacks and whites too. Your image is clearly color, but you got a beautiful bleakness in your hues which isn't far removed from the more monotonal feeling of the Bechers. Here are some representative samples (to show you that there are a few artists out there exploring these types of sights):
http://theredlist.com/media/database/photography/history/architecture-materials/bernd-an-hilla-becher/013_bernd-an-hilla-becher_theredlist.jpg
http://flyeschool.com/sites/flyeschool/files/images/photographer_pics/bernd_and_hilla_becher_027.jpg
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/13/f4/8e/13f48ee6a89c5428b4c1aeab5cd2715f.jpg
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eME1QgXvteA/S_Ky23GJ79I/AAAAAAAAAsc/Qkjn8MiP5dg/s1600/becher_gastanks_1983-92.jpg