Abandoned Boy Scout Camp
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Three-exposure hdr. Bracketed at 1 1/3 stops each exposure. Merged and tonemapped in PhotoMatix. Bigger is Better (add me as a contact if you want to see the big images).
Photo © Jon Haeber
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17 comments
Jonathan Haeber wrote...
What's even more odd is that I thought the decor would have worked, if only things had been cleaned up a bit. It has that 70s retro ambience, and it's not trying too hard to be 70s retro, it's just naturally classic :-)
That oven, the sink, the kitchen hardware -- all of it makes for a spaztastic abode.
upshift wrote...
I'm liking that brick wall on the left. Beyond retro.
Jonathan Haeber wrote...
@upshirt (I really should stop calling you that -- it's just too funny :-)
The brick wall, I believe, was the back side of hte fireplace, which is on the other side of the wall. In the coming days I'll add more images as I merge and post-process the remainders. You'll be amazed at what this camp has. Have you been there?
upshift wrote...
Nope, haven't been there. Care to take me? I hear it's close to where I live.
Jonathan Haeber wrote...
Upshift: Interested in a night trip? Might be a little while. Maybe a moon?
Florence Brown wrote...
Dead Slow wins for best comment of the day.
Andrea Dunlap wrote...
where is it? Is it a secret?
Jonathan Haeber wrote...
@andrea: Well, I would tell you, but then I'd have to kill ya -- something I would very much not like to do.
This site is secret, but for a select few photographers that I trust.
More reason to keep an eye on my photostream though, because eventually, I may reveal the location.
upshift wrote...
I'm in.
Jonathan Haeber wrote...
Upshift is not going to be killed.
Sami Naffziger wrote...
This is incredible. With a pink room like that you'd think it was for the Girl Scouts!
Mike wrote...
How long ago did that place close down?
Jonathan Haeber wrote...
Late 80s. Actually it was only days before the Loma Prieta earthquake.
lens flare wrote...
That's quite a view. You're certainly getting around a lot these days. No abandonment is safe!
Jonathan Haeber wrote...
Night:
iseemooi wrote...
Ah that's awesome... love the differences from night to day... very cool!
Oh. My. God. The frickin' pink room. I love it. I might have figured out I was gay a lot sooner if they had decorated camp like this when I was a boy scout.