The Town Was Never the Same
The locals from the nearby settlements don't like to call it a ghost town, but I hardly know what else to called the damned place.
I have a variety of photos from this eerie locale. It turns out it was a failed development between Houston and Austin that is slowly crumbling into the ground. There seemed to be a few Madmaxesque squatters in the distance muttering about, but they seemed kinda scary so I kept my distance. Maybe it all felt a bit extra eerie because of the inclement weather as night fell. I put on appropriately moody music on my iPod as I drifted around like a ghost to snap some photos.
I also added a new section here called "Things I've Found That Inspire Me". If you didn't think I was weird before, you will after you see this page. Sorry if some things on there are kinda strange... I don't know how or where I found all these things, but I collect them like a digital antique shop. It occurred to me on a whim that you guys might enjoy taking a gander at my bizarre menagerie.
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Robbie Swan, cristianca, teflonjedi, horstgeorg, and 34 other people added this photo to their favorites.
neorendition (52 months ago | reply)
very nice.
.aditya. (52 months ago | reply)
Awesome perspective and processing, as always!
Mr.nomind (52 months ago | reply)
nice
bapriver2009 (52 months ago | reply)
Love the clouds.
kimdokhac (52 months ago | reply)
great hdr ! I like so much your job !
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Stuck in Customs (52 months ago | reply)
Thanks!
Scoutress (52 months ago | reply)
I remember another shot you posted of this place. It's surely an interesting place to land for a visit. Again, I love the colors and the way the sky blankets the hard lines of this landscape.
:~)
ecstaticist (52 months ago | reply)
Wierd place. there's one like that in BC they turned into an amusement park.
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Sheraz Shaukat (Intaglio) (52 months ago | reply)
Nice Work Mate.
alner_s (52 months ago | reply)
Great!!!!
horstgeorg (52 months ago | reply)
Excellent !
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gabrielescotto (52 months ago | reply)
splendida!!!
Happy Valentine's Day!
pop500km (52 months ago | reply)
wonderful capture and view
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Dave the Haligonian (52 months ago | reply)
Awesome PP work here my friend!
Have a very Happy Valentine's Day!!
Kris Kros (52 months ago | reply)
cool hdr, trey
Happy Valentine's Day!!!
barbourimages (52 months ago | reply)
I concur - Freak'n Ghost Town... did you see any Ghost Cars?
fotoJENica (52 months ago | reply)
♥ this!!!!!!!!
Have a wonderful Valentine's Day!!
Bill Hinton Photography (52 months ago | reply)
nice HDR... really has an amazing, desolate mood...
Bill in Seattle
Y~L .... [deleted] (52 months ago | reply)
is it a good restaurant, Trey ? :)))))) (sorry for my joke !!!)
i love this incredible dramatic sky & this perspective, nice shot
Happy Valentine's day my friend
here my last uploaded if you want to look, i use for the 1st time a ND400 filter on this seascape, your opinion :
www.flickr.com/photos/yannick_batman/32769099 13/
Thanks !!
Michael Brooking Photography (52 months ago | reply)
very nice....congrats on explore
and thanks for the tutorial on hdr......just bought photomatrix and posted my first hdr......looks like this could be fun.....Michael
-Bandw- (52 months ago | reply)
Great HDR
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-LucaM- Photography WWW.LUCAMOGLIA.IT (52 months ago | reply)
grande scatto!
Congrats!
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Ciao LucaM
JGo9 (52 months ago | reply)
Excellent capture the detail and colors are spot on!
wishiwsthr (52 months ago | reply)
I love the tilty fisheye perspecive, it really enhances the mood of the run down, dark, ghostly, abandoned outpost.
susan_r4 (52 months ago | reply)
Wonderful shot Trey - love the feel of this one! Way to go too with your 'inspiring things' - super!
Kristina Camino (52 months ago | reply)
nice treatment here! very nice!
neilalderney123 (52 months ago | reply)
Nice image & story Trey
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DP|Photography (52 months ago | reply)
Love the perspective and angle here, Trey.
Just wanted to stop by to say Happy Valentine's Day!
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Craig Stevens <castevens12> (52 months ago | reply)
What Can't you make look good, Trey?
A Glimpse of Blessings (Andrea ;-)) (52 months ago | reply)
Very good! !!!
bharat1980 (52 months ago | reply)
Wow.. this is amazing - can see depth both vertically and horizontally in this shot. You have got a great sense of perspective which is absolutely inspiring! (:
kkirkpatrick1 (52 months ago | reply)
Simply amazing and spooky at the same time. You're truly gifted. I love your work.
mmalaka (52 months ago | reply)
This is just beautiful!
Excellent capture
well done
Thanks for sharing
panzerbjorne (52 months ago | reply)
really like the jagged edges inside the frames
Kim Dever Thibodeaux / Kim_in_CajunCountry (52 months ago | reply)
I thought I liked this but then I viewed large and decided that I love it. I especially like the sun sitting slightly to the right of the vanishing point. If I had been there, my iPod selection would have been Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon or maybe some Moody Blues.
bikashdas (52 months ago | reply)
The empty signboard frames and the sky make it more melancholic . Very Creative and Moody shot.
Igor Alecsander (52 months ago | reply)
fantastic hdr !!!
prdsra5 (52 months ago | reply)
Compliments, I like it;
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live w mcs (52 months ago | reply)
Love the perspective!
leselik (12 months ago | reply)
Fires my imagination.