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Reflections in water

            Ah, gaze upon this desolate industrial cathedral, where the only congregation consists of shadows and the ghosts of machinery long silenced. The reflections in the stagnant pools are as deceptive as a doppelgänger, perfect in their mimicry, creating a dimension where the underworld seems to have seeped through the cracks.

The light filters in through the grime-streaked windows, offering a false promise of purification that never comes. It's the kind of place where one's footsteps echo with a haunting resonance, a reminder that once, these halls were alive with the cacophony of work – now, they're a symphony of silence.

There's a stark, unsettling beauty in the monochromatic tones, each shade of grey telling a story of decay, of a slow surrender to the relentless march of time. The columns stand like the ribs of a giant beast, and one can almost hear the echoes of its last breath, a sigh that whispered through the hallways and left them empty.

This photograph is an ode to the grandeur of the forgotten, to the elegance in abandonment. It's as if the building itself is a stage, set for a play where the actors have long since taken their final bows, leaving only their echoes behind. This is the domain of the spectral; it's the kind of place where the mind plays tricks and the air seems to hum with the electric anticipation of a guitar just before the first chord strikes. It's eerily beautiful, a place where even the silence has a story to tell.

Taken on: April 2, 2017

Tags:

factory

lines

abandoned

composition

monochrome

windows

2017

water

reflections

Industry

urbex

Scranton Lace

black and white

shadows

flooded « less

Sets appears in: • Scranton Lace Factory

Groups appears in: • Puddle Reflections

Camera: Canon EOS 6D, f/8.0, 1/10 sec, 24mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 6D
Lens:	EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.1 sec (1/10)
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	-2 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto bracket
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 10.2 (Windows)
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