Urban Ruins

After reading some websites about photography, I stumbled across some that talked about urban ruins. This fascinated me because it meant I wouldn't have to find some ancient ruins to photograph, I could go out in the city I lived in and find some abandoned buildings to photograph. I ventured around and remembered a steel company that had recently shut down. I headed down to the factory and found that even though it had shut down, there was still some activity going on. The furnaces hadn't been turned off but the buildings were still under demolition.

The whole place was wrapped in barbed-wire fences and were very high. I didn't climb any, since there wasn't an easy accessible entrance. So, I shot through the fences late in the evening before the sun had set. I believe it was about 30 minutes before the sun set. I got this photo of one of the non-functioning smoke stacks. I loved the tone of the color. What was amazing to me was the color of the sky. This photo was taken on auto-mode. I didn't know enough to take this photo with manual settings. Everything exposed this way and I like it.