The loudest silence
This place left me feeling unsettled.
Maybe it was the way the trees were closing in on that old church. Or maybe it was the way I felt them closing in on me.
It might have been the plywood where the stained glass had been, like a blind eye somehow watching me.
Or it might have been truly a sinister place.
in a town too small to have a name
west of Danbury, Nebraska
photographed 8.31.2014
Posted on February 4, 2015, in Photography and tagged 365 photo project, abandoned buildings, architecture, black and white photography, church, Danbury, Danbury Nebraska, melinda green harvey, monochrome, nebraska, NIK Silver Efex Pro 2, one day one image, photo a day, photography. Bookmark the permalink. 11 Comments.
One Day | One Image 
Sometimes bad things happen in good places.
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I wonder about this place. I’d been in a couple of nearby towns, walking all around making photos and didn’t feel unsettled or anything. But this place? I couldn’t leave fast enough.
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I can understand. Some churches close for good reasons.
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Or all of that and more…Nice find and I do like the image.
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Thanks, Robert. I shot this a few months ago, and had tried to work with it a couple of times, but wasn’t happy with the results. The other day, thought, it all came together.
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Some images are just like that – I routinely do not process any images until several days after i visit a location – often I will sit on them for months before processing.
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I almost never delete anything. As my Photoshop skills get better, there are quite a few older images that wouldn’t have been usable a few years ago that I can work with now. And, looking back after time’s passed makes them look fresh again.
(Although, this happens a lot, too: I look back at older stuff and discover that it’s actually terrible. But I still don’t delete it!)
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I agree – NEVER Delete! Just purchased a 2TB drive and 6 TB RAID because I never delete…
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I would not be surprised if there were a lot of snakes around this place.
You have to wonder about the use of the plywood – why not just let it fall down quickly instead of drawing out the agony? Perhaps there was false optimism about reopening the building, or selling it.
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I suspect there was a lot of false optimism. So much, in fact, that I see “False Optimism” is actually the better name for the photo.
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Well, not to sound contentious or anything, but it would be a good name for any shot of a church, temple, etc. But maybe this one in particular. Feel free to use it 🙂
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