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Salisbury Cathedral... Since it rained pretty much everyday on my last trip to England and photography outdoors was miserable for 3 out of the 4 days, we headed over to Salisbury Cathedral one morning to check it out. This place is absolutely incredible on the inside! We met an older man who volunteered as a tour guide, and since he was a bit early to work, he gave us a private tour of the the main area, telling us all sorts of interesting facts and history about this historic place. Salisbury Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Salisbury, England, and is considered one of the leading examples of Early English architecture. The main body of the cathedral(nave, transepts and choir) was completed in only 38 years, from 1220 to 1258. The spire was added later in 1302, which at 404, dominated the skyline. Whilst the spire is the cathedral's most impressive feature, it has also proved to be troublesome. Together with the tower, it added 6,500 tonnes to the weight of the building. Without the addition of flying buttresses, bracing arches, and anchor irons over the succeeding centuries, it would have and fallen down. Today, Salisbury remains the tallest church spire in the UK. Even today, the large supporting pillars at the corners of the spire are seen to bend inwards under the stress. The addition of reinforcing tie beams above the crossing in 1668 halted further deformation of the pillars. Salisbury Cathedral contains the world's oldest working clock (from AD 1386) and has the best surviving of the four original copies of Magna Carta. The original file of this image is 44 megapixels and has a native resolution of 8775 x 5086...
English Barley Field Sunset... Ok first off, photographing the English countryside is a royal PITA. All of the roads have these thorny bushes that extend like 10 feet high, so when you reach the top of a hill and expect to see a nice open landscape, thats just not the case 9 times out of 10. Im assuming these bushes are here for 3 reasons, first, they act as sound dampening for the roads to keep noise pollution to a minimum. Secondly, the keep cars from running off the road, and lastly, they keep people for trespassing on their land and stealing their crops. I totally understand the concept, but it makes it really difficult for taking pictures of the rolling English countryside from the roadside. Anyways, after 3 days of complete overcast on our trek through southwestern England, the sky had opened up a bit and I had a feeling that sunset would be a good one. In England at this time of year, sunset isnt till around 9:45pm, and since you are pretty far north, it last's forever and doesn't get totally dark till around 11:30pm. Armed with this knowledge and fully realizing that I was in a completely foreign country and had no idea where to go, I headed out at about 6pm. I started driving around, thinking I had plenty of time to find a workable composition that had a north western view so I could see the sunset. Boy was I wrong! I drove around for the next 3 hours, desperately searching for a view that I liked as the time slowly slipped away. At around 9:20, I started getting worried that I wasnt going to find a location I was satisfied with and time was starting to slip away. The one route that I was fully confident about took me to three military roads that all had signs saying, "Authorized Military Personnel only, Deadly force is authorized to all trespassers" or something along those lines. Definitely not going to chance that, lol. I continued on and continued west down motorway M26, thinking that all of this effort was going to be for not. It was just then that I past an opening in the thick bushes in the side of the road and this barley field came into view. I quickly grabbed the e-brake on the little stick shift Peugeot 207 rental car, skidded around while downshifting to first, then quickly turned around and parked the grass next to the opening. I grabbed my camera and hopped the fence into this field of barley, setup my tripod and relaxed a bit while I got to witness this amazing sunset.
Abandoned Factory Skyline View On a clear day, there is a spectacular birds eye view of of the Chicago skyline from from the upper floor of this abandoned factory.
Abandoned Factory Lower Level Side Room... This room was on the lower level of the main factory building on the abandoned complex. It is adjacent to the dilapidated stairway that access's the upper level of the factory. Only decades of abandonment can cause decay like this. Its amazing to see and pretty awesome for photography in my opinion!!!
Damen Silo's Upper Level Main Room... The upper level of the Damen Silo's is lined with intricate duct work, graffiti, and decay that only decades of abandonment can provide. Its a photographers paradise that can only be reached by making a daring climb up some "not so safe" stairs that have now been removed...
Abandoned Warehouse Lower Level Side Room... Located in the warehouse, this side room on the lower level of the abandoned factory complex is easily accessible to anyone willing to venture inside. No climbing required..!
Abandoned Factory Silo Room Control Box This may have been some sort of control box for the silo room in this abandoned grainery...
Abandoned Factory Silo Room... The silo room of the abandoned grainary on Chicago's lower west side...
Abandoned Factory Duct Work.... The upper level of this abandoned factory was lined with interesting ductwork and colorful graffiti!!
Abandoned Factory Lower Level Side Room...

This room was on the lower level of the main factory building on the abandoned complex. It is adjacent to the dilapidated stairway that access's the upper level of the factory. Only decades of abandonment can cause decay like this. Its amazing to see and pretty awesome for photography in my opinion!!!
Abandoned Factory Lower Level Side Room... This room was on the lower level of the main factory building on the abandoned complex. It is adjacent to the dilapidated stairway that access's the upper level of the factory. Only decades of abandonment can cause decay like this. Its amazing to see and pretty awesome for photography in my opinion!!!
Abandoned Factory Lower Level Side Room...

This room was on the lower level of the main factory building on the abandoned complex. It is adjacent to the dilapidated stairway that access's the upper level of the factory. Only decades of abandonment can cause decay like this. Its amazing to see and pretty awesome for photography in my opinion!!!
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