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Friday, May 28, 2010

Broken Reflections

I pass by this formerly beautiful old house twice each workday, it's less than a mile from my work.  You can see it on the right from this google map link (give it a second to jump to street mode).  I shot this August, 2009.

I'm not sure who owns the house or property, but it's adjacent to the Commonwealth National Golf Club.  I've watch it deteriorate each year :-(  The house has tons of character and could be restored to it's original glory.  It's stone, but someone stuccoed over the stone years ago.  Sad to see this happen.

Submitted for Weekend Reflections #36



Canon EF 24-105mm L f4 IS USM lens
47mm Focal Length
Exposure 1/25 sec @ f4.0
ISO 100
Curves adjusted for contrast

16 comments:

Cezar and Léia said...

The reflections are more colorful than the house,wonderful shot!
Léia :)

Suburban Girl said...

I thought the house was owned by the golf club. But that was just an assumption. Every time I drive past I think I need to come by with my camera sometime.

I'm guessing it will be destroyed someday much to my dismay.

Sunny said...

It's sad to see old buildings fall into such disrepair. It looks like it was a fine house at one time.
☼ Sunny

Carolyn Ford said...

Oh, but the glass is still capturing reflections! There is still a purpose to remain standing, I guess! Nice ones!

EG CameraGirl said...

Oh oh! What happened here? You did find some neat reflections though!

Sylvia K said...

I, too, hate to see old buildings falling apart, looks as though it was once a lovely house! But it's windows can still hold lovely reflections and you've caught them perfectly! Have a wonderful weekend!

Sylvia

James said...

It looks like a wonderful old place. It looks great even in it's current state.

cieldequimper said...

Sad like all decaying houses but still a great broken reflection. Life goes on.

Regina said...

Great subject and reflections!
Happy weekedn.

Nefertiti said...

j aime bcp l ambiance de cette photo,bravo ;O)

bon w end

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Lorac said...

It looks like there is a beautiful large tree in the front lawn too! Good capture.

Marka said...

'tis a shame old houses are not better taken care of.

Joanne said...

Lovely shot:)

Clytie said...

What a wonderful reflection shot. I really love photos that tell a story ... like this one. A sad story to be sure, but very interesting!

Joanne said...

Hello Woody, thanks for the visit, my car is a Nissan Qashqai! Have a good week end:)

Earnest said...

The earth reclaims the dead... and this one looks to be on wavering legs... It's a most interesting photo.