our memphis trip!

Urban exploration outside of the Ozarks area
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i'll try to cut down to the best pics from the massive amount of pics i took this weekend... i didn't get pics from a few sites because it was EXTREMELY dark so i didn't bother trying to take pics.. plus we were in some of these buildings not so leagally so i didn't want to draw attention with a flash.

first off the sterick building

i cannot tell you how we go in but yeah..it was intresting...
(note i didn't take this exterior.. it was too dark this pic is credited to lordpook from UER)
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and i know we aren't suposed to take things... but i couldn't leave this bueaty to rot...
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check the date
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i didn't get alot of pics because of the attention flash could have pulled but here are some from the lobby and first floor:

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all hail those that came befor us :D
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the bank!
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door handles for the stair doors.. i used my head lamp as a light
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next we went to the remmington factory:

the pics turned out kinda weird because it was just dark enough for my cam to want to flash but it wasn't really needed.
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woodgrain still visble from the casting <3
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what photoshoot isn't complete without some pinwheel
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not really sure what this is >.>
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aparently there is a basement here and it's TOTALLY flooded..
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once again i don't know what these are but i had fun climbing in them
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weird green light in this building.. it had green pannels of the ceiling just looked cool >.>
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i cought someone!
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colinski got to the roof!
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a random macro.
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i wish i knew what these were..but it looks almost religious O.o
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one of my fave pics of the weekend
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more flooding
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metal basket orgy
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fun knobby things
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and i'm sure pinwheel will have her pics up soon :D but thanks for looking.. if you have any advise on how to stop the halo effect that i got in some pics that would be really really awesome :D
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love them.. they are awesome as usual thanks so much for sharing
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Nice job, as usual. Keep 'em coming.
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Wow great pics pinky!

The way to not get the halo effect is to use a tripod. When your camera senses that there's not enough light it wants to use a flash. With the flash off, since there's slightly not enough light, the shutter will stay open a little longer to allow for more light to be absorbed. If you even slightly move while the shutter is open then it will cause a slight blur.

Walmart has a pretty nice tripod for 30 bucks. Keep those great pics coming!!! :)
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thanks so much guys!!!i try to explore with pinwheel about 1 time a week.. lately with illness and stuff it's been pushed back but we will be back to normal this week.

glass : i had a tripod but the trip into the site was kinda long so i didn't want to bring it (there was fences to crawl under and having to walk long distances) i'll have to strap it to my back next time.
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Here are some of my better shots

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The colors on this are incredibly striking
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This might be the most "Artistic" photo I have ever taken

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Looks like some cool stuff to see.
Great quality pics as well.
Looks like in one of those places you ran into a steel mill or something like that.
That green control panel towards the top of ur pic list is a control station for a steel mill I think.
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thanks so much paul ^_^

acutally its a munitions factory that made large scale ammo for WW2 and they cast thier own shell and things like that so it did have a few peices of steel working :D
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Memphis is a pretty cool place actually.
I spent christmas day exploring the abandoned Sears headquarters and it was a blast, it was so damn big took half a day.

Did you get to do this building?

Nice local guy there too called Nat-xtron... really made such an effort for us.
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Nivelo wrote:Memphis is a pretty cool place actually.
I spent christmas day exploring the abandoned Sears headquarters and it was a blast, it was so damn big took half a day.

Did you get to do this building?

Nice local guy there too called Nat-xtron... really made such an effort for us.
We didn't, but plan to. I have a bad back and hip due to a car accident, and honestly, it was giving out by Sunday

And we know Nat-xtron. He's an AWESOME guy.
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nate-chan! <3 he promises a trip in there for us at anytime :D
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The last time I drove through Memphis, I was astonished by the amount of abandonded structures. It seems like entire parts of the city have just failed economically and been overrun. I'd be pretty cautious in a lot of those neighborhoods, though, but Memphis is a lot more urban than anything in Arkansas!
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i lived in memphis for 6 years so i know how it can be :D but yea there are alot of abandonded buildings but alot of them are inaccessable either because of security or visiblity.
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