April 27, 2010

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Treasures of the Orient

Well, I spent all day in chemo-jail today... on a very nice day to boot. So I am busting out some photos from my photo adventure from the last week at the defunct Vollmar's Park, where Holly and I (and baby) were trespassing through the creepy, overgrown, collapsing grounds.

I used a pre-set in Lightroom to tone down the volume of color to make them almost look monochromatic - or make them look antique-ish.




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April 21, 2010

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Vollmar's Park

There was a big painted sign nailed to a tree at the footbridge that said "KEEP OUT." But did we keep out? Exploring with Holly is either going to get me killed or arrested... either way, it was fascinating exploring this defunct amusement park. Vollmar's Park closed its gates in 2001. The trees and brush have overgrown many of the buildings that are still standing. This covered bridge was especially amusing, twisted and collapsing, with gates preventing passage - not that I would set foot on this structure! I took many shots in here, one more interesting than the next. Holly told me that she once attended a wedding in the big hall/ballroom/roller rink... A scary but enchanting place, forgotten and in ruins, at one time might have been a fun place to visit as a child. We made it out and back across the crumbling foot bridge safely!