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Houses are never alone
Houses are never alone
Mephisto


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Camera: Fujifilm FinePix S3 Pro
Lens: Sigma 20mm f/1.8 EX Aspherical DG DF RF for Nikon
Location: Beelitz-Heilstätten, Germany
Date Uploaded: Nov 10, 2008

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 Houses are never alone.
Insinde them, phantoms wander
step up on the treshold
stumble on worn staircases
stride the nine-foot floor
with a walking stick
and staring eyes.

Houses are never alone.
Suspicion creeps up on them
the past is concealed in them
a mind that reaches
half-way through the dusk
without recalling, still recalling

too much for comfort.
Houses are never alone
when all is said and done.

by Aðalsteinn Ásberg Sigurðsson

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Canon EOS-30D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 11/28/2008 09:22:15 PM
proof that you don't need much light to make a provocative image...
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 11/10/2008 03:30:12 PM
Hi Christoph, Love the lighting and colours here (I have a dark monitor btw). People are often put off with centered subjects but I think it works well here and am nicely drawn toward the garden. I think the outside is very well exposed considering the difference.

The model could be someone who grew up in this house and has returned, remembering the times she was there as a girl.
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Pentax K100D
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 11/10/2008 03:14:45 PM
You have some killer work in your portfolio.

The overlay blends in so well with this shot. It took me about three times to decide that it really was an overlay and not just an abandoned building. The mood is fantastic, there is a darkness, or a foreboding that comes through in this image. The solitary figure gazing out the windows, as if expecting someone to take her from this place. Fantastic.
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