Ivy Bank Mill, Haworth, April 2008

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andy m

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I don't know much about this place, and haven't been able to find anything on the web other than that it was started at the end of the 18th / beginning of the 19th century, and it's condition is currently described by the local council as 'ruinous', which is pretty accurate assessment!

It appears to have suffered a catastrophic fire at some undetermined point in the past, and has since just been left to rot. There's even some machinery left on site, possibly becuase it'd be too dangerous / difficult to remove it - witness the carding engine suspended in mid air between the beams! Access is appallingly easy, which is surprising considering the condition of the place - one of the cast iron pillars on the ground floor is several degrees away from the vertical and is carrying a large chunk of the first floor - sooner or later it's gonna give way and I wouldn't want to be in when that gives!:eek:

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Awesome photography Andy, this type of industrial building set in beautiful countryside is ultimate to photograph and you've captured the atmosphere beautifully.
 
Great pics! It looks nice despite the 'ruiness' state! That carding engine hanging there is well dodgy! :eek: Glad you had the guts to get in there! :)
 
Glad you all like the pics, I've been twice now, and it has a certain charm about the place. If anyone does want to visit, I'd go sooner rather than later as I suspect it might fall down before anyone ever gets round to knocking it down!

The pics have all been gently HDR'd in photomatix - to me, it's an ideal technique for getting a good tonal range where there's a lot of contrast in situations such as this, e.g. internal shots with daylight as well. B & W just works on these, it's not something I do on all my pics!
 
I practically drive past this place 5 days a week, I really should pop in...

Ca I ask what camera/ lens / lenses you were using?
I'm thinking my Sigma 10-20mm might do the wide angle shots some justice, you look to be using something fairly wide yourself.
 
I used a Nikon D70 with the 18-70mm lens and also the aforementioned sigma 10-20. Due to the sigma being prone to very soft edges wide open, I closed it down to F11 and used a tripod which has improved things a bit.

Hope this helps, any more questions, feel free to PM me. :)
 
Really great pics and well done for getting in there when its in that condition. Love all the black and white, its great. :mrgreen::mrgreen:
 
We've been here today... a mixed up walking the dogs and both attacking the Mill from different sides.
Photos to follow in a bit.
 
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