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Published: 2010-02-07 09:51:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 2952; Favourites: 104; Downloads: 81
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In the western provinces of Latvia, one hope chases another.This photograph was taken from an abandoned collective farming house dating from the sovietic era, and facing new facilities funded by the European Union but currently inactive.
The crisis stroke hard on the new western hope. While we were making this shot, ~LunedeSable and I, an old man ran towards us in fear that we would steal a pile of wood he left there.
Then he realized we were no thieves, smiled at us and invited us to dwell in this place. As it was. As he will probably remain for the rest of his life. Lost and forgotten...
Don't hesitate to download and have a look through the window.
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Comments: 44
Très joli, surtout le tapis de neige à l'interrieur. Belle photo ^^
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Merci ! C'était un endroit un peu irréel... Très difficile de lui "rendre justice". Content que la photo te plaise !
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Nice collection! 
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My first experiment with 5 different exposures (not to show off... But I really needed 5 from the sun in front to the dark walls!) Glad you enjoy it...
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woooooooow!5 shot soo professional !
keep with a good work!
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I'm glad you enjoy it! Nice to read your comments in here again...
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Beautiful shot, and also, story too common for the countries of so called "eastern block". People are very hospitable even though are poor.
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They are! Thank you for your kind comment...
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un beau travail, prΓ©cis et sensible, tel d'un artisan
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Merci ! Tu as vu que ~LunedeSable et moi nous avons fait honneur a tes photos en les utilisant pour nos photos deviant ID et nos avatars ? 
Encore merci pour tout, y compris ton gentil mot !
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oh mais non, je n'avais pas vu !
bonne idΓ©e, et merci Γ toi, et Γ la lune de sable
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i love how the scene through the window seems like a photograph within a photograph... superb composition, colors, lighting, and editing in this piece
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Thank you very much for these kind words. This work is dear to me and you have a sharp eye for noticing it... not to mention a good heart for sharing your appreciation!
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I have a new desktop!
For some people their world stops at their window and they're afraid to venture beyond it. There's something of that quality to this location because despite the crumbled ceiling there's an element of comfort to be had in the strength of the walls and the warmth in their tone. The world beyond looks desolate and depressing. Why indeed would anyone want to go outside?
Your work is always so inspiring because it invites me to conjure my own impressions on what makes the things you shoot the way they are. I'll look forward to your next masterpiece my good friend.
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Thank you so much for this kind and inspired comment! I agree with you, it does feel like a nice place to dwell, and I write this despite the fact that I actually was there but from the photograph's impression only. As you can imagine, it was freezing cold in there and we both had to wear our gloves and mask for the duration of the shooting! Yet, when we left we felt a bit sad, the whole place was amazing and full of memories everywhere...
And well, you're crazy but I love your crazy comments! 
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This really is one of those shots you could just stare at for hours and never fully appreciate.
There's something about it I'm nowhere near intelligent enough to explain in words.Awesome stuff.
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Thank you so much for your comment!
It's always a daring experience to spend weeks in an alien environment, take photographs out of pure amazement, spend 20+ hours processing and editing one of them and submitting it on DA with this secret inner question: "will this mean anything to anyone?"
I know if I shot just nice landscapes everyone would fav and move on (well... hopefully they would fav before moving on!), but this kind of shots I simply never know. Your comment, along with a few others, really means a lot to me as it answers my secret question and fulfills the secret hope that comes with it...
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Shameless confession: I saw it only 10 minutes after you posted it but never responded to it. Verbally that is to say. Just wanted to come back to it again and again, and every time I did I found something new to admire and appreciate. There are so many wonderful details to enjoy here, from the patch of snow and light in front of the broken window, the broken glass, the textures of the decaying wall and ceiling, the beautiful warm light contrasting the cold view outside... And although it's relatively easy to comment and describe these things it's difficult to describe the feeling in it. Just
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Thank you so much for your kind comment. It really means a lot to me, always.
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In which the viewer IS the vampire, for once...
Thank you for your comment !
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Amazing shot, and a bit sad like =Virtuos0 mentioned.
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Thank you for your comment and kind words !
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beautiful colors and framing; though I would blur the outside scene in the window as it has too many distracting elements
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Thanks for the comment and proposition !
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I think it's a bit sad, that's the feeling I get.
Very nice capture Charlie!
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Yes, it was. And awkwardly beautiful at the same time, somehow... Reminds me of a sentence by Byron I think :"Ugly can be beautiful, but pretty never!"
Thank you for your comment and appreciation !
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amazing photo. I love the colours, they're so intense. The detail is amazing (i indeed took a look through the window).
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Thank you so much for your kind words!
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Yes, 5 different exposures but mostly tonemapped directly under photoshop with masks and layer. Thank you for your interest
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i saw the bottle and some of the textures and i just knew
hdr is fairly unmistakeable
i just bought a new camera and it actually has a built in HDR function and i love the effects it pics up
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