Detroit. :shifty

[Pat]

shit dude. Awesome pictures.

[Dane]

oh shit, this thread got bumped. got linked to it from my flickr, lol.
i haven't done much shooting lately because i moved away to school, don't have a car, and it's been cold as shit out.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/danevan/

as for my finger, it hurt much less than you would imagine. still can't feel much, although 2.5 years after the fact, feeling is slowly making it's way back. lol.

[K.rischan]

Wow, those pics are amazing. I have to admit that i have a big kind of fetish for abondoned places and it's pretty sad that i can't find some here.

about your finger: it must have hurt so much.i feel sorry for you.

[dav3design]

Love your post processing man! What's your flickr link?

[brsteinbach]

Yo, I love these pics man! Why did you stop posting mane! Please post more!!!

[Streetlight]

I love these shots dood, wish I had somewhere near me like this to take pictures

[jpod999]

Hahaha as far as I remember the story was pretty funny.

[Dane]

oh jesus. what do you mean, "deserve?"

this was at an old slaughter house. lol, i guess there are big rats that "live" there. rumor also has it that they will snap at you and try to bite you if you go in. lol.


between two functioning slaughter houses in Eastern market.

[jpod999]

I've seen the video of that truck being "pushed" out the window, I loled.

Great shots as always Dane, although I think the Stanceworks people deserve to see the gay superheroes.

[Dane]

my finger got smashed in a 20 ton log splitter.
for some reason everyone likes to look at pictures of it. so i'll put a link to it. i took it with my cell phone sitting at the doctors office, haha. its kind of gross to most, so theres your warning.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/danevan/2874476552/in/set-72157607937247180/

anyhow, i shoot 2 lenses mainly. sigma 10-20 and a tamron 28-75 F/2.8. i do have a fifty prime, kit, and the shitty canon telephoto, but i rarely use any of that stuff.

[Neb]

how'd you chop your finger off!

Can I ask what lenses you're shooting with?

[Logan]

This was truly fascinating. Love your shots.

And you cut off your finger?

Ouch

[Dane]

i think this is where i left off.





st. patrick's day. they lift the law that says you cant walk around with beer.

but that was in corktown where tiger's stadium is/was. the train station is also there.

parade day. i know nothing about bikes, but that has to be one of the coolest ones i've ever seen.


im not going to even attempt to explain this one.


during that college basketball thing that was here last summer. final four maybe? hell, i dont know a damn thing about that stuff. i do know that i've never seen so many people walking around down there. people from all over the country, it was pretty cool.


it was kind of cool that MSU was there playing. i am a future graduate of that school.



some of the big houses in Brush Park that have been restored.


Comerica Park. where the Tigers play.


i think this was andy's first time in the train station.




i'll post some more later on.

[Dane]

believe me when i say it's not as scary as it looks. the fires do not spread at all. i've done this many times.




the day i learned that i have a macro lens.




this is by the same guy that did the fish on the green wall on the last page.


the truck in the background of these 2 pictures is now on the ground below. someone busted out the wall and pushed that bitch out the opening. lol.




more on that one later you will see.



GM HQ in the distance, from the roof of the Packard building.


andy being a clown.


from the train station. it was i believe 13 degrees that day without the wind chill. ended up being like -5 windchill. coldest day i can remember.




a few more before i head out.
nope, dont know who was standing on the roof. there are always random people in that place.


same shot, but wider.




i wanna say this is from the....i cant remember the name of the building. its next to the also abandoned wurlitzer.


the next few are from the same place.






its cool seeing all the old stuff because everything is hand written/painted.


i love finding time sheets and different forms of documentation. everything is handwritten and dated, its so fascinating.

and we're back to the train station. probably walking around with handfuls of 40oz beerz. that's the usual.


lol, drew jacked this one for his facebook. windsor ontario on the other side of the bridge.


you can see ice floating down the river. very cool when you're up close. the huge sheets cant make the turns the river makes, so it gets crushed on the sides. its LOUD!


Brush park. a bunch of old mansions that all look similar to this. some are being restored, but they usually get broken into quite often. beautiful houses otherwise though. all the rich folks lived in the city way back when.


^^^ from that shot, i turned around 180 degrees and took this one. GM building is on the river, before that is comerica park, where the tigers play. directly to the left of that is Ford Field, where the lions pretend to play. just to give you an idea of how close those big houses were/are.


the shitbox in brush park.


gotta run though, im playing tour guide today. gotta take a couple of wisconsin guys to the packard plant, hitting the bar and then driving to cincinnati for the weekend. i'll update this ish again soon. thanks for looking.

[matchbox]

All those pictures and you didn't mention the gay superheroes? I'm disappointed.

I've always been a fan of your photography, good stuff.


(I'm a member of xceedspeed btw)