Ivy Bank was another ruinous death trap, and I loved it so much I visited twice! My own personal death wish aside, I found it very photogenic even though I had to watch where I stood – the floor in some areas was distinctly spongy, and I erred on the side of caution and took one step on then backed off.
There’s a full history on my website as well as the digital colour photos I took on this visit. It’s noticeable that the sensor of the Nikon D70 I used has not coped with the skies as well as the film has, but its well known that the earlier generation of digital cameras did not have a great dynamic range. And this is why I returned a few weeks later with a tripod to take bracketed exposures so I could create HDR merges that you will see in the other website gallery here.
There were numerous pieces of machinery left in the burnt out section of the mill.
Interesting looking place and excellent pics. Very lucky that you managed to get access – most sites like this end up securely closed off behind Heras and chainlink fences.
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This place should have been securely closed off, but wasn’t! The gate was open and the doors had been ripped off, which made for easy access, for better or worse.
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