Vacancy Magnets

© Richard Bean 2017 Mainiac In Decline Captured May 29, 2017 5:37 PM Route 126 West Gardiner, Maine Nikon D810 Lens: Nikon 24-85mm f/2.8-4 D-AF IF Exposures: ISO 80 Focal Length: 85mm f/18 Aperture Priority 1/20 sec Final processing with Lightroom 6.10, Photoshop CS6, and various plugins

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Christmas with the GS9

Christmas with the FBI

Christmas with the SAS

For those who get excited to express their apathy!

Christmas with the GIGN

Sleeping in the Pines off Hwy 70, Portola, CA

Starlite Vacancy

© Richard Bean 2019 Mainiac In Decline Topsham, Maine Captured January 8, 2019 12:40 PM Nikon D810 Lens: Nikon 24-85mm f/2.8-4 D-AF IF Exposures: ISO 40 Focal Length: 24mm f/18 Aperture Priority 1/15 sec 1/20 sec 1/25 sec Final processing with Lightroom 6.14, Photoshop CS6, and various plugins

© Richard Bean 2008 Mainiac In Decline Captured January 17, 2008 Brunswick, Maine Highland Road One of the first vacant properties I captured which I then felt a need to capture the Maine real estate decline. Vacancies. Wonderful structures, architecture, farms, etc. that for some reason or another have been forsaken. Single exposure Sigma SD-14 Lens: Sigma 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 DG Macro Auto Focus Wide Angle Telephoto ISO 50 Focal Length: 49mm f/11 Aperture Priority 1/13 sec Tripod used. Final processing with Lightroom 4.3, Photoshop CS6, and various plug ins.

It's down at the end of a lonely street

© Richard Bean 2022 Maniac In Decline Autumn Window Bridgton Maine Captured October 1, 2022 2:59 PM 7 exposures Nikon D810 Lens: Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 DG MACRO HSM-II 3 Exposures: ISO 31 Focal Length: 185mm f/14 Aperture Priority 1/3 sec 1/4 sec 0.4 sec 0.5 sec 0.6 sec 0.8 sec 1.0 sec Final processing with Lightroom Classic 2020, Photoshop Classic 2020, and various plugins.

This old and no longer used employment vacancy sign on the grimy facade of a local business caught my eye. I wanted to convey a feeling that the sign was still battling on doing its job. B&W conversion (excluding glass bricks and vacancy). Colour saturation applied to vacancy Camera - Canon 350D Lens - 75-300mm USM Focal length - 190mm Exposure - Aperture Priority Aperture - f/8 Shutter - 1/40 seconds ISO - 100 Tripod and cable release © Andrew Brown

Another great illustration from renowned artist Paul Cemmick's Country Music Artists Collection

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I'm Too Hot For You