As strange as it may be, the image that I keep wanting to go back to, is the middle one. And I don't know why - there is no focus or centre of attention, almost though (at the light on right side and large chunks on left) - - - and that maybe is what makes it work for me. It's mysterious.
For my taste the first image misses the mark because the focus is neither from front to back or focused near the front causing the eye to be drawn to the back. Looks like your autofocus point was aimed in the middle of the frame and that's what's in focus. In fact focusing on the stick or large chunks toward the front, may have had a similar effect to the middle one - of mystery as to what is in the dark unfocused back room. Just my thoughts though.
The final image that Asher has pointed out, is a little too cliché for my tastes. It's nice though and has some good texture. But it sure is nice seeing some fresh photography being posted on OPF from some new folks.
Thank you for your comments Robert. I'm inclined to agree with you - my 'best' one is the middle one - but I'm not truly satisfied with any of them. Somehow I failed to capture to 'essence' of the buildings. You would think that an abandoned building would have a feeling of desolation to them, but for some reason these don't. I really need to go back and try again. Maybe because they are wooden buildings and therefore close to nature, but these have a feeling of decaying naturally rather than being desolate.
The white door on the outside toilet with the creosoted walls was too tempting, and yes cliché, but hey they are cliché because they work right?
Cem has great modern colored images indeed.
Your last image is great one Lee !
For me the last one is the most powerful one.
Regarding the rather soft PP of the first two it is on the one hand good to see the not so common softer PP contrary to the quite frequent hard tones used for decay and photos of abandoned buildings I saw so far, on the other hand it is a tad bit too soft for my taste, but that's subjective anyway.
Best regards,
Michael