Some new photos from Fort Wayne

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Warm-A-Heart Community Outreach is a Christian charity and food bank on the west side of Wayne Street, between Marion Street and Van Vleek Street, in the small town of Waterloo, Indiana.

There is a box mounted on the front of the building where people in need can take food and others can donate. The sign on the box says it is a "Blessing Box."

 

[Photog9000]

Six years ago I relocated to a small college town in western Georgia and have been documenting one area, Adamson Square, mainly looking for people/street shots with the background of the old buildings. What I have failed to do is interact enough with the workers/owners of the businesses in that area. Your thread is inspiring me to slow down a little bit more and commit to talking with the people that are there every day. Thanks for this thread!!

 

[Photog9000]

Sorry for second posting!:bang:

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

This is the former Town Hall building in the small town of Waterloo, Indiana. The building, which was originally a bank, is located on the corner of Wayne Street (Waterloo's "Main Street") and Marion Street.

The town's government moved to a newer building a few blocks south of the old one in 2016. Interestingly, the new Town Hall is also a former bank building!

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

This door is on the front of an old brick commercial building on the east side of Wayne Street, between Marion Street and Van Vleek Street, in the small town of Waterloo, Indiana. Wayne Street is Waterloo's "Main Street."

The door, which is sandwiched between two storefronts on the building's first floor, opens to a stairway leading up to apartments on the second floor above the stores.

The bricks that flank the door are covered with graffiti, mostly names, carved into them.

 

[xayraa33]

Nice images, Chris.

Lovely crisp colours, wonderful sharpness.

Are these all from a micro 4/3rd camera?

 

[xayraa33]

I see that you mention it was an Olympus 4/3rd camera in your previous posts, the quality is much better than anything I expected.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Nice images, Chris.

Lovely crisp colours, wonderful sharpness.

Are these all from a micro 4/3rd camera?

I see that you mention it was an Olympus 4/3rd camera in your previous posts, the quality is much better than anything I expected.

All my recent stuff is Micro 4/3. That's everything I have shot in color since March, though I have posted a few mince then taken with other cameras since I have a huge backlog of old work to finish editing and posting.

I'm really impressed with the M4/3 image quality. I have a Pen-F, a 20mp camera, and several lenses. I use the Olympus 12-40mm f2.8 Pro lens 90% of the time. It is what I've used for most of my recent postings.

The only downside to M4/3 is that noise at high ISO is worse than the fullframe Canon 5DmkII I used to use, but it is not that bad if you shoot raw and process them carefully. These were shot at 1600 or 3200:

ISO-1600

ISO-1600

ISO-3200

ISO-3200

 

[xayraa33]

Very good work, Chris


The compact 4/3rd cameras and lenses are capable of producing sharper photos than the good old days of Ektachrome 200 film and 35mm SLRs, although many say it is apples and oranges..and one should not make a comparison between analog film and digital, as both are different animals and both have their special charm.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Very good work, Chris

The compact 4/3rd cameras and lenses are capable of producing sharper photos than the good old days of Ektachrome 200 film and 35mm SLRs, although many say it is apples and oranges..and one should not make a comparison between analog film and digital, as both are different animals and both have their special charm.

I agree. The difference is even more profound at high ISO speeds. The image quality from the Pen-F is far superior at ISO 1600 and 3200 to ANY film at that speed.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

President Trump's rally in Fort Wayne Monday evening reminded me of this photograph that I made last month.

This house is on Bayer Avenue in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It has a "Trump 2020" flag.

President Trump's "Make America Great Again" slogan is now "Keep America Great," since he claims to have achieved the original goal!

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

This sculpture of a man wearing a welder's mask and holding an American flag stands on Lima Road, just south of Till Road, in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It is in front of Berry's Welding, a locally owned metalworking shop.

I photographed on a windy morning last week.

 

[Kenj8246]

Always enjoy your images, Chris. 🙂

Kenny

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Always enjoy your images, Chris. 🙂

Kenny

Thank you, Kenny. 🙂

 

[dmr]

Always enjoy your images, Chris. 🙂

Kenny

Agree, thanks! 🙂

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

This abandoned brick church is located at Butler Center, in rural Dekalb County, Indiana. Butler Center isn't a town, just a crossroads with a couple of houses, an abandoned one-room school, and this church. It is the geographic center of Butler Township, at the intersection of County Road 11 and County Road 60, a few miles south of Garrett.

The church was built in 1894 as the "Methodist Protestant Church." It is in bad condition, with several broken windows. The back of the church's apse has a garage door installed in it! Some of the windows, including this one, still have old Fedders window air conditioner units in them.

 

[farlymac]

This abandoned brick church is located at Butler Center, in rural Dekalb County, Indiana. Butler Center isn't a town, just a crossroads with a couple of houses, an abandoned one-room school, and this church. It is the geographic center of Butler Township, at the intersection of County Road 11 and County Road 60, a few miles south of Garrett.

The church was built in 1894 as the "Methodist Protestant Church." It is in bad condition, with several broken windows. The back of the church's apse has a garage door installed in it! Some of the windows, including this one, still have old Fedders window air conditioner units in them.

There is a church in Adams (Decatur County), IN with a garage door, and they use it for auto repairs, although I think that business has gone belly up too.


Christian Church Auto Garage by P F McFarland, on Flickr

Seems to be an odd re-use of an old building.

PF

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

There is a church in Adams (Decatur County), IN with a garage door, and they use it for auto repairs, although I think that business has gone belly up too.

Christian Church Auto Garage by P F McFarland, on Flickr

Seems to be an odd re-use of an old building.

PF

Seems wrong, doesn't it? One day I was in Louisville, Kentucky. I saw a homeless man peeing on the side of a church! Although I am not religious, my first thought was "You're going straight to hell for that!" It just seems WRONG to pee on a church. Same with turning it into a garage.

I haven't seen many churches like this, but there are a LOT of old brick one-room schoolhouses around here that have been used as garages or barns, with big openings torn into the sides or backs of them for doors.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

The Christian Science Society is a church on the corner of Riley Street and William Street in the small town of Kendallville, Indiana. It is affiliated with the Church Of Christ, Scientist.

The old white church has a sign on the street corner with two American flags and a wreath made of fabric inside it.

I photographed it last week.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Orland United Methodist Church is on Bronson Street (State Road 327), just north of Maiden Lane, in the small town of Orland, Indiana.

A large steel cross hangs on the front of the building, and the church's sign says "United Methodist. Rev. Johnson."