Door Ajar

midzing, 7 months ago

fantastic shot, love the lighting and the detail,,, well done

kcranmer, 7 months ago

OMG this is way cool!

Simon Mears, 7 months ago

fantastically moody and spartan.. the earth winning back its own self. very slowly.. perfect!

Craig Hender, 7 months ago

Love it! Excellent perspective, well done.

Damian, 7 months ago

LOL, that door couldn’t get much more ajar! Cool shot.

elfevans, 7 months ago

Nicely done…

Xenia Victori..., 7 months ago

wonderful image!

Marvin Tunstall, 7 months ago

Great work.

HollyK, 6 months ago

A wonderful composition Michael…the tree frames it perfectly!

Martie Venter, 6 months ago

What an amazing image, awesome work!

MikeO, 6 months ago

Excellent composition and mood with this shot. I do enjoy your portfolio as each image tells a story.

Well done.

Regards,

Mike

Michael Rowley..., 6 months ago

great work

Michelle Boyer, 6 months ago

Awesome- well done

Tallulah, 6 months ago

A really cool image. Love that it is in black and white, really adds to the effect.

Karen Byrne-So..., 6 months ago

I really like this picture…vey unique…interesting take. The photo almost seems to speak words.

Tina monroe, 6 months ago

this is fantastic…the B&W works well here.

Antanas, 6 months ago

perfect capture and scene

Jan Kölling, 6 months ago

excellent

checkma8, 6 months ago

fantastically image!

Barbara Sparhawk, 6 months ago

Beautifully done, I love these places too, the unwandered land, the remnant places. You’ve done it justice.

Nancy Fischer KMA, 6 months ago

This is fantastic!

Flemming Jacobsen, 6 months ago

great capture, very well spottet and post processed

PennyEdwardes, 6 months ago

This is amazing work Michael! I love the bend in the door…well done!

Charlene Aycock, 6 months ago

this is perfect work especially done in bw. good job.

kevsphotos2008, 6 months ago

L O V E…... it well done,this is fantastic work….......

Maria Murphy, 6 months ago

great black and white!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

thedoors, 6 months ago

if your eye could catch anymore buety in just a door it would spring into a golden gate, fabulous

Lillian Reichert, 6 months ago

I feel as if I am there
this is just great

Kenny Gulley Jr., 6 months ago

awesome shot

Helen Bascom KMA, 6 months ago

Fantastic photograph! Great composition.

flipteez, 6 months ago

You took me instantly to 14 when I ran away from home
such intensity such a story thankyou

GerryMac, 6 months ago

Fantastic!

Amanda Cole, 6 months ago

lovely capture!!

Michael J Armijo, 6 months ago

WOW…reminds me of a scene right after a TORNADO came to visit. FANTASTIC. (And…if your back is OUT…stretching helps…and be sure to take a hot bath tonite—last nite someone told me if you take a hot bath before bedtime it’s worth 2 extra hours of sleep. ;)

flipteez, 6 months ago

sensational!! what a story that simple door could tell!
l love the stories in all your work

Kharma, 6 months ago

amazing capture …
character and destruction in one

Lucindawind, 6 months ago

wonderful Michael !

ferndesign, 6 months ago

beautiful capture i love it well done

Dee Boylan, 6 months ago

This one is interesting…imagine the spirit energy….you have an interesting eye

Lulabell, 6 months ago

briliant image. great in BW….love it

bodymechanic, 6 months ago

gotta luv this!! awesum documentation and pici!

bodymechanic, 6 months ago

gotta luv this!! awesum documentation and pici!

Micah Baldwin, 6 months ago

Love, love, love!!!!

Terri Rose, 6 months ago

Great find.
That is one stunning shot.

Angela Stewart, 6 months ago

Wow, sensational capture! The b&w works a treat on this.

Tracey Mac, 6 months ago

Awesome composition, great find, wonderful image :)

Christine Wilson, 6 months ago

wow awesome comp – love it

Karl Schlemmer, 6 months ago

Inspirational image. :-) Love it!

eyestrange, 6 months ago

you could weave your own story round this image – the light is perfect

SkyFox, 6 months ago

Your work blows me away, this is no exception!

BLYTHART, 6 months ago

This proves that a good photo can be made in the most unlikely places.

Charles Dobbs, 6 months ago

Great work! Your portfolio has some really nice compositions in it also!

SharonAHenson, 6 months ago

Very nice work you do Michael !

Mia1, 6 months ago

This is wonderful,love the lighting. Wow

Patricia Knowles, 6 months ago

Great shot…...I bet there are many fabulous images to find there.

Ralphy, 6 months ago

Amazing capture, great comp.

Annette1984, 6 months ago

wow, I like this one

rachelle, 6 months ago

great angles and composition , i also love to visit and explre ruins and forrgotten places ,great work

Jennifer Woodward, 5 months ago

Excellent shot. Very well done.

ajyenney, 5 months ago

This is a great shot!

jojophoto, 5 months ago

Outstanding!

Aurora Pintore, 5 months ago

to be a good artist, you have to be original, and you are. I like your pictures

Brad Hutchings, 5 months ago

I really like this one… Awesome work!!

Jeremy Harrington, 5 months ago

this is a fantastic shot Michael, very nicely captured.. the monochrome goes well with the lighting and perspective

Momlee Bhattac..., 5 months ago

Great shot. So many ways one can look at it. Very well spotted and composed.

Dutton, 5 months ago

This is a great image. I love the way the door is just hanging there. Great composition.

Anni Morris, 5 months ago

I like the idea of a door forced open by the forces of nature. It is a very memorable and haunting image.

Caprice Sobels, 5 months ago

great shot! very dramatic!

madvlad, 5 months ago

junk into beauty wow this is remarkable ugly and yet pulling you in good eye again

kipishiux, 5 months ago

Nice shot

niggle, 5 months ago

awesome image, well shot again

John Brotheridge, 5 months ago

Brilliant composition great use of B&W.
I like your work.

Michael Gatch in reply to John Brotheridge’s comment, 5 months ago

Thank you very much for your support.

kkmeer, 5 months ago

really like this, great shot

Tony Fallon, 5 months ago

Really cool shot. I like this a lot.

Michelle Rogers, 5 months ago

this is really cool, love this random, broken sort of stuff – great composition, very appealing to the eye and black and white is perfect for it! well done

mommarazzi, 5 months ago

What an incredible shot! I love how random the door is. Great eye!

Rachael Hope, 5 months ago

I really really like this it captures the imagination perfectly

Alan Findlater, 5 months ago

excellent title great treatment perfect in b/w

Ani Corless, 5 months ago

thanks for your comments. this is crazy! great capture

Alison Edge, 5 months ago

It does have a great sense of abandonment, great image.

Eduardo Gómez ..., 5 months ago

would’ve loved this in color

Michael Gatch in reply to Eduardo Gómez Escamilla’s comment, 5 months ago

Well, I’ll upload a colored version the next time I’m on broadband just for you pal. Not being sarcastic either haha, I will make a note of it and try to do just that.

Stacey Hatton, 5 months ago

What a fabulous and unusual shot! Love it.

Melissa Contreras, 5 months ago

cool shot!!

Tracey Bransfield, 5 months ago

I like the old abandoned stuff too!

Gus Buckner, 5 months ago

well done young jedi :)

Michael Gatch in reply to Gus Buckner’s comment, 5 months ago

Hahahaha, oh no you did NOT. what if i were a treki?! you’d be in big trouble!

Thanks for the compliment!

ps. not particularly a fan of either. Indiana Jones is where it’s at.

GiovanniMurrell, 5 months ago

nice one!

Azzurra, 5 months ago

awesome capture michael…nice work maannn

edlogsdon, 5 months ago

love the tones and great details you captured in this awesome shot. well done.

Burchett, 5 months ago

what can be said, that already hasnt! : ) that is awesome work! You have a great eye.

tomg, 5 months ago

Great image, love it …

Vincent Teh, 5 months ago

This is an amazing photo, great use of the shadow and light(like most of your shot).

blamo, 5 months ago

cool picture well taken B/W

mariarty, 5 months ago

Fantastic B/W.

Elizabeth Aust..., 5 months ago

Excellent image!

Michael Gatch in reply to Elizabeth Austin-Craig’s comment, 5 months ago

Thank you very much rosh.

gcadena, 5 months ago

Awesome shot. Looks like a great place to shoot. Love it!

Daniela Reynos..., 5 months ago

Wow grat shot! shadows and highlights are awesome, love the details and the textures!!!!

Lys ., 5 months ago

thanks ;)

PhotoFox, 5 months ago

Excellent!

Charmaine Teodoro, 5 months ago

great shot!

Joanne Bradley, 5 months ago

Love this shot! And I like all your B & W and old abandoned plant shots. It’s amazing how left to deteriorated all these things really speak to us in a photo.

Carrie Glenn, 5 months ago

This is a great shot, it has a lot of style and character!

bellebuckley, 5 months ago

this is brillant , didnt expect to see this pop up , just because its so different to your other work, many comments too , make you feel good?, fantastic shot anyway , interesting info with too

Michael Gatch in reply to bellebuckley’s comment, 5 months ago

thanks a lot.

bellebuckley, 5 months ago

i should have kept looking before i said that, sorry , different to the previous images is what i should have said

Michael Gatch in reply to bellebuckley’s comment, 5 months ago

No worries. This is kind of my thing. finding something captivating in an otherwise forgotten and decaying structure.

bellebuckley, 5 months ago

well as much as i like the band shots these seem to me to be what your best at

Matt Halls, 5 months ago

Very good choice of subjects on an excellent angle…well done!

LaFleureRouge, 5 months ago

I do not have to tell you what wonderful find this is.
It is very well mastered my friend.
Gr8 job.

RLHall, 5 months ago

Awesome shot, great lighting and subject – perfect in b&w

peperkoorn, 5 months ago

fantastic shot.

Kylie Metz, 5 months ago

this is a really nice photo. So different and kind of magical in its own way :-)

arlene baird, 5 months ago

Awesome.

Anartist, 5 months ago

gr8 composition..incredible title

Kimberley Suth..., 5 months ago

wow, i love it.

bertspix, 5 months ago

A fascinating composition, bearing witness to the power of nature…well spotted, well photographed…Bert

dairygirl08, 5 months ago

Yet another brilliant capture

budrfli, 5 months ago

this is quite unique! love it!

LegalAlien, 5 months ago

great!

Cory Frantz, 5 months ago

very cool! great find

Victor Denis P..., 4 months ago

Bodacious…....dude… Seriously.. very well done. Great composition and lighting.

Vic

mikrin, 4 months ago

Great capture… That power of nature!! Great in B&W

Margaret Welna, 4 months ago

well i just add my applause to the rest of the awed viewers. great fantastic.

margaret

MhDkHr, 4 months ago

Impresionante lo que una puerta abierta …
Gran b / w predictivo buen ángulo de tiro …
Bravo mate!
Atentamente,
mohamad.

Jodie Elchah, 4 months ago

Its amazing what nature can do! Great capture..

GoBronson, 4 months ago

Interesting shot! What was that door attatched to?

Michael Gatch, 4 months ago

steel structure kind of a walkway between 2 buildings.

Patricia Montg..., 3 months ago

Great composition – you have a good eye!

SharonAHenson, 3 months ago

This is a very cool shot Michael….well done !

melidiaz, about 1 month ago

Wow!!!!

Bevsimages, about 1 month ago

beauty in abandonment , great image well captured x ;)

Michael Gatch in reply to Bevsimages’s comment, about 1 month ago

Thanks, It’s my fav subject

Lynda Lehmann, about 1 month ago

Cool photo with a surreal feel to it!

Mahjabeen Mankani, about 1 month ago

great work! :)

amarica, about 1 month ago

Great find. Excellent B&W detail, contrast, compositon and lighting Michael

RavenSoul, about 1 month ago

Looks as if I am WAY late here lol This is an amzaing photo, the history is something else! I would be lost here for days or until the battery ran down in my camera lol. Great Work!

Michael Gatch in reply to RavenSoul’s comment, about 1 month ago

I need to do the ladder again. Till my batteries die.

Trevor Fellows, about 1 month ago

wow m8 fantastic picture.

Trev.

Leslie Battjes, about 1 month ago

Really interesting shot, Michael…can’t wait to see the rest of your folio!

Michael Gatch in reply to Leslie Battjes’s comment, about 1 month ago

Ah, well that’s great because you don’t have to hahaha.

Nicholas Richa..., about 1 month ago

Gorgeous, emotive image – love it!

Zolton, about 1 month ago

Jeepers! Look at the compliments. This is a very very nice photo. Thank you for the explanation in your description.

Kelly KMA Berm..., about 1 month ago

Wow!! So many comments!! And so deserving – what a brilliant shot! Well done :)

ltruskett, about 1 month ago

Stunning B/W image Michael…........beautifully executed.

jase8812, about 1 month ago

Great mono shot !

Felicia Moore, about 1 month ago

Nice shot, Michael. I really love to see images of nature overtaking industry. I think we arrogant humans need to be put in our place from time to time.

Shelly Hiebert, about 1 month ago

Great composition and light Michael.

Ash Sivils, 26 days ago

Very cool shot.. great angle,
contrast and all around interesting!