Door Ajar

Michael Gatch

Door Ajar

A door forced open by the forces of nature. namely a tree growing up through concrete.

The Kingsbury Ordnance plant sat upon land acquired by the us government during ww2. some 13,000 acres were designated for this facility and it was operated throughout the war and then once again reopened for the Korean conflict. This is one of my favorite abandonments to visit.

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Door Ajar by Michael Gatch
  • midzing

    midzing

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

  • kcranmer

    kcranmer

    OMG this is way cool!

  • Simon Mears

    Simon Mears

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

  • Craig Hender

    Craig Hender

    Love it! Excellent perspective, well done.

  • Damian

    Damian

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

  • Elf Evans

    Elf Evans

    Nicely done…

  • Xenia

    Xenia

    wonderful image!

  • Marvin Tunstall

    Marvin Tunstall

    Great work.

  • Holly Kempe

    Holly Kempe

    A wonderful composition Michael…the tree frames it perfectly!

  • Martie Venter

    Martie Venter

    What an amazing image, awesome work!

  • MikeO

    MikeO

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

    Well done.

    Regards,

    Mike

  • Michael Rowley KeepsakesPhotography

    Michael Rowley...

    great work

  • Michelle Boyer

    Michelle Boyer

    Awesome- well done

  • Tallulah

    Tallulah

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

  • Karen Byrne-Sobecki

    Karen Byrne-So...

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

  • Tina monroe

    Tina monroe

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

  • Antanas

    Antanas

    perfect capture and scene

  • Jan Kölling

    Jan Kölling

    excellent

  • checkma8

    checkma8

    fantastically image!

  • Barbara Sparhawk

    Barbara Sparhawk

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

  • Nanmarie

    Nanmarie

    This is fantastic!

  • Flemming Jacobsen

    Flemming Jacobsen

    great capture, very well spottet and post processed

  • PennyEdwardes

    PennyEdwardes

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

  • Charlene Aycock IPA

    Charlene Aycoc...

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

  • kevsphotos2008

    kevsphotos2008

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

  • Maria Murphy

    Maria Murphy

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

  • thedoors

    thedoors

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

  • Lillian Reichert

    Lillian Reichert

    I feel as if I am there
    this is just great

  • Kenny Gulley Jr.

    Kenny Gulley Jr.

    awesome shot

  • H M Bascom

    H M Bascom

    Fantastic photograph! Great composition.

  • flipteez

    flipteez

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

  • GerryMac

    GerryMac

    Fantastic!

  • Amanda Cole

    Amanda Cole

    lovely capture!!

  • Michael J Armijo

    Michael J Armijo

    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

    flipteez

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

  • Kharma

    Kharma

    amazing capture …
    character and destruction in one

  • Lucindawind

    Lucindawind

    wonderful Michael !

  • ferndesign

    ferndesign

    beautiful capture i love it well done

  • Dee Boylan

    Dee Boylan

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

  • Lulabell

    Lulabell

    briliant image. great in BW….love it

  • bodymechanic

    bodymechanic

    gotta luv this!! awesum documentation and pici!

  • bodymechanic

    bodymechanic

    gotta luv this!! awesum documentation and pici!

  • Micah Baldwin

    Micah Baldwin

    Love, love, love!!!!

  • Sparrowing

    Sparrowing

    Great find.
    That is one stunning shot.

  • Angela Stewart

    Angela Stewart

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

  • Tracey Mac

    Tracey Mac

    Awesome composition, great find, wonderful image :)

  • Christine  Wilson

    Christine Wilson

    wow awesome comp – love it

  • Karl Schlemmer

    Karl Schlemmer

    Inspirational image. :-) Love it!

  • eyestrange

    eyestrange

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

  • SkyFox

    SkyFox

    Your work blows me away, this is no exception!

  • BLYTHART

    BLYTHART

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

  • Charles Dobbs Photography

    Charles Dobbs ...

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

  • SharonAHenson

    SharonAHenson

    Very nice work you do Michael !

  • Mia1

    Mia1

    This is wonderful,love the lighting. Wow

  • Patricia  Knowles

    Patricia Knowles

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

  • Ralphy

    Ralphy

    Amazing capture, great comp.

  • Aneta Adamkiewicz

    Aneta Adamkiewicz

    wow, I like this one

  • rachelle

    rachelle

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

  • Jennifer Woodward

    Jennifer Woodward

    Excellent shot. Very well done.

  • ajyenney

    ajyenney

    This is a great shot!

  • jojophoto

    jojophoto

    Outstanding!

  • Aurora Pintore

    Aurora Pintore

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

  • Brad Hutchings

    Brad Hutchings

    I really like this one… Awesome work!!

  • Jeremy Harrington

    Jeremy Harrington

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

  • momleeb

    momleeb

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

  • Dutton

    Dutton

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

  • Anni Morris

    Anni Morris

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

  • Caprice Sobels

    Caprice Sobels

    great shot! very dramatic!

  • madvlad

    madvlad

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

  • kipishiux

    kipishiux

    Nice shot

  • niggle

    niggle

    awesome image, well shot again

  • John Brotheridge

    John Brotheridge

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

  • Michael Gatch replied

    Thank you very much for your support.

  • kkmeer

    kkmeer

    really like this, great shot

  • Tony Fallon

    Tony Fallon

    Really cool shot. I like this a lot.

  • Michelle Rogers

    Michelle Rogers

    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

    mommarazzi

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

  • Rachael  Hope

    Rachael Hope

    I really really like this it captures the imagination perfectly

  • Alan Findlater

    Alan Findlater

    excellent title great treatment perfect in b/w

  • Ani Corless

    Ani Corless

    thanks for your comments. this is crazy! great capture

  • Alison Edge

    Alison Edge

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

  • Eduardo Gómez Escamilla

    Eduardo Gómez ...

    would’ve loved this in color

  • Michael Gatch replied

    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

    Stacey Hatton

    What a fabulous and unusual shot! Love it.

  • Melissa Contreras

    Melissa Contreras

    cool shot!!

  • Tracey Bransfield

    Tracey Bransfield

    I like the old abandoned stuff too!

  • Gus Buckner

    Gus Buckner

    well done young jedi :)

  • Michael Gatch replied

    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

    GiovanniMurrell

    nice one!

  • Azzurra

    Azzurra

    awesome capture michael…nice work maannn

  • edlogsdon

    edlogsdon

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

  • Burchett

    Burchett

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

  • Tom Gomez

    Tom Gomez

    Great image, love it …

  • Vincent Teh

    Vincent Teh

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

  • blamo

    blamo

    cool picture well taken B/W

  • mariarty

    mariarty

    Fantastic B/W.

  • Elizabeth Austin-Craig

    Elizabeth Aust...

    Excellent image!

  • Michael Gatch replied

    Thank you very much rosh.

  • gcadena

    gcadena

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

  • Daniela Reynoso Orozco

    Daniela Reynos...

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

  • Lys •

    Lys •

    thanks ;)

  • PhotoFox

    PhotoFox

    Excellent!

  • Charmaine Teodoro

    Charmaine Teodoro

    great shot!

  • Joanne  Bradley

    Joanne Bradley

    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

    Carrie Glenn

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

  • bellebuckley

    bellebuckley

    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 replied

    thanks a lot.

  • bellebuckley

    bellebuckley

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

  • Michael Gatch replied

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

  • bellebuckley

    bellebuckley

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

  • Matt Halls

    Matt Halls

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

  • LaFleureRouge

    LaFleureRouge

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

  • RLHall

    RLHall

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

  • peperkoorn

    peperkoorn

    fantastic shot.

  • Kylie  Metz

    Kylie Metz

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

  • xbrokendreamsx

    xbrokendreamsx

    Awesome.

  • Anartist

    Anartist

    gr8 composition..incredible title

  • Kimberley Sutherland

    Kimberley Suth...

    wow, i love it.

  • bertspix

    bertspix

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

  • dairygirl08

    dairygirl08

    Yet another brilliant capture

  • budrfli

    budrfli

    this is quite unique! love it!

  • LegalAlien

    LegalAlien

    great!

  • Cory Frantz

    Cory Frantz

    very cool! great find

  • Victor Denis Purcell MA. Ed.

    Victor Denis P...

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

    Vic

  • mikrin

    mikrin

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

  • Margaret Welna

    Margaret Welna

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

    margaret

  • Mohammad Khaksar

    Mohammad Khaksar

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

  • Jodie Elchah

    Jodie Elchah

    Its amazing what nature can do! Great capture..

  • GoBronson

    GoBronson

    Interesting shot! What was that door attatched to?

  • Michael Gatch

    Michael Gatch

    steel structure kind of a walkway between 2 buildings.

  • Patricia Montgomery

    Patricia Montg...

    Great composition – you have a good eye!

  • SharonAHenson

    SharonAHenson

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

  • melidiaz

    melidiaz

    Wow!!!!

  • Bevsimages

    Bevsimages

    beauty in abandonment , great image well captured x ;)

  • Michael Gatch replied

    Thanks, It’s my fav subject

  • Lynda Lehmann

    Lynda Lehmann

    Cool photo with a surreal feel to it!

  • Mahjabeen Mankani

    Mahjabeen Mankani

    great work! :)

  • amarica

    amarica

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

  • RavenSoul

    RavenSoul

    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 replied

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

  • Trevor Fellows

    Trevor Fellows

    wow m8 fantastic picture.

    Trev.

  • Leslie  Battjes

    Leslie Battjes

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

  • Michael Gatch replied

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

  • Nicholas Richardson

    Nicholas Richa...

    Gorgeous, emotive image – love it!

  • Zolton

    Zolton

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

  • Kelly  J

    Kelly J

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

  • ltruskett

    ltruskett

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

  • jase8812

    jase8812

    Great mono shot !

  • Felicia Moore

    Felicia Moore

    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

    Shelly Hiebert

    Great composition and light Michael.

  • Ash Sivils

    Ash Sivils

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

  • Van Cordle

    Van Cordle

    Brilliant!!

  • Jacqueline Baker

    Jacqueline Baker

    Absolutely great find and so emotional i can see why you are drawn to this site it looks a fantastic place to explore!!

  • Michael Gatch replied

    I find myself wandering around this place taking shots several times a month.

  • divareVeur

    divareVeur

    This is beautiful…. I love your work in this vein! ;)

  • Michael Gatch replied

    ha, thanks. wink wink eh?

  • divareVeur

    divareVeur

    well ok ….. and a nudge nudge too! xo

  • Tara Sheffer-Archie

    Tara Sheffer-A...

    WOW!!! Nice B&W shot!!!

  • Featch

    Featch

    this is a wonderful image, great contrast between lights and darks.

  • LeaLoo

    LeaLoo

    pretty much the definition of aweome

  • Misty Lackey

    Misty Lackey

    great black and white

  • lightsmith

    lightsmith

    Magnificent

  • Jeannette Sheehy

    Jeannette Sheehy

    what a great shot – you have inspired some fantastic short stories in the Twisted Tales Star Twister comp this week! :)

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abandoned, and, black, door and white