Tell Me a Story

Posted by Betsy Barron (Chester Springs, PA, United States) on 18 September 2008 in Architecture and Portfolio.

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Comments (15)

Siam from Chaingrai, Thailand

Un plan de photo, très bien réaliser, pas mal ce dégrader de ciel Beau/blanc .

18 Sep 2008 8:36am

Julie McLeod from Ottawa, Canada

Oh, I love this image! Neat perspective you chose and the processing is lovely.
What a pretty home that must have been once...

18 Sep 2008 10:12am

Craig from Vacaville, California, United States

I'll bet that house could tell you a story or two. Well done Betsy!

18 Sep 2008 10:28am

Maxine from Rangiora, New Zealand

Cool image Betsy, the verandah poles look like legs and the house is waiting to take off.

18 Sep 2008 12:33pm

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

She ran out of the house, the vibes although positive scared her off. She ran until she had no breath, until she couldn't run, then she turned and walked back.....I LOVE THIS, I adore this, so moody, so beautiful, so mysterious!

18 Sep 2008 1:51pm

Russ from New Hanover, PA, United States

I like the angle at which you shot this. It gives the old house an even more dilapidated feel, as if it's ready to fall down on it's own at any minute (and that probably didn't stop you from going inside either). The open door bekons you to come in and tell its secrets from within. I would half expect Lerch the Butler to appear at the door and take you to see the members of the Addams Family.

18 Sep 2008 2:04pm

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

If ever there was a ghost house, this was it...I fearfully approached the doorway, the building loomed above me....and despite the bright sky, the glorious day was being sucked away from the very core of this place. I could hear one sound from within, a tap tap tapping....as if beckoning me to enter, to discover what I had come so far to see....Slowly, I approached, creeping with shoes not daring to touch the ground beneath my feet, until I reached the very edge of the wood steps. I could hear my heart pounding in my head, my arms felt odd, disentangled from my torso, but I knew this was only fear....that I must enter even if it chilled me to the core to do so.....I entered

18 Sep 2008 6:22pm

Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom

They both knew it was a mistake to drive out here, and now that the car refused to start made them feel really foolish. He looked up at the sky and the gathering storm clouds and said, we won't make town tonight, I reckon it's over 20 miles, and it'll soon be dark, she had a worried look on her face, come on he said, let's get the bags in before it rains. She went ahead up the wooden steps, while he smoked a cigarette, casually leaning against the car. Suddenley he heard a scream and ran towards the door, it was locked, he rattled the handle to no avail, Sarah he shouted... John she screamed get away from here, run, suddenley the door flew open and.........

19 Sep 2008 1:05am

Kylie Greenan from Richmond, Australia

... she kicked her toe as she stumbled up the old step where once she sat sipping cold lemonade and plaitting her sister's hair in the summer's warm glow. She remembered the smell of her mother's cooking coming from kitchen as Damian ran from this very door in a hurry to meet his friends... it seemed like only yesterday this paint was new and this house was filled with the sounds of life and laughter and her whole future lay ahead of her. How fast the years had flown, so much had happened between then and now and it all flooded back to her as she stood there in that moment, with all those memories, for one last time.

19 Sep 2008 1:53am

Betsy Barron from Glenmoore, United States

OH MY GOODNESS! I love the stories you have all come up with - as I was making my way through, I was thinking all these same things.. Mostly, what an amazingly beautiful house it was - so many fine details, mouldings, curves and arches... Must have been glorious in it's day - I am thinking I need to track it's history a bit...

19 Sep 2008 2:59am

Aliyar from Tehran, Iran

this capture remind me to NOTEBOOK movie...I like it...goood job

19 Sep 2008 10:44am

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

Beautiful house! It looks like it could be saved, perhaps, or was it beyond hope? What a shame that such a wonderful place with those amazing windows and beautiful details has been allowed to fall fallow.

It is a stunning shot from this angle.

19 Sep 2008 11:13am

Viewfinder from Bradenton, United States

"The old place was empty, neglected, forgotten. But there was something about that one dormer window that spoke of far more than decay and loneliness. There was something about that dormer window that caused a body to shudder, especially on a cold October night. I know. I was there when it first happened..."

19 Sep 2008 3:50pm