Keith Burton's photos with the keyword: ruin

In colour and from a different angle.

I'm slowly getting better but still cannot drive for more than 10 mins or so but we popped out to one of our local garden centres the other day for lunch and on the way home I took a couple of photos. Luckily the E-M1 is light enough to be used one handed. This has been processed in LR and Nik Colour Efex Pro4.

According to Wikipedia, Racton Monument (known locally as Racton Ruin) is a folly situated on a hill in Racton, West Sussex, England. It was commissioned by the 2nd Earl of Halifax, possibly as a summerhouse for the nearby Stansted Estate, though an alternative theory suggests it could have been constructed so the Earl could watch his merchant ships dock at the nearby port village of Emsworth. It looks quite lovely from a distance, but is now in a dangerous condition. Last time I went there it was obviously being used by drinkers/drug takers and it smelled badly of urine and worse..!! Such a shame.

“As creeping ivy clings to wood or stone, And hides the ruin that it feeds upon.” (William Cowper) More from the derelict farm building in North Marden.

More from the derelict farm building in North Marden.

All taken handheld with D300 and 70-200mm f2.8 VR View large on black.....

All taken handheld with D300 and 70-200mm f2.8 VR View large on black....

All taken handheld with D300 and 70-200mm f2.8 VR View large on black....

A different crop...........