raf newton

[MD]

ive seen this place loads of times on my way to newark car auctions.and after seeing other reports thought id go and have a look myself.
it is a really weird place hard to put into words...
the main road

empty houses

deserted playground

the biggest building

the stairs with peeling paint

full of rooms like this

one room full of dead bees

then we found the basement

not much in there but these on every wall

heading up the road we seen this

and it works as 5 minutes later a man in a car turned up and showed us the way out..........but not before i got this!!!

:thumb
all in all i was pleased.. its a massive site..

 

[Goldie87]

Nice one mattdonut

Popped by there with Stellauk today!

 

[Foxylady]

Great set of buildings. Excellent explore and photos.
Cheers Matt & Goldie. Good stuff!

 

[smileysal]

Cheers guys, the place looks great, if a little quiet lol. Its a shame you got taken off the site matt, from the pic of the item on the tree, it looked as if it was broken, but guess it obviously wasn't.

Is it me or does it look like the hangers and control tower have been repainted? Im sure i sure some pics a while ago, and there was graffiti on the tower, but looks in great condition now.

cheers again guys.

Sal

 

[MD]

cheers people
i think one of the hangers is still drab green the rest have been "done up"
its a weird place nobody around like a ghost town!!
as you walk up it seems to change the closer you get to the hangers
like the grass has been cut and its much cleaner!!

 

[smileysal]

Cheers for that mate.

Makes you wonder what they're going to do with the place with all the stuff being done up.

will keep looking at the local papers and see if there's anything about any sales or anything in there.

Cheers again,

Sal

 

[stellauk]

yeh was a good day no wonder we didnt get caught i seemed to be an idiot and unkowingly walk through of what apeared to be a sensor and nothing happened was expecting a like swat team to raid us at the controll tower. got more suspicious when a copter was flying around over head
so thanks for keeping them occupied lol

 

[Indefatigable]

Interesting site, do you have any history of it or why it was abandoned?

This image would have been spectacular if it was composed correctly.

 

[King Al]

Great pics you guys, super location, Did you have a go on the swings?

 

[UrbanX]

Wow, what a great explore, the place looks massive. I couldn't go past that many times before being tempted in!

 

[MD]

Interesting site, do you have any history of it or why it was abandoned?



This image would have been spectacular if it was composed correctly.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF_Newton
check that out....
and is this any better?? how would you have done it??

 

[Foxylady]

That's a superb pic, matt. I liked the first version you posted but that is even better. Nice one!

 

[MD]

thanks foxy
just touched it up with photoshop

 

[smileysal]

Gonna be a contradicting sod now lol. tbh, i like the second pic of the corridor, but much prefer the first one, as that is how you saw it when you were there, and has been relayed to us the same way. It makes it look as if we're all there looking down the corridor.

Sorry for being pedantic lol. but definitely prefer the first to the second.

Sal

ps, its not a competition anyway, you take pics you like, and others can agree or disagree etc. I take pics that i like, and if others like it, then its great, if they don't, as long as i like the picture how ive taken it and it came out, then im happy with it.

 

[MD]

Gonna be a contradicting sod now lol. tbh, i like the second pic of the corridor, but much prefer the first one, as that is how you saw it when you were there, and has been relayed to us the same way. It makes it look as if we're all there looking down the corridor.

Sorry for being pedantic lol. but definitely prefer the first to the second.

Sal

ps, its not a competition anyway, you take pics you like, and others can agree or disagree etc. I take pics that i like, and if others like it, then its great, if they don't, as long as i like the picture how ive taken it and it came out, then im happy with it.

no worries sal
i know extactly what you mean. if i like the picture then its ok.
as its how i saw the corridor at the time.
plus i like taking pictures of corridors!! got some good uns of severalls
matt

 

[Goldie87]

Great pics you guys, super location, Did you have a go on the swings?

Someone caught myself and Stellauk having a go on the roundabout the other week

 

[Foxylady]

Heehee. Nice one!

 

[King Al]

Someone caught myself and Stellauk having a go on the roundabout the other week

Tut tut

 

[Indefatigable]

When I said the composition could be a bit better, I was refering to the position of the key lines in the image.

The vertical walls on the archway in the foreground are near enough central, but not quite. The double doors at the end of the corrider need to be centred also, but they're not. With composistion, you either go for dead centre and symetry, or you go way off. Half-way in between rarely works.

That's something that I spotted straight away, although I'm a sucker for symetry and that's something I spot straight away.

 

[chelle]

When I said the composition could be a bit better, I was refering to the position of the key lines in the image.

The vertical walls on the archway in the foreground are near enough central, but not quite. The double doors at the end of the corrider need to be centred also, but they're not. With composistion, you either go for dead centre and symetry, or you go way off. Half-way in between rarely works.

That's something that I spotted straight away, although I'm a sucker for symetry and that's something I spot straight away.

Great pics Matt....take them how YOU want them,and remember..a**h**** are like opinions,everybodies got one!
regards
Stu