A little slice of paradise [pic]
 

My father and I spent the day doing some genealogy research in a few towns along the north shores of Lake Erie.

Our search took us to a private residence where a church built by my great-great-great grandfather had been re-located to for preservation.

The property owner was gracious enough to give us a tour of the property, including this area behind the church that simply blew me away.

Taken earlier this afternoon:


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Damn, that's eerily perfect.

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Great looking pic

beautiful spot

Great pic. I had fun driving / walking around there a few years ago.

Stunning scenery, looks unreal.

I liked it a lot.

many ghosts

You're familiar with the area?

Slightly different perspective...


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and the church mentioned in the OP.

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That's a beautiful picture. Looking at the ground reminded me of my current research into PERMACULTURE.

Nice picture but no way in hell i would walk down that path. :)

It was unusual - the trees on either side are evergreens...yet the leaves are from deciduous trees elsewhere on the grounds.

Beautiful :thumbsup

nice shots :thumbsup

Awesome place, thxs for sharing :)

pretty cool but i think too many are focusing on lake erie name, not eerie at all

That looks amazing dude

Pretty, I knew of a similar scenery (not nearly as dense foliage) on a Frisbee golf course where I grew up.

Fulltime hedge trimming job.

Speechless :thumbsup

That is absolutely beautiful.

wow...nice thread!

Beautiful pics!

wow, awesome pictures! :)

beautiful spot... great fall pictures. thanks for sharing. :thumbsup

Great looking photos, this era makes me want to eat mushrooms there :pimp

Heck of a view:thumbsup

I would LOVE to bring my girlfriend (s) there, I would bring any girl I date there if I lived there. Its so romantic :)

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Nice pix, but all I could think about was how cool to have a nude gothic vampiress in those shots... :Oh crap

ADG

tell me where to find them in chamonix ... got some info, made like 5 trips cause of them and none, damn :)

and at op, great photos man, and great that you are going with father, really nice man, keep it up! :thumbsup

Wow... great pic... almost too perfect... almost occult... Ask Johnny what conspiracy is behind it:)

pretty cool pics

i grew up in the area - what town/city is that residence in?

amazing autumn scenery.

Very nice, but not what I consider paradise. Far from it.

When I was a kid we had a small group of white birch trees in this one corner of our property, about fifty trees... When it rained and the water would freeze it would freeze on the trees making the trees bend over, creating a huge ice cavern. It was always neat in there.

I have always enjoyed your photography. Some of you urban decay stuff has stayed in my mind for years.

Me too, western PA. Lake Erie was great to visit as a kid.

Sounds unreal, any pictures (random from the internet) to show how it looked like?

Lynedoch, Ontario...about 10-12 kms from St. Williams.

Thanks Sarah, that's very kind of you. :)

We're working on a coffeetable book for just the urban exploration stuff. We had one made for the Niagara scenic landscapes last year.

haha, to be honest, that was my first thought as well ... my mexicans are popping up right now ... i love fall and shrooms ;)

The property owner told me its become a favorite area for wedding photography - especially being very close to the old church.

There were a couple of photographers there on Sunday when we shot these...but they were shooting near the church and away from the tree area.

It was mid-afternoon when I shot these - but I imagine it could look pretty creepy (or occultish as you say) with different lighting. I'd love to shoot it at night with colored spotlights shining in from either side...or using lightpainting.

never heard of it - small town rural Ontario is nice.

Gotta ask,

what camera and effect?

Fucking amazing !

Nikon d80 - and very little f/x in post edit. I slightly boosted the color saturation on the path leaves with a combo of imagenomic portraiture and topaz...and enhanced the lighting levels a bit in PS.

wow nice pictures

great pics, what did you and your dad do behind the church

That's between us, God...and your mother.