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Friendly Friday Photography Challenge Prompt – Abandoned

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This challenge is alternately hosted, each Friday, by the following bloggers:
Amanda from Something to Ponder About , Snow from The Snow Melts Somewhere, and Manja from Manja Mexi Moving who is currently filling in for Snow, because she is somewhat “snowed under,” with work at the moment. Thanks so much, Manja.

Scroll down to find full Instructions on joining in with this challenge.

This week’s prompt, for you to interpret with your photographic genius, is:

‘Abandoned‘

What does ‘Abandoned,’ mean for you?

An abandoned shed or farm building, an old church or closed down mine shaft?

What windows!

It might mean a disused industrial facility or closed hotel

You might perhaps, interpret this theme in a more abstract way.

  • Abandoned but never forgotten

It is up to you.

Pretty as a painting

One can still find beauty in things that are ‘Abandoned”

Instructions for Joining in on Friendly Friday:

  • Publish a ‘Friendly Friday – ‘Abandoned,’ post and include a URL link to this post, tagging the post, ‘Friendly Friday’.
  • Once the post is published, copy an dpaste the URL for your Friendly Friday ‘Abandoned’ post, in the comment box here, so everyone can find you and visit your blog.
  • You can also include the Friendly Friday logo found below, if you wish.
  • Be a part of the Friendly Friday Community by visiting the links in the comments section. It’s fun to see how others interpreted the prompt.

Please note there are no deadlines for participating in any Friendly Friday challenge.

Follow the Friendly Friday blogs to catch the weekly prompts.

Something to Ponder About

The Snow Melts Somewhere

Manja Mexi Moving

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Published by Forestwood

A philosophic Aussie writes here at StPA, one who will readily admit to loving Scandinavia. I'm interested in global politics and what drives us to be who we are. Scratch the surface and you'll find a practical Environmentalist with an egalitarian bent, trying to unleash a little creativity via the written word. Scandinavian culture, literature and traditions are close to my heart, even though I'm Australian. Travel and courteous discussions greatly broaden the mind, so I travel if I can and am always up for a vigorous, respectful discussion. I'm an avid reader, a writer and I enjoy photography and crafts, particularly traditional art forms. I hope you'll find 'Something to Ponder About,' in my WordPress Community.

99 thoughts on “Friendly Friday Photography Challenge Prompt – Abandoned”

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    1. What a magnificent collection you have presented us with, Sue. I did wonder what actually happened in those places. What wasn’t the Maginot theatre ever used? So eerie.

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    1. The dry desert adds to the abandoned feel of the photo, Aletta. Great pick for the challenge. Is there still much conflict in that region?

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      1. Yes, in fact some scientists think even the universe may be a cycle repeating over and over again although hopefully we dont repeat our lives( and mistakes) over again!

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  18. Great variety for the theme! Sometimes abandoned can be beautiful like old ruins filled with history and sometimes I find it more scary for example an abandoned house with windows looking like black, sinister eyes. 🙂

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    1. Maria, I think there is a tipping point between historic and interesting and downright creepy. I also feel that there is some unsettled business there evoking those eerie feelings. Places like Auschwitz, Chernobyl, an old supposedly haunted house in Iceland makes my hair stand on end yet a historic cemetery near my place doesn’t worry me at all. I guess it is all in our imagination; however, who knows, maybe there is something more?

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    1. Thanks for posting the link to a quirky collection of artifacts. I love how you have interpreted the challenge. Who wouldn’t want to explore there? Although I do hope that torpedo is fully decommissioned! Lol

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    2. And you have presented an excellent variety of abandoned photos, Manja; thank you so much and I also deeply appreciate you supporting Snow and the Friday photo challenge.💕

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  39. This topic was brilliant and so thought provoking…history, beauty, melancholy all wrapped in one. Your photos are lovely too and I visited quite a few other posts as well in this thread and it was a treat. I have said this before but I must say it again…inspiration all around- thank you:) I did not have anything along these lines so I could not participate but I thoroughly enjoyed looking at the other posts here !

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    1. Thank you for taking the time to reply and say so, Moon. History Beauty and Melancholy – if I achieved that I can rest happy! Have you got much planned for this weekend?

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