Ecvb Power Station : Belgium
After the snow started to fall on the journey to Belgium, and seeing a few inches of snow on the ground the next day, this was going to be a cold day. There werent any coffee shops nearby, not obvious ones anyway so a croissant and drink of water and onwards.
The mist was thick and physically rolling off the river next to the power station, that with the snow gave the still air a monochrome feel. After finding the way in, the first building was dusty and dark, nothing that impressive, walking into the next part of the building though was something else entirely.
The doors opened up to a huge space, flanked either side with banks of machinery the one thing that was conspicuous by its absence was grafitti and vandalism, it looked like the only thing that was eroding this place was nature... Exactly as it should be.
The cold air proved quite difficult for this explore, I had hired a 17mm tilt and shift lens to play with, but its a manual lens with small dials for the tilt and shift functions, my frozen fingers were having enough difficulty working the camera as it was.
The TSE didnt even get a look in but it was probably a good idea in the end, my trusty 17-40mm did ok in the end.
There were a few names written in dust on some of the panels on the upper levels, this was nice to see, at least it wasnt perminent.
Looking down on the machinery from the upper levels, it looked even more vast from there, the green pipes snaking around larger ones creating colourful patterns in the light streaming through the huge windows.
The last room before the cold took hold, was stunning, it was like stepping into a science fiction set, a huge vertical space looking like a rusting cathedral hall, pipes on either side rising like a huge organ in between the supporting pillars, diffused light hitting the metal
Quiet, still and cold, it was awe inspiring just standing there in at the base of such a sight, breath steaming infront of my face
I will return here when the weather improves.
The mist was thick and physically rolling off the river next to the power station, that with the snow gave the still air a monochrome feel. After finding the way in, the first building was dusty and dark, nothing that impressive, walking into the next part of the building though was something else entirely.
The doors opened up to a huge space, flanked either side with banks of machinery the one thing that was conspicuous by its absence was grafitti and vandalism, it looked like the only thing that was eroding this place was nature... Exactly as it should be.
The cold air proved quite difficult for this explore, I had hired a 17mm tilt and shift lens to play with, but its a manual lens with small dials for the tilt and shift functions, my frozen fingers were having enough difficulty working the camera as it was.
The TSE didnt even get a look in but it was probably a good idea in the end, my trusty 17-40mm did ok in the end.
There were a few names written in dust on some of the panels on the upper levels, this was nice to see, at least it wasnt perminent.
Looking down on the machinery from the upper levels, it looked even more vast from there, the green pipes snaking around larger ones creating colourful patterns in the light streaming through the huge windows.
The last room before the cold took hold, was stunning, it was like stepping into a science fiction set, a huge vertical space looking like a rusting cathedral hall, pipes on either side rising like a huge organ in between the supporting pillars, diffused light hitting the metal
Quiet, still and cold, it was awe inspiring just standing there in at the base of such a sight, breath steaming infront of my face
I will return here when the weather improves.
By Darren Nisbett
