Lake Sunset Motel: This old motel is just west of Fremont, Nebraska. I took these pictures two months ago. I was driving by last Sunday and it was on fire, burning to the ground. It...

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

This old motel is just west of Fremont, Nebraska. I took these pictures two months ago. I was driving by last Sunday and it was on fire, burning to the ground. It looked like a controlled fire to me but I'm not certain. One problem with photographing old buildings, as I enjoy doing, is that often they're not there very much longer.

Lake Sunset Motel #1

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Lake Sunset Motel #2

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Lake Sunset Motel #3

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tradio Loc: Oxford, Ohio

At least you how it documented. What really blows is when they tear it down or it burns before you get your shots.

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

Thanks for looking in tradio.
JackM

tradio wrote:

At least you how it documented. What really blows is when they tear it down or it burns before you get your shots.

Sirius_one Loc: S.F. Bay Area

Interesting series; were they shot in IR?

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

Thanks for looking Sirius 1. No, they were shot in regular color. I went back and checked my processing tho and saw that I had seriously reduced the blue and green filtration to make the sky darker. The leaves in the background were very light to begin with, and lessening the green filtration make them all the lighter (I think anyway).
JackM

Sirius_one wrote:

Interesting series; were they shot in IR?

Sirius_one Loc: S.F. Bay Area

jackm1943 wrote:

Thanks for looking Sirius 1. No, they were shot in regular color. I went back and checked my processing tho and saw that I had seriously reduced the blue and green filtration to make the sky darker. The leaves in the background were very light to begin with, and lessening the green filtration make them all the lighter (I think anyway).
JackM

Amazing what can be done with photographs these days.

SteveLo Loc: Chino, CA

Great set, I to thought they were shot in IR. Good tones, well done :thumbup:

stevesottl Loc: Morristown, NJ

I like the mood in 1 with the tree shadow....

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

SteveLo wrote:

Great set, I to thought they were shot in IR. Good tones, well done :thumbup:

Thank U very much Steve.
JackM

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

Thanks Steve. Actually, I didn't see the shadow at the time the picture was snapped, only after looking at the images later.
JackM

stevesottl wrote:

I like the mood in 1 with the tree shadow....

StevenHoefgen

jackm1943 wrote:

This old motel is just west of Fremont, Nebraska. I took these pictures two months ago. I was driving by last Sunday and it was on fire, burning to the ground. It looked like a controlled fire to me but I'm not certain. One problem with photographing old buildings, as I enjoy doing, is that often they're not there very much longer.

They were using it for tracking training firefighters.

https://fremonttribune.com/news/local/firefighters-train-at-former-lake-sunset-motel/article_74a9a3c1-6630-5c1b-b5b5-dc3af71d876d.html

jackm1943 Loc: Omaha, Nebraska

StevenHoefgen wrote:

They were using it for tracking training firefighters.

https://fremonttribune.com/news/local/firefighters-train-at-former-lake-sunset-motel/article_74a9a3c1-6630-5c1b-b5b5-dc3af71d876d.html

Thank you Steven for the article. I haven't been by there for nearly a year now so don't know if anything new is being built in its place.
JackM

StevenHoefgen

Funny, the only reason I came across this is because it came up on my Facebook memories. I was in that area on this day in 2016, came across that motel, and took a pic of the motel sign. Once I saw it, I decided to google it and this thread came up, and right below it was the article I shared with you.