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"Kevin"
# Statistics
Favourites: 1334; Deviations: 453; Watchers: 155
Watching: 178; Pageviews: 35826; Comments Made: 1644; Friends: 178
# Comments
Comments: 557
Your gallery is so large, I would spend years faving everything, so I'll just watch you instead. Your photographs are amazing! I love them, your style is terribly original.
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Thanks a lot for the watch!
Btw you have some amazing photos in your gallery!
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Hi again,
Thanks for adding "my favorite person" [link] to your fav.
And thanks for the lovely comment as well.
I appriciate your support.
Have a great day.
/breth
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Thanks so much for the watch and the support
Have a great day.
/breth
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No worries.. awesome work!
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No worries... amazing work!
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No worries! Some fantastic work! Also, some great inspiration for me to play around with some long exposures of my own...
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A very interesting series of photos you just posted. What and where are all those photos of various "houses" with shiny and interesting, dark, shadowed interiors?
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They were part of the Melbourne Open House Day 2009 . It was a fantastic day, and didn't manage to end up visiting all of the locations, but I am seriously looking forward to next year!
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So it is a tour of Historic Melbourne, all in a connected, adjacent area? But what are the buildings called "houses?" What were they/are they for. What is/was their purpose, these buildings?
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They were just random buildings that were either of a historical nature (as in the first one built over a certain height) or like the substation (the last to supply DC electrical power to parts of Nelbourne) or were wanting to be renovated but keep the historical nature or were simply darn cool(101 Collins street)!
The main website for Melbourne Open House (as in an open house for real estate agents where you can come in and view the insides of a house) is here for more detailed explanation.
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Hmmm... did some more clicking... I see now how to read about each building... guess I just do not understand why some are called "houses." (Like Orin House or Denmark House, for example.) Everything from a brand new building, to a 1950s chrome and glass skyscraper, to a Victorian brick and mortar building has been given the name "house." on the list of the buildings in the tour. All so different in size shape, age and purpose. Seems odd.
House sounds to me like a residence building on a tree filled campus, a place where people in need might go for shelter, or a large private residence. But these seem to be large public buildings.
I guess house must just be a term like "building"... very generic, and attached to the proper name of the structure, no matter the purpose of the building... Maybe this is unique to Australia, or other places outside the USA which I am unaware of. Perhaps I am showing my ignorance. Just struck me as unusual and made me question.
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Unfortunately, being from South Africa originally myself... I'm not entirely sure if this is an Australian quirk or whether it could be a matter of the Architects that they employed or merely a habit of the time period?
I know that some of the older buildings have been renovated and given a modern edge, but perhaps they kept the original name? I'm always of the mind that it is better to ask questions and to get knowledge than to keep quiet and remain ignorant. 
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Ty for the info... appreciate your trying to help... I agree about asking questions
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Fascinating Aradale photos.
Why are abandoned institutions so interesting and compelling? Is it that we are all, underneath, afraid of ending up there? Is it the loss of freedom and unhappiness of the souls there? Is it the ghosts that we imagine must roam the empty rooms? All of the above?
I often think about what places I might roam if I were a ghost. Not sure why. Old empty buildings scare and yet fascinate me.
That is very human I suppose.
Enjoyed your photo series.
Watching you...
-Merton
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Wow... thank you muchly for sharing your views! And I hope to keep putting up enough good work to interest you...
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You are most welcome. I am sure you will
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Oh, and very nice graphic at the top of your journal. I like the subtle way you incorporated your icon, and I love the gold/orange/red tones.
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Thanks... its something I'm trying out, good to know it works.
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Ty, Kevin, for the visit...
Great page and neat DA icon-
Come back soon!
Sincerely,
Merton
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Thanks Merton... keep up the good work!
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No worries... fantastic work!
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thanks so much for the 
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HAhaha... will do! Already corrected and added the deviant to watch as this is an amazing collection of works... will continue to go through and add the original works to my +fav.
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Hahaha... tell you what dude, you keep putting up the great art and I'll keep +faving it!
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... wow, thanks for that words!
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Thank you for adding Deep in Thought to your collection!
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No worries!
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lol... no worries buddy... as usual awesome work...
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*grins and blushes* ... thank you.
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