Dukes and Duchesses of the Deserted!
The Theme:
This week's theme was = GRAVEYARDS! Photos must be of ABANDONED graveyards/cemeteries.
Guest Judge: @creepycrazylife!
"Picking these wasn't easy, I spent a lot of time writing every name down adding my comments. Some were disqualified for a multiple of reasons. I got down to 17 favorites after a few hours and just had to start cutting until I got to the final 8."
Thank you for the great opportunity of Judging this contest.
Steve
www.amityphotos.com
The results:
1st Place Winner - 10SBD: @intrepidphotos
From judge @creepycrazylife: "This photo alone made me actually start thinking about going to Ireland a lot sooner than I expected."
From the author: "Spooky outlook over a very old graveyard at an abandoned medieval Augustinian Prior’s Tower (middle of the frame), known as Black Castle, that was built in 1210."
ENTRY = https://steemit.com/aswcontest/@intrepidphotos/the-black-castle
2nd Place Winner - 5SBD: @hangin
From judge @creepycrazylife: "I love the growth of the trees in these pictures. I seen a tree start to swallow a small headstone, but this is just amazing. "
From the author: "This cemetery is called the Jawa Cemetery in Thailand Bangkok is situated about 1km away from behind my apartment block i can actually see it looking over my balcony."
ENTRY = https://steemit.com/aswcontest/@hangin/abandoned-shit-weekly-contest-9-graveyards
3rd Place Winner - 2.5 SBD: @samycfc
From judge @creepycrazylife: "There were many great posts with the coffins torn out and thrown around in Venezuela. It was hard to pick one, but this one had a great story and at least 5 great photos showing how bad this place is. "
From the author: "These images were taken at the Cementerio Regional del Sur -which means General South Cemetery- the largest cemetery in the city of Caracas. It has 246 hectares and was founded in 1876."
ENTRY = https://steemit.com/aswcontest/@samycfc/the-real-walking-dead-caracas-ve-abandoned-shit-weekly-contest-9-graveyards-aswcontest
Honorable Mentions - 1 SBD each - In no particular order:
@yenipaola
From judge @creepycrazylife: "I have no idea what the poster wrote before the photos. I could have used a translator, but would rather keep it a mystery. The first few photos were like any other post, but then the creepiness occurs when the photos of what I believe is a mausoleum - by looking at a couple of the years, it looks like it has been used recently. My guess is not legally. "
https://steemit.com/aswcontest/@yenipaola/esta-es-mi-participacion-para-el-concurso-n-09-cementerios
@hallmann
From judge @creepycrazylife: "This WWI cemetery with Germany, has a special feel to it. It looks eerie, even in the sunlight. The markers have a look to them like many of the old asylum cemeteries in the US."
https://steemit.com/aswcontest/@hallmann/aswcontest-german-war-cemetery-in-sece-eng-pl
@yorsch
From judge @creepycrazylife: "This photo shot on the Faroe Islands (which I never heard of before) speaks for itself, I love the moodiness of the landscape- dark and foggy. "
https://steemit.com/aswcontest/@yorsch/graveyard-on-the-faroe-islands
@bigsambucca
From judge @creepycrazylife: "I had a hard time not putting this photo in the top 3. The Teochew Chinese Cemetery in Bangkok, Thailand. Supposedly this cemetery is surrounded by hotels and other buildings. How can this type of disrespect happen? Even worse, how can a city just let it sit there like that? At Least the BULL (?) wants everyone to 'Have a good day'."
https://steemit.com/aswcontest/@bigsambucca/abandoned-shit-weekly-contest-no-9-graveyards
@akbarrafs
From judge @creepycrazylife: "Village Gampong Jawa, Banda Aceh - Indonesia, this is such a bizarre cemetery, I just had to add it. A cemetery built into a pond? Plus a village with 'Jawa' in its name can not be ignored."
https://steemit.com/aswcontest/@akbarrafs/grave-in-the-pond-or-or-graveyard-abandoned-shit-weekly-contest
FINAL THOUGHTS
This week's "graveyard" theme certainly made for the creepiest week of competition yet, in my opinion. A lot of these entries were also.. well.... just sad. It's one thing to see nature taking over a cemetery, but it's much different when it's just other people destroying it, littering in it, or even robbing it. Some wild stuff. A special "thank you" to our guest judge this week: @creepycrazylife. Thanks to everyone who participated, as well! The contest is slowing growing in popularity. I hope you all join in once again. Congratulations to the winners! I'll be paying out the rewards tomorrow morning.
Abandoned Shit Weekly Contest - №. 10 will be announced tomorrow (Tuesday) and look for the official contest post to see what the week's theme will be!
Wow. Congratulations to the winners.
Congratulations for all the winners this weeks contest :)
interesting photos. i did not participate in this one, waiting for next :)
congratulations to the winners.
well, I'm very happy to have a place in this contest. I will enter the next contest
Missed out on this one again, although I did wanted to participate as anticipated but the theme was kind of creepy and I wasn't able to get a chance to visit the dead. Hopefully I will get a shot in this week's theme. Congratulations to all the winners
Dear @customnature your photography is a amazing...& very good your traveling..i like it thanks for share..
Congratulations to my friends @akbarrafs 😁
Thank you very much for that third place. : D
That graveyard somewhere in thailand is just sad.. damn
felicitaciones a los ganadores, gracias @customnature.
I had plans to get in this weeks contest,but I wasn't able to make it happen. I was going to visit my great great grandfathers grave, which as far as I know has not been seen in by my family in more than twenty years. The next time this theme rolls around expect to so it.
felicidades a los ganadores bien merecidos.
Wow! These are all amazing. And incredibly eye opening! Congrats to the winners. Good choices, @creepycrazylife
Extra super incredibly creepy!
I have a friend that has lived in Ireland with his girlfriend, she is somewhat developed in spiritism. They both swear to god their house was hauted.
Now I can see why Ireland has so many strange stories, look at that graveyard!
Congrats to the winners. This was a hard one for me after actually going out looking for abandoned graveyards I realized that our area is really good about taking care of the dead. This one was a lost cause for me, but had fun looking at the posts all week.
Love this contest, so many amazing photos.
Congratulations to the winners
Congratulations to the winners!
I agree with you @customnature! It is sad to see graves destroyed.
Oh, thank you very much and congratulations to alle the other winners. The first picture is outstanding.
Oh ..WOW..what a lovely surprise that you @customnature for giving us sometime exciting to track down every week am really enjoying this and thank you to the Guest Judge: @creepycrazylife for choosing my photo and actually out of all the tombstones i had seen that day i got to say that was my favorite also glad you liked it to definitely creepy :)
And congrats to all other winners.
Thank you so much am honored to be amongst the winners thanks to @customnature for running such a awesome and challenging contest and the guest judge @creepycrazylife for picking my photo and yes i agree the city council should have more respect for this cemetery but the Bull made me laugh also..lol so funny :)
Congratulations to the winners... you guys are the creepiest - ha ha!
Wow thanks guys ! I have been away from the computer for a week so I just noticed the results of this! Appreciate it and love ASW !