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Stone house asylum, dartford july 2011

Space Invader

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This was are second attempt at this place, :oops: After the weekend before we were caught by secca before making it in the building :( we gained entry this time and were fine for a few hours then bang all the contractors lighting come on and in walk secca, Time to do legs a memory i dont think i will ever forget me and the overs running down the hallway like something out of a benny hill sketch :D So after we were caught well 3 of us, well done obs :cool2: We where asked to delete are pics which as they were both quite understanding and we didn't seem to have any over options and it was still early and there was always plan b to be getting on with we agreed i must of pushed the wrong button as i went to delete my pics :D but to be honest secca NO FUCKING CHANCE :unfair: so after they thought they had succeeding wasting are time , we where escorted of site were we meet back up with obs and drove of to plan b :)

visited with wevsky ,obscurity and maniac

a little history...

Stone House Hospital, formerly the City of London Lunatic Asylum, was a hospital and former mental illness treatment facility in Stone, near Dartford, Kent, in the United Kingdom. As of November, 2007 the hospital has been closed, and bids have been taken for its redevelopment to house luxury flats.[1]

Stone House was originally constructed between 1862 and 1866 at the behest of the London Commissioners in Lunacy to provide for pauper lunatics from the London area at a cost of £65,000 [2] The buildings were designed in a Gothic brick style by James Bunstone Bunning, and the facility accommodated 220 patients.[3] The asylum grounds, at first 33 acres (130,000 m2) and later expanded to 140 acres (0.57 km2), included a working farm.[4] Additions to the original buildings were made in 1874, 1878, and 1885, including an expanded female wing and a separate hospital building for patients with infectious diseases.[5]

The first medical superintendent of the Asylum was Dr. Octavius Jepson, who served from the opening of the facility through 1887; on his death twelve years later, he was buried in the asylum's cemetery.[6] He was succeeded by Dr. Ernest White, who served until his retirement in 1904. The third superintendent was Dr. Robert Hunter Steen, who was in turn succeeded in 1924 by Dr. William Robinson. Robinson retired in 1942, but due to wartime staff shortages his permanent replacement, Dr. Hardwick, was not appointed until 1946; on the takeover by NHS his new title became Physician Superintendent, which brought additional powers and responsibilities.[7] He was succeeded upon his retirement in 1959 by Dr. Cates (1959-1963), who was the last to hold the title, as the NHS decided to delegate day-to-day operations to a chief Consulting Psychiatrist.

After 1892, the asylum was able to take "private" patients (patients whose fees were paid by their families, or from pensions). The influx of private patients resulted in a budget surplus, and enabled expansion and improvements of the asylum's facilities. In 1924 the facility was renamed the City of London Mental Hospital, and in 1948 it was taken over by the new National Health Service and became known as Stone House Hospital. A 1998 assessment by Thames Healthcare suggested that the hospital was not suited for modern healthcare; plans for the hospital's closure were initiated in 2003 by West Kent NHS.

Among its most famous patients was the poet and composer Ivor Gurney, who resided there from 1922 until his death in 1937.

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thanks for looking :beer:

 
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Lovely photos SI, wide angle looks nice. :)

Well done on the bullshit - I deleted mine, but got some back - I'm not that bohered as I've visited the place before, might have been a different story if I hadn't.

 

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Well i do like your wideangle ..nicely lit and composed matey..a few of mine ..well ones i didnt delete :)

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Was a cracking start to the day and as you said a comical moment Thundering down the hallways of stonehouse :beer2:

 
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Cracking stuff S.I. Good photos and a cracking write up. Was a giggle to say the least and hey despite the slight fail we got away and all have some photos to show for it. (y)

 

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Cracking photos guys, sound like a hoot ;)

 

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I know, looking much better for it mate :)
Many menus..and white balance that reacts badly against the p7..so adjustments have been made(cheers obs)

 

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Do a custom white balance, simples (y) Or 5400k is the colour temp I think.
I looked into custon white balance..wifeys used that before with her nd (home made) filter..got it about right now ,as it was still a tinge blue..need to get underground to check it now its been tweaked

 

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Do a custom white balance, simples (y) Or 5400k is the colour temp I think.
closest i can get is 5410...need to get underground to test it now

 

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I read somewhere else that it is 5400k, I'll check it out later for you
cheers paul..the closest to 5400 i can get tho is 5410..as for custom white balance yes i can do that only question am i using the p7 as the light source to show whats white..i really dont read manuals mate

 

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1. Get a piece of matt white paper, or even better a piece of 18% grey card

2. go into a completely dark room

3. Shine Torch at grey/white card

4. Select the PRE option on your white balance settings

5. Point camera at grey/white card and press the shutter button

6. The camera will automatically read the light being reflected off the card and use this for your white balance

See if this improves things.

Mike.

 

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I just did a custom WB and it's 7600K on my 5D, try that ;)
cheers paul 7690 is the closest i can get..and maniac yeah i got yer i shall try that or just use one of the presets like i have been and play around on the colour spectrum some more

 
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