Wabi/Sabi
Wabi Sabi is a Japanese concept of finding beauty in decay. This is meaningful for me because I look for this very thing when out photographing old decrepit building, bridges and boats.
Here then is a collection of my personal best that illustrates the concept. Each of these images holds a special place in my heart.

Cotten Gin Ruins
Just a week before this old Gin was torn down and discarded...

Cotten Gin Ruins
Just a week before this old Gin was torn down and discarded...

Old House on Moore Farms

The Boat House on Bald Head Island in Infrared

Dingy in the sky

Adams Mill Bridge in Lafayette Indiana

The Old Iron Bridge

Old Barn along dirt road and split rail fence

The Homestead, WV

Campbells Bridge in North West South Carolina

"STOP!" A rail road signal in a ghost town in Thurmond, WV

The Glade Creek Mill. This structure is my most visited mill. Everytime I come here I see something different and new (old)!

Texaco Once Lived Here...

House in a cotten field near Englehard, NC

The French Creek Mill in TN.

Glade Creek Mill, Babcock State Park, WV

The ruins of the Cross Eyed Cricket Mill

Norris Mill

This was once the Valentine Mill

The Mingus Mill

The Gilford Mill

Foggy morning at Saunookes Mill

The Hagood Mill in South Carolina

Detail at the ruins of Hannahs Mill in GA

The Hammond Mill (twin mill site)

The Gilbert Mill (Twin Mill Site)

The Exeter Hollow Mill

The Hoover Mill, Englewood, OH

The Hoover Mill, Englewood, OH

Starrs Mill, GA

Shelf of Bones at the Wilkerson Mill

The wheel removed from the Adams Mill in Lafayette IN

the Adams Mill in Lafayette IN

Sunken Dingy

Awash

The remains of the Charleston Tug

Rotten Scupper

Fuga City, High & Dry

Stormy Seas, clinging to life with double standards in Georgetown, SC

Fins to the Left....
Leica M 240 w/ Macro Elmar M 90mm f/4 Data: f/22 @ 1/6 second on the tripod.

The Gas Cap…
Leica M 240 w/ Macro Elmar M f/4 lens, Topaz Impressions: Pointillism 1
Leica M 240 w/ Macro Elmar M f/4 lens, Topaz Impressions: Pointillism 1

Oily…
Leica M 240 w/ Macro Elmar M f/4 90mm lens, Topaz Impressions: Cave Dweller 2
Leica M 240 w/ Macro Elmar M f/4 90mm lens, Topaz Impressions: Cave Dweller 2