DMM: Fort Aubin-Neufchâteau

This was actually a Dyxum minimeet since Ivo (minolta-mutley) also attended the same photo excursion. So Ivo, feel free to also post some of your photo's here . We were six photographers in total, one more Sony (but not a Dyxum member) two Nikons and one Canon.

I have alrady shown some images from this fort visit in the B&W challenge:

pegelli wrote: A hallway in Fort Aubin, a WW2 fort east of Liege, this is ~35 meter below ground level Leica M246 mono + Summaron 35/2.8

pegelli wrote: A few more outtakes from my day 7 trip to Liege and Fort Aubin The rolling hills east of Liege crop-o-rama Welcome (gun opening at the Fort Aubin entrance) Entrance building, seems to have suffered a big hit The water well in the fort Looking down ~30 meters from the level of tunnels which is ~35 meter below ground level, so the water table you see is about 65 meter below ground level All Leica M246 mono + Summaron 35/2.8

But here are some more, and I'll add more later:

Most of the fort is 35 meter below ground level, so it needs long staircases



Ammunition racks



Elevator shaft looking up, to haul up the ammunition to the guns at ground level



And if the exposure time is long enough it's possible to capture the ghosts of fallen soldiers returning to the place where they ended their earthly lives


First and last: A7ii + Tamron 28-200 Di III RXD, middle two A7Rii + Tamron 20/2.8 Di III OSD

addy landzaat wrote: Wait, you did not force him (or her?) to join on the spot? Gee....

He's still locked up in the dungeon of the fort until he joins, but so far he's resisting

Good series Pieter! #1 is my pick from this set.
I was in Liege last Friday for work, but without my camera though.

Thanks for the comments, it was indeed a nice day and since the fort was only opened for us (6 photographers) shooting empty hallways and staircases was certainly possible since we all know how unintended photobombing influences the general mood

And Harm, believe it or not, but the ghosts are real


A few more:

p10: The chapel, and an impression how it looked while "in operation"



p11: The morgue (a sobering place)



p12: More ghosts



p13: We saw one live animal while being down there



p14: The gate to the main part of the fort


All A7ii + Tamron 28-200 Di III RXD

A small bunkerbuster hole (made by the germans during WWII doing tests without soldiers in there - they 'used' this place as a test-site, it seems there is a 2nd site in Belgium where such tests also took place) - and the structure of the marl becomes visible.











Find the hole

Love the stars spangled one very much, Ivo

p19: Electricity generator driven by a three cylinder diesel (both no longer operational )



p20: Air compressor



p21: Workshop



p22: Water tanks and water pumps (no longer connected)

The water well you can see in my fifth photo of my first post is below the grid you see in the lower left corner

19, 20: A7ii + Tamron 28-200 Di III RXD   
21, 22: A7Rii + Tamron 20/2.8 Di III OSD