This was a second run I made at photographing the ruins of Gleeson Arizona’s hospital. The first time, the sky was clear and it left the image with a lot of dead space for what I wanted to do. So when a rainy and cloudy day presented itself, I ended up driving 30 miles out into the Arizona desert to reshoot this photo.

Using Lightroom 4, I converted it to Black and White, then used a graduated filter to bring out the clouds and sky for a more foreboding look. It makes for one of my favorite photos in my collection.

As a side note, I toyed with the idea of making this a duotone, but never could get the effect I was looking for. Finally, after flipping through an Ansel Adams book, I thought B&W was the way to go.