Abandonment and Decay

I recently had the opportunity to go on a ride with a couple of very skilled photographers I've met at flickrmeets to shoot abandoned buildings. First it makes you look for the interesting or beautiful in total crapheaps. Then periodically I was left wondering, "Just what happened here?" There are often partly packed rooms left as they are. Others are clearly a dwelling that was cleared but never re-occupied and animals or partiers found their way in. I decided ahead of time that most of these were going to be b&w. It seemed that would be the medium best suited. But the trunk below offered interesting contrasts with the rust and other stains that I decided to keep the color.