Barry Mangham, “Pripyat: Ferris Wheel”, 2012
The photo is of the abandoned ferris wheel in the deserted city of Pripyat, near Chernobyl in Ukraine. The area is now part of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, covering around 2,600 square kilometers.
A three exposure HDR image processed using Photomatix and Lightroom.