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Category Archives: backroads
FOGGY MORNING NEAR WILSON CREEK
I spent the weekend camping at Prairie Creek. From there I “went a photographing.” I took this at the old mill pond right where 101 comes out onto the ocean at Wilson Creek.
A NEW SELECTION FOR THE BODIE EXHIBIT
It took me several days to decide which image of the mill to print. I finally selected this one as I prefer the composition and the rendering of the sky. The runner up – the sky was not as well … Continue reading
LOST HABITAT
More moral and physical decay.
Posted in abandoned houses, alternative view, backroads, buildings
Tagged abandoned buildings, arcata, arcata history, building
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BODIE EXHIBITION
I am preparing for an upcoming exhibit in September. I printed this today.
Posted in alternative view, backroads, bodie, buildings, California, state park
Tagged bodie, fine art photograph, ghost town
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BODIE CANIDATE
This is something I am working on for the September/October exhibition with Marc Chaton.
Posted in abandoned cars, backroads, California, california mountians
Tagged bodie, California, eastside sierra, gold rush history
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MORE MINDEN
Here is another image of the Minden Flour Mill.
Posted in architecture, backroads, historic building
Tagged buildings, east side sierra, mill, minden, nevada
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TEMPORARILY SAVED FROM THE ELEMENTS
Until recently, this old truck was likely buried in underbrush. The process wherein Mother Earth reclaims its elements has been slowed, but not stopped.
Posted in abandoned cars, backroads, black and white
Tagged abandoned vehicles, black and white, redwood national park
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SEEING RED WITH THE OLD SONY
I took this image today with the Sony R1 on an outing with Steve Conger and Jack Hopkins somewhere on Bald Hills Road. We finally found some sunshine near Orleans.
Posted in abandoned cars, backroads, humboldt county, redwood national park
Tagged redwood national park, sony r1
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SQUARE EYES
Square Eyes at Bodie.
A LANDSCAPE
Near Lake Louise, Canada
Posted in backroads, Uncategorized
Tagged canadan rockies, fine art photography, landscape, mountain
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