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Published: 2004-06-09 04:52:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 3080; Favourites: 40; Downloads: 296
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another photo from a ghost town~ Bodie, CAUnable to enter the buildings, my photos were taken through windows, or knocked out knot holes in the walls. I scanned the black and white negatives with a transparency/negative adaptor, and switched it to true color...the result being more aged looking. Depending on the film, I got very orange tones or more true grey tones. Hope you enjoy.
This photo was taken through a crack between two boards in the door to this bar. I loved it so much.
I did a bit of cropping, but I didn't want to take anymore of the image away in order to get rid of the blurry part (on the left side) Oh well. Let me konw what you think.
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thank you so much.
it is actually a state park now, protected by park rangers year round from vandals and such. but i know that there are many "ghost towns" around. I hope someday you will be able to explore some too.
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as soon as america is a peacefull nation again i am planning a visit.. but my principles dont allow me to visit nations that wage war!
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And I don't blame you for that.
I am embarassed and disgusted by this president...I voted for the other guy. Bush is not MY president.
I hope when you do come visit you will send a note and let me know what you think.
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sure! i hope america is like a david lynch movie.. that i would enjoy
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love the tone and color, woulnd't it be great to have a fashion shoot there. great vintage feel to it.
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Yes I would like to explore the world of fashion photography a little, and this would be the perfect place for it...though it is a state park... can't really go into the buildings..but some of the exteriors are cool too.
Thank you for your comment.
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beautiful work .. the grit and dust is almost palpable ..
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turned out nicely considering you couldnt get in.
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thanks...it is only blurry because of the knot hole that I was shooting through.
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Impressive piece,
I really like the old style feeling of it,
It turned out well,
Everything about it really fits, including the bright fade on the side,
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thank you so much, I really appreciate it.
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This image that photographed by you, grasps with fidelity the nostalgia of a nook of a bar. Congratulations
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hi myuh
great work !!! i saw two amazing pics here , one is the one taken by u and the one of ur own.both have one thing in common--- they r simply beautiful & beautifully simple. i use yahoo messenger , if u do please add me as malay_ver1802@yahoo.com, please see my works if u have some time.
ur friend from india
malay
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Hi Malay,
Thanks for the very sweet compliments, though I am not sure which pieces were your favorites. I assume this is one of them? hehe I added you to Yahoo messenger, soo I guess I'll see you round. Gonna go check out your page now.
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Hi Malay,
Thanks for the very sweet compliments, though I am not sure which pieces were your favorites. I assume this is one of them? hehe I added you to Yahoo messenger, soo I guess I'll see you round. Gonna go check out your page now.
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Absolutely, creepy and wonderful! I really love this one because it carries the feeling of a ghost town. I love the work you've done with this. A 
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thanks for the
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Fantastic shot! 
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thanks a bunch...glad you like it....I don't know if there is any liquor left...I know that the place was only turned into a state park sometime in the last 20-30 years....so...anybody could have had free reign there. hehe...
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thank you so much.
this photo and several others...(11 in fact) are part of a calendar I put together [link]
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I love it! I love ghost towns, they are freakin awesome to look around. I went through a few when I was traveling in Montana, it was pretty sweet. Good job on the photo, taken through a hole...impressive.
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This is the only ghost town I've been too...it really is interesting....It would be incredible to stumble across one that hasn't been found and overrun....I would love to look around the rooms of some of the buildings, but they are protected. Some people have to ruin it for the rest of us....Oh well....thanks for the nice comment...I'm glad you like it.
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What a great photo! You definitely succeeded in making it loko very aged. And I love the blurry part on the left. Beautiful work!
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I love ghost towns, and this is a very nice shot! I think the blurred left edge adds to the old timey feel.
-James
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I was just up there and not a single shot through the windows or cracks came out for me so I must applaud you! The shot is genrally good but my favorite thing about it is actually the thing that would be considered a flaw... the light burn on the left... makes it feel more "old timey"....
Did you just post this as abigger version of your older image? i remember this but thought it was smaller.
Anyway thanks for having shot Bodie... I'd not have found it otherwise and I had such a wonderful morning up there...
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Awesome!!! I'm so glad you were able to go and that you had a nice time. I like the old feel of it too, with the blurry left side. As for the resubmit...I changed the format for the mug, because I ordered some and I was disappointed in the format I had created before I think the new layout will be so much better. Thanks again...and I would be very interested in seeing your Bodie photos.
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I've actually posted 3 of 'em....
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and then the one i put up last night ...
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You know...I did see these, and I thought that the pump reminded me of Bodie but in my sleepy after work internet time I thought it was taken at your Grandparents...HA! And I thought the church was Bodie too, but wasn't sure... Now I know..I apologize for not paying closer attention. I am so happy that you got a chance to go though. I have been at sunset before and it is very lovely, but the snow is extra cool. I will try and submit stuff...but by the time I get home I am too tired to do much online other than look and comment on a couple then hit the sack. Bah...Now I need to resubmit a bundle for my prints account so I can make a calendar for a few Christmas gifts. I think I will use a lot of Bodie, and some other mountain shots and perhaps a couple of city shots too. We'll see.
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No need to apologize... I only cried for 3 hours... if it'da been 4 then you could apoligize. 
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I am a school aide and home tutor for children with Autism. Very stressful and draining. Some of my kids are very smart and the lessons are high speed and incidental, and some of my kids are out of control with aggression. I get bit, slapped, scratched, punched, and get my hair pulled and my glassed torn off my face. YAY! I even have a fresh scratch on my face under my eye from Monday. :sigh: With all the driving my days are 10-12 hours and I am only really paid for the time with the kids. so......I am broke, and tired. Not much time for taking photos. Oh well....
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Well that is quite a thing you do. Quite and noble thing infact. Thank your for doing it.
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I was about to just copy and paste my comment from the other pic. Hehe. But that's not really cool.
Anyways, I like this one more, between the two. I think it's the green tinge. Was this through a window too?
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Hehe thanks...this was shot through a crack in the wooden door, and the fuzzy left side is from part of the wood being in the frame...I knew it would be there when I took the shot, but I couldn't avoid it...and it turned out for the better. I think it gives the photo more character. Also the green tint is from scanning the negative in true color instead of black and white. Some film/negatives have more brownish or sepia or true grey tones, but this film had a green cast to it...I liked the effect a lot...so a lot of my Bodie shots were negative scanned in true color because it gave them a neat feel. Again thank you for your kind comments. You should definitely go to Bodie if you come to California...though it is a ghost town and kinda in the middle of nowhere. Worth it though.
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You're welcome
I'll make a note to it. I think I might be around there next summer, If I'm there for a good length of time maybe I'll stop by Bodie.
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Great picture! It definitely does look like last call
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wow
wicked....
i love it.....
its like back to the future....
lol
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no don't worry about the blur on the left, it really adds to the aged feel of the shot in my opinion. this is just astonishing. you find the most incredible places to shoot, i love this stuff. very well captured, it's just so amazing that you stumble across places like this. keep it up...
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awesome atmosphere of old movies... i like it a lot!
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Oh yeah. It's just. Old, still. Frozen. Yet warm - again there's that sense of lingering life, after all hope and probability are gone.
(You know, that's becoming a theme.)
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what a brilliant shot... the tones... the composition... the fact that everything is just left as is and not trashed... love this
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Thank you. It isn't trashed, because the place is protected, and most buildings are locked up. I took this photo through a hole in the wood door. Thank you so much for your comment.
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Excellent! Great angle, and the colorizing is very appealing. Superb shot.
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