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3rd December 2010
Blue Light Special by aikiuser

Blue Light Special

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Shot this a few years ago in Bodie, California, probably THE coolest ghost town ever! It's as if the entire town just up and left one day. There's still plates on the tables, coffins in the mortuary, roulette wheels in the gaming hall, etc. Truly incredible! (And, no, I did not add the color to that lantern or remove it from the others.) :-)
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I've been there. It's one cool place and you captured the feel of it really well.
posted December 11th, 2010  
Wow-if only the lanterns could talk.....
posted December 11th, 2010  
Am about to have a go at HDR in the coming weeks! Let's hope mine are as good as yours!
posted December 11th, 2010  
Would love to visit!!! Awesome pic,well done:)
posted December 11th, 2010  
Love this! How far away is it from us?
posted December 11th, 2010  
Wow! I'd love to see that place. So they upped and left, huh? Mysteriously disappeared, did they? *strokes beard - wonders just how big Jenn's bodycount is*
posted December 11th, 2010  
Love the photo, colours and composition!
posted December 11th, 2010  
I bet that was an interesting and fun visit.
posted December 11th, 2010  
Fantastic shot a sure fav
posted December 11th, 2010  
Great shot lobing the subtle HDR.
posted December 11th, 2010  
I'm speechless - that's how good this picture is.
posted December 11th, 2010  
the processing blows me away.
posted December 12th, 2010  
love this!!
posted December 12th, 2010  
@gingersanders @pennymilner @debmayne @kirsty @lacedxxoo @craigdtull @zferrie @digitalrn @jobesekama @cccoupland @idonotsqueak @lauren211 @odduck
Thank you everyone--I sure do appreciate all your wonderful comments! Also, a word of note about the processing. Believe it or not, this was not done using HDR techniques. Only one shot, but I do love to play around with PS and other plugins. Too bad I never remember the steps--I doubt I could recreate this today!
posted December 12th, 2010  
Wow cool, like a water one I took and just played with saturation and lighting and peeps were asking if it were HDR but not. Well you are a clever thing then!
posted December 12th, 2010  
@debmayne Heheh! But if I were truly clever, I'd remember how I did this...
;-)
posted December 12th, 2010  
posted December 12th, 2010  
@craigdtull ** insert evil-sounding, foreboding music cues here **
posted December 12th, 2010  
neat shot , nice textures
posted December 13th, 2010  
Awesome! How cool to explore a ghost-town such as you've described. Very, very cool.
posted December 14th, 2010  
I want to do a ghost town tour of the states - how cool would that be. Love this shot: texture, atmosphere, history and mystery Fab!
posted December 15th, 2010  
I love this. It's so rustic. :)
posted December 20th, 2010  
Great detail!
posted December 23rd, 2010  
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