Blue Light Special by aikiuser

Blue Light Special

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.) :-)
I've been there. It's one cool place and you captured the feel of it really well.
December 11th, 2010  
Wow-if only the lanterns could talk.....
December 11th, 2010  
Am about to have a go at HDR in the coming weeks! Let's hope mine are as good as yours!
December 11th, 2010  
Would love to visit!!! Awesome pic,well done:)
December 11th, 2010  
Love this! How far away is it from us?
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*
December 11th, 2010  
Love the photo, colours and composition!
December 11th, 2010  
I bet that was an interesting and fun visit.
December 11th, 2010  
Fantastic shot a sure fav
December 11th, 2010  
Great shot lobing the subtle HDR.
December 11th, 2010  
I'm speechless - that's how good this picture is.
December 11th, 2010  
the processing blows me away.
December 12th, 2010  
love this!!
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!
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!
December 12th, 2010  
@debmayne Heheh! But if I were truly clever, I'd remember how I did this...
;-)
December 12th, 2010  
December 12th, 2010  
@craigdtull ** insert evil-sounding, foreboding music cues here **
December 12th, 2010  
neat shot , nice textures
December 13th, 2010  
Awesome! How cool to explore a ghost-town such as you've described. Very, very cool.
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!
December 15th, 2010  
I love this. It's so rustic. :)
December 20th, 2010  
Great detail!
December 23rd, 2010  
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