Monday, August 10, 2009

Thunder Mountain.


Built over the years by a Creek indian. He said that an old medicine woman told him, "In the final days, there shall rise up a place called Thunder Mountain." She also said that those who live in there would survive the apocalypse. He spent years building it.
A very interesting place to say the least. It is now alone and inhabited. There is access in to this radical place, but the door at the fence reads "Enter at your own risk". No-one there to guard it or much less. Creepy, but that sign made me want to go in even more.

Sunday, August 2, 2009

Dark, Cold, Hard


More people jump off from this bridge than any other in the world. Only one has survived.
The longer exposure makes the waves of water coming in an out look more like a ghostly mist. I set out to capture just that, and to my surprise it worked. I like the city of San Francisco, but the Golden Gate gets photographed so much that I wanted to provide a less traveled perspective. I chose a perfect day for this look. The city and the bridge were covered by a fog/mist that hovered right over the bridge. I made sure to use a "cool" white balance for the extra "cold feel".