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Shadow Evolution

            While prospecting for photographic gold around Bodie State Historic Park in the foothills of the Eastern Sierras, I found this unique structure that begged for me to take its picture.

Bodie, California was a gold rush boom town in the late 19th century that went bust by 1915.  Preserved in a perpetual state of "arrested decay", it is a popular location for tourists and photographers alike.  Recently, while on a photo tour, I came across this above ground cylindrical water tank just outside the sawmill, which was in fairly good shape, with just a light weathering rust, but with a number of rivet and bolt protrusions along its curved surface that created interesting shadow patterns in the late afternoon sun.  I thought of early sci-fi movies with crude spaceships flying through space toward a brilliantly lit planet, or perhaps a rare geologic formation of paired mountains in a large desert on Mars.  In the end, however you see this image, I enjoyed making it.

Recognition:
Accepted for Display and Sponsor Award - JUN-JUL 2022, International Exhibition of Photography, San Diego County Fair, Del Mar Racetrack and Fairgrounds, CA

Accepted for Display - DEC 2021 Darkroomers Photographic Club, and can be found in the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park, San Diego.

Taken in: United States / California / Bodie (show map)

Taken on: October 15, 2021

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark IV, f/22.0, 1/15 sec, 93mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Lens:	EF24-105mm f/4L IS II USM
Aperture:	f/22.0
Exposure Time:	0.067 sec (1/15)
Focal Length:	93mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 11.1 (Windows)
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