Monthly Archives: October 2011

Highway 120 in Mono County

Posted on October 31, 2011 by

California State Route 120 begins at the San Joaquin River. It behaves like many other roads in the Great Valley as it makes a bee-line eastward through Manteca and Oakdale toward the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. It holds hands … Continue reading →

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Bodie Interiors #6: Reflections

Posted on October 28, 2011 by

Looking through a sort of “bay window” in a house near the Standard Mill in Bodie. I really like the layering of reflections here. . Tim Messick Photography • Graphics Copyright © 2011 Tim Messick. All rights reserved. .

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Bodie Interiors #5

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

This table beside a sunny window may once have been the perfect place for tea (or, since this is Bodie, maybe some whiskies and a game of Poker) on a winter’s afternoon. Whatever it was, the table stands ready still, … Continue reading →

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Bodie Interiors #4

Posted on October 23, 2011 by

More Bodie interiors: the remains of a piano, another very well ventilated house, and some rags hung in a corner. All were processed from bracketed exposures using Nik HDR Efex Pro to reveal what was in the shadows while subduing … Continue reading →

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Bodie Interiors #3

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

A few more interiors, peeking through Bodie’s windows. Each of these was processed with just a touch of tone mapping and contrast boosting in Nik’s HDR Efex Pro. . . . Tim Messick Photography • Graphics Copyright © 2011 Tim … Continue reading →

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Bodie Interior #2

Posted on October 16, 2011 by

There are so many buildings at Bodie, and those on the outskirts of town, farthest from the Museum, farthest from the intersection of Green and Main Streets, don’t get much attention. So I deliberately avoided the town center on this … Continue reading →

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Bodie Interior #1

Posted on October 14, 2011 by

It’s been a while since housekeeping cleaned up in here, but the windows are intact and the ceiling has been rescued from collapse. It’s what they call “arrested decay” here at Bodie. Two exposures, processed in Lightroom, blended in HDR … Continue reading →

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Bodie and HDR

Posted on October 12, 2011 by

Bodie is one of the largest, best preserved, most authentic, and least commercialized old mining towns in California. It is therefore photographed ad nauseam by amateurs, pros, and the rest of us in between. But it’s a fun place, and, … Continue reading →

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Windy Day at Tenaya Lake

Posted on October 8, 2011 by

Returning from Mono County last weekend, I made a couple of stops in Yosemite, including here on the north shore of Tenaya lake.  The wind was howling out of the southwest on this day, as a cold front was moving … Continue reading →

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Mono Lake Sunset

Posted on October 4, 2011 by

Sometimes, just when you think a sunset is going to be a colorless dud, something wonderful happens. This time lapse was made at Mono Lake, looking northwest from the west shore, near Old Marina, on October 2, 2011. It was … Continue reading →

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