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Vacancy

Vacancy

DeChambeau Hotel/Post Office & IOOF Hall - Bodie, California.

James C. Ritchie

Leonard Pierce

Great shot James!!! It looks like it's right out of the old west! Would look really good in sepia too.

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June 19, 2004

Karen Lewis-Gunn

James, the composition on this is spot on! It is creative and interesting. I love the low angle you have used too. You have used up the frame nicely. The colours are good and DOF is great. I agree with Len that it would look great in sepia too!

Well done on a wonderful creative photo! I love it!!!!!!!!!!

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June 20, 2004

Donna Dunbar

Good composition on this. I was in Bodie about 28 years ago and wondered if those buildings were still standing. It's an interesting place.

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June 20, 2004

Gary O`Dell

Excellent image James, and I really like the way you composed your image..very nicely done..Gary O

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June 20, 2004

Noel Baebler

I was there 40 years ago. Thanks for the memory update.

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June 20, 2004

James C. Ritchie

Karen L. hit upon one of my "rules of engagement" when shooting. Everyone sees the world from "eye-level," i.e., standing up, so I try to find a different viewpoint. Often times kneeling or sitting (and sometimes even laying down) on the ground provides the most interesting composition.

Except for faded paint, Bodie is still pretty much as it was in 1962 when it became a California State Historic Park.

Visit my web site and BP gallery for more Bodie photos. (Four of them were published on the dust jacket of a new Bodie book published last summer.) As I add more Bodie pix to my web site, they'll probably appear here first.

www.PhotoGraphics-Gallery.com

Thanks to all for your kind remarks.

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June 20, 2004

Marie Fields

Congratulations, James!