This is an image I shot long ago on black and white film with a 24 mm lens. I've recently added color to it in photoshop to make the image even more surreal. The image is not a composite. I was documenting the building of this silo from scratch and captured this image as he was walking out to get another tool.
Friday, February 18, 2011
This is an image I shot long ago on black and white film with a 24 mm lens. I've recently added color to it in photoshop to make the image even more surreal. The image is not a composite. I was documenting the building of this silo from scratch and captured this image as he was walking out to get another tool.
I shot this with a Nikon 85 mm 1.4 manual lens, using Kodak 3200 b&w film pushed to 6400. Hence, the grain. I like the dynamic feel to this graphic landscape. I've added a little color to the black & white image with LightRoom. I had so pre-visualized this shot with the bridge that I just couldn't leave. I waited for over an hour in drizzling rain for someone to cross the bridge. It was nearly midnight.
Exploration
Acton was founded in 1887 by gold miners who were working in the Red Rover Mine. It was named after Acton, Massachusetts by one of the miners. Two of the best-known gold mines located in Acton were the Red Rover Mine and the Governors mine. Mining of gold, copper, and titanium ore continued into the early 1900s.
Acton was once considered for the State capital of California. California Governor Henry T. Gage (1899–1903) owned the Governor Mine, hence the name, and sought to relocate the capital to Acton. This effort ultimately failed and the capital was not moved from Sacramento.
This was a ride to one of the closer mines around the Red Rover Mine area thou most of it was closed off was only aloud down about 50ft still just that bit was a erie experience.
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