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Rhyolite Ghost Town #2506
03/20/06 01:28 AM
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James Morrissey Offline OP
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These are some images I took in the Ryalite Ghost Town...3 of many. I plan on posting more as I have time over the next few days. All three images were taken with the Olympus E-330 camera.

Ryalite was a boom-town in Death Valley. The town burst out of the ground from nothing. The town had electricity delivered to it in 1907 and shut down in 1916. For a short period, Rhyolite was the third largest city in Nevada with a population of about 8,000.

-James







Re: Rhyolite Ghost Town [Re: James Morrissey] #2507
03/21/06 01:06 AM
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A few more from Rhyolite Ghost Town. Again, all images taken with the Oly E-330. I will be adding additional pieces throughout the week and moving towards other sections.

James










Re: Rhyolite Ghost Town [Re: James Morrissey] #2508
03/21/06 02:44 PM
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Hey james, those are cool photos must have been fun to be there! Did you get any strange vibes?

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Quote:

Hey james, those are cool photos must have been fun to be there! Did you get any strange vibes?



I think James's IS lens would compensate for any strange vibes.


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Re: Rhyolite Ghost Town [Re: DavidRamey] #2510
03/22/06 01:15 AM
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LOL. Believe it or not, I own no IS lenses, outside of our back-up 28-135. All my lenses are fast zooms...and I use a monopod for those situations where I need $85 Image Stabilization.

Having said that, I got no creeky feelings there. The town was not there long enough to produce that many, I do not think.




Re: Rhyolite Ghost Town [Re: James Morrissey] #2511
03/22/06 01:24 AM
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A fascinating place, James, and excellent compositions of the lines and shapes of those old ruins. Looks like the E-330 was up to the demanding lighting situations.

Those old Western ghost towns are so interesting. Unlike the more permanent settlements of the rest of the country, the towns boomed until whatever mineral played out and they were then just abandoned. Bodie is one of my favorites.

I look forward to many more images and stories from your trip.

Best regards,

Dick:)


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03/22/06 09:05 AM
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That is a cool place. I like these shots, I love looking at old buildings. I like the way you show how some of the structure stayed up. I mean, this last shot for example, I love the wood stringer still on the wall.

Nice work.


Thanks, Jeff
Re: Rhyolite Ghost Town [Re: JeffDinPA] #2513
03/22/06 05:14 PM
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Thank you very much. I have been very pleased with the Olympus camera and the lenses that they sent. I feel that the images have been excellent - though I have used the camera mostly exclusively at ISO 100-400.

I SHOULD have asked for a 50-200 mm lens as a lot of the work I was doing with my Canon was done with the 70-200. Having said that, this was my problem for not asking. Olympus has been very kind and liberal with their equipment with me.

I like the Olympus colors. I find them nice and saturated - though not necessarilly as accurate as the Canon's. However, I do not always think that pleasing color is 'accurate' color. I particularly used the 'vivid' preset a lot...though as I was shooting raw, I could change that if I wished.

As for the content of the photographs - thank you. I was working hard at trying to 'see' things a bit differently. Shooting landscapes and the architectual pieces was a real challenge. It is very different work than portraiture, which is most of what I do. Having spent the week with Steve and his group, it even occurs to me that my wildlife photography is mostly just a form of portraiture.

Thanks
James


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