A scale house in Vanderbilt - an old mining camp in the Mojave Preserve. This is where trucks would bring the gravel to be weighed.
To take this image, I used studio lights powered with a Vagabond Mini and triggered with PocketWizards. The sky was spectacular, but the temperature was in the low 40s and the wind was howling like a banshee, making it feel below freezing. I could not feel my fingers to press the shutter. But apparently, I did.
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A Longer Look from Paul!!! How cool is that! Thanks for all the comments.
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Marvelous image here. The little sugar candy clouds over this houase standig like a symbol, the lighthouse of the plains ....
You are up to something new Johanna.
Wonderful!
I'm going through the entries, stopping at those images I feel have had the benefit of an unconventional eye and dwelling a little longer to try to see and appreciate what you saw. This is one of those images.
Positives: This is utterly glorious - wonderful colours, lovely empty foreground, minute-perfect light and a well judged vignette. It feels slightly cool but you can still feel the remnants of a hot day.
Critical stuff: Johanna, I think I've seen another in your Flickr portfolio or blog that I think is even better?
The pink clouds give it a surreal feeling. I like it. Your composition and use of negative space in the foreground just pulls our eye right to the building.
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