Mill entrance

Entrance to the Santiago mine mill.

Water tank

Water tank outside of the processing mill at the Santiago mine.

Air flow

Discarded air blower at the Santiago mine. 

Downed Line

Downed power pole at the Santiago Mine above the old Waldrof townsite

Photographing photographers: Waldrof

Discarded pump near the Waldorf Mine site, Colorado 

This pump collected waste water from the Waldorf mine shaft and pumped it uphill to the Santiago Mine, where it was used for processing the pulverized rock.

A Prehistoric Guest?

Shopping Friday for a fish dinner and met up with this fellow.  A Monk Fish.  I was told that they are very tasty.  But not for Friday's Dinner.  We had the stuffed sole instead (lower right).

View from the train

An interesting building seen from the moving train between Denver and WY.

Speed

Shot from within the are between cars. I liked the effect 

of the passing train reflecting back into our train.

Local Street Art

Done by one of the members of this gallery collective.

Public Art

Imagination by J. Lucas Loeffler, is located at the Festival 

Plaza on Public Street in Lafayette Colorado.

Valve cap

Part of the coupling between train cars.

Crystal

These images are from the same shot. I'm trying to decide which I prefer the horizontal because it focuses on the most interesting part of the subject.

But I like the crystal quality of the vertical image. I'm happy with both.

Chimney

Chimney detail from house at the Bluebird mine town site.

… and fog

Took an evening course on shooting smoke and fog. These last two images are examples of the fog we shot using dry ice. I learned a lot about how to use lighting to bring out details.

I have a number of these images, but they require a lot of post-processing work, so I'll add them slowly over the next week. 

Window

Window detail from an outbuilding/animal stall at the Bluebird 

mine at Caribou Ranch open space.

Exercises in Smoke

Door detail

A door detail from the mill building at the Cardinal mine.

Flowers

Another shot of the flowers growing among the ruins of the Cardinal mine.

Three

Here are three shots of an abandoned building near the Cardinal mine. Each with a slightly different take on what was there. I can't decide which I prefer. Each has its positives.

Cardinal mine outbuilding

Mill for the Cardinal Mine

The Cardinal Mill was built in the 1890s for gold being mined out of the Boulder County Mine, and it remained open throughout the World Wars to process tungsten.

Winter

Winter along Lake Waneka. 

This is just after a blowing snow storm and the snow is still sticking to the fence.

Miners cabins at Caribou Colorado.

Abandoned Buildings

More abandoned buildings at the East Portal.

House and Flower

Abandoned railroad houses at the East Portal.

Flowers at East Portal

Some wild flowers growing next to one of the abandoned railroad houses 

at the East Portal, near Rollingsville.

Argentine Central Railroad Grade Hike

Black and White

Playing around with the Mamiya 6. Took these in the old Christ In the City school building.

Tomatoes

The garden has reached peak production. We are now getting more fruit than we can eat.