On 9/30/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I took these pictures about 14 months ago. > > Where I live, Contra Costa County, doesn't have much that is old and funky. > Expect for Port Costa, a tiny town beyond Martinez. At one time it was a > major port in the California SF Bay Area, now it no longer has a pier and it's > population is about 100-150 or less, probably the smallest town in the area. > One > of the oldest too -- it only has about three buildings on each side of the > main street (which is almost unpaved, because it has so many potholes). There > is one restaurant people go to, but that is about the only surviving > business. > > Its so small one would think it hasn't much to shoot... on the other hand > it's sort of a surreal little town. > > http://members.aol.com/eactivist/THEATRE/index.html ><snip>
At first I thought these were a bit on the soft side (not offensively so, but a bit) and I thought they were a teeny bit washed out (could have used a bit more contrast - but again, nothing offensive). The more I looked, the more I realized that those two things worked with the ethereal, anachronistic look to these pix. Composition is lovely, as is the gallery. Wonderful set of pix, Marnie! cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
