Old blue abandoned in Calimesa

Travel yet again some time back(Jan 2014) when I took these images I was only going to one location I had seen via google maps but when the backroads calls your name theres plenty to see.

I pulled up to this destination,gates wide open parked in front which, I normally do not do for obvious reasons and went on in

and there it was old blue,I wasnt sure what to think of it at 1st as I walked up,looked almost like it could be in use still,but upon further inspection it was abandoned.

Funny thing before I took this shot is I heard noises coming from the room,probably birds so I stuck my camera in and took the shot expecting to see some ghostly figure or zombie or squatter,but nothing.The mind really races with crazy thoughts when by yourself exploring places

On to the next location I went,the roads in Calimesa are wonderful to drive on.

Popular abandoned

Some time last year I took a trip out to Whitewater,California on family business it is also the time in which I was going crazy with Vsco presets.

On the 60 freeway going though the badlands of California

into the desert 

I stopped at this rest stop after looking on google maps, I realized how photographed this home is,I have a few zoomed in shots too but really hadnt the time to hop the fence and get a look inside.

Randy Rhoads final resting place

Some time last year I found my self in the area of Randy Rhoads so I stopped in to pay my respects to the guitar legend and the surroundings

A wonderful door I thought 

when out photographing a cemetery im always on the look out for angels

While coming up to the Rhoads memorial there were a few gentlemen paying there respect,I talk to them for a moment and said they drove down from Northern California to pay there respect and that one of the gentlemen was associated with Findagrave.com.I left them for a moment and explored abit more to see them taking off,pulled up and took my shots.

The Rhoads Memorial can be found at Mountain view cemetery San Bernardino.

Salton sea Bombay beach abandoned

So today I was going through backup disc and found my Salton sea trip images I thought I had deleted by accident,so within the next few post will be those images shot mid 2013.

Taken with the nikon d5100 and Rokinon 8mm fisheye lens on a tripod and remote shutter

                                  wildlife

The crunchy sands,not sands but bones of the salton sea,lots of fish bone line the sea for a crunchy walk

Sadly with the drought California is in,a friend at tawnidoll photography recently photographed Bombay and to my surprise you can almost walk up to the post the birds are sitting on

More from bombay beach to follow more abandoned more forgotten.

Watts tower

I finally made to watts tower been on my bucket list for sometime tho I went on spur of the moment to find they were closed open only fri-sun different times.Tho there was plenty to photograph and still a wonderful site to behold.

Bobs big boy

Up the street from where I live I tend to pass this autoshop who has this big boy with a tire and always want to get a shot,well I finally did yesterday on my way to visit Hermosa gardens to see (US marshal)Morgan Earps resting place,those images to come later in a future post.

Nikon d5100 sigma 18-250 f8 1/250sec ISO100 @250mm processed via lightroom/Alien skin exposure/vsco

Weathered Piano

Piano I found exploring an old town in the desert in Yucca valley

F6.7 1/180sec ISO100 sigma 18-250 at 52mm shot RAW and edited in Lightroom then to Silver efex back to lightroom for final adjustments.

Fairmount Park

Fairmount park Riverside,Ca is a favorite place of mine.

5shot Hdr all taken at f8 ISO100 1/60 1/125 1/250 1/500 1/1000 tripod used edited and batched in Photomatix Pro,then imported to lightroom for final adjustments added Vsco for final effect.