Another day of howling wind and no fishing (as I said not for me) we spent the day hiking and poking around the Birch Creek country not far from town. Lots of history here, ranch homesteads, Farlin silver mine and smelter and so on...Obviously scenic too...This shot is as it came out the camera...The rest are cropped and tweaked in Lightroom; heavy on the presets...obviously. Hope ya like 'em...
In case you are interested the presets allow you to tweak the look of the photo; in the above photo the settings accentuate the rust and of course gives the entire photo a lot more pop...not for everyone I know but since this is my party...
This old shanty is slowly settling into the sagebrush; the roof is all but long gone; but as this crop shows what's left is still pretty damn plumb, level and square...at least to the extent log construction and minimal hand tools allowed way back when. Can't say how many hard working miners this one housed but since is only about 10wide X 8deep X 6 feet high...sure hope they got along...
Whoever built this one knew what he was doing; note the careful fit of the logs especially around the window frame; the inside even sported a fiberboard ceiling and walls. Evidently someone used it after the mines shut down (hunters) and had big plans for restoring juding the pile of new metal roofing stacked outside; but again judging the broken windows, doors ripped from hinges, ceiling and wall smashed and other signs...a bunch low-life vandal bastards ended those dreams?
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