Leon Turnbull Photography

Back to our Lee Vining trip a couple weeks ago. We spent most of the afternoon on Saturday in Bodie ghost town along with tons of other people. It was probably one of the busiest days there of the year. It is definitely an incredibly interesting ghost town, and there are tons of things to see and photograph there. But personally, I have a very hard time photographing Bodie. Mostly, I think because it is not where my main interests lie, photographically speaking. I prefer natural (not man-made) landscapes. Plus, the light was very harsh, and there were too many other people around. So for these reasons, I find Bodie very challenging to photograph. I do want to do better here though, and return when conditions are more favourable.

The first place we went is the cemetary, because we missed it when we were here last time. The cemetary is out of the way from the main section of Bodie, and not as many people venture out to it. I found this angel rather interesting. It is on the grave of a 3 year old girl that was killed accidentally from a miner’s ax.