Some more old stuff...

Some old cars in Chitina. This little town was built in 1910 to service the copper-carrying trains running between Cordova and McCarthy.



This is part of the old railroad track. Between 1906 and 1938, $220 million worth of copper ore was moved on this track.



This is part of the Kennecott copper mine



Closer to home, this is the Independence Mine in Hatcher Pass. Between 1938 and 1951 34,416 ounces of gold was extracted from this mine.



This one I call "1964." This is one of the few remaining structures from the old Portage townsite along the Alaska Railroad. The townsite was built in 1947 with a hotel, train station and permanent residents. As a result of the Good Friday quake, the ground level dropped 8 feet, and the town was buried in tidal silt. I moved up here in 1975 and have watched this little cabin drop further and further into the ground every year. I finally stopped to get a picture of it this weekend, because one of these years it will be gone.




There's nothing so certain as change.

the last 2. I like the story behind the '64 earthquake one, but I also like the old railroad set against the green hills in the last one. It's a really nice POV. They are all winners in my book though! Any one would be great!

How ya doin'? That last one, especially, must look pretty familiar to you, huh?

It's almost like I am at home again. Not sure I'm going to be able to find anything "old" in LA. They tear stuff down around here once it reaches the 20 year mark!

I'd like the first one more if you sliced and diced it up a bit with a crop. Perspective on the 3rd one is awesome, but my fave is #4. I love the balance of the photo. Did I tell you I've been reading too much lately.
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Oh yea.... those photos from Hope on the other thread? Fantastic exposures. You're pickin' up this photoumgraphicallistic stuff on the fast track.
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Leave out one of the cars? The flowers? Or just take some off the edges?

The house and debris on the left were distracting, and there was a bit too much "other irrelevant stuff" around the edges (foliage, road). This version, to my eyes, puts the two cars into some kind of relationship, and the flowers add a counterpoint to the rust.
(The photos in the series are all nice, with good color and texture and composition - this being the only one that needed (imho) some tweaking.)

Yea. Like that. The flowers make the photo IMHO.

For some reason, 3 points of interest works better than 1,2,4,5,6 ...

The flowere, the cars, they are nice subjects in their own rights, but they work together very nicely.

I just didn't want to lose the flowers. :)

Love the perspective of it, and though I like the earthquake house, too, the mine photo just seemed to grab me more. Great shots!

cars with the crop but I really really like number 3 and 4. Something old is going to be a very hard contest for voters.