Ferndale
The ol’ historic town of Ferndale is full of victorian houses while maintaining a wild wild west feel. Pretty cool little place. I had a bit of fun with this image, merging black and white with color and adding a fractally touch.
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Where is this town at? It looks beautiful !! Great shot !
Thank you! Well, it’s off of 101 in Northern Cali close to Eureka.
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- Dan.
I’m flattered :) Thanks Dan!
It does look like the old west! What a great shot Amber. I love the mood you created with the semi-black and white. That combined with the fact that there is no one around makes it feel like a show down is about to happen! Very cool.
Thanks Mike :) It was strange that the place was so vacant. I think these little touristy towns whave been hit hard by the economy. The semi-bw seemed so appropriate…
Did you scare everyone away ??. lol. I can just picture you strolling down main street all Wyatt Earp stylie, looking for Billy the Squid. ;)
Mind you, if nothing else, at least you managed to shoot a nice scene. :)
I was ready for a fight but I think I scared everyone off as soon as I stepped out of the saloon ;) Ah well…
Very cool. It has been many many years since I have been there. The cars are different, but the street looks the same! Oh, it looks like there is new paint down the middle of the road. :)
Awesome capture with the dramatic clouds and tones. It really captures the sleepiness of the place as well.
Thanks Sean. It really was a sleepy little place. I loved the charming victorian houses :)
I do like the image but I agree with Brian as it looks a bit strange being so deserted. Like you are looking at a ghost town after some world-wide disaster. Chills….
Yeah… I know :( I think the disaster was the economy. All the store owners seemed desperate for our business and no one else seemed to be around. Although… it was a monday.
Those clouds are ominous. Looks like it might have been raining as well. I like it.
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Thanks! You are so right. I took this shot between rain spells :)
Great shot Amber, i love it !
Thanks so much Olivier :)
Nice, I like the old time feel with the bright yellow lines.
Thank you Lynn :)
Great shot Amber, I like the treatment you applied here. The clouds add a nice feel too.
Thanks COnsuelo. It was raining buckets this day so the clouds were particularly onimous.
Very interesting shot. I like the limited use of color. Good one!
Thanks Dad!
Wow…I like this picture very much! Buildings and cloud I feel like I can smell the air.
Thanks girlfriend! :))
Oooh, I LOVE this shot, Amber. The yellow line draws you through the photo. Really nice PP on this, too.
Thanks Dave! Glad you like it. It was a fun scene to play with :)
Amber, that yellow stripe in the road looks awesome!! Great shot!!!
Thanks so much Pete!
Great shot Amber! I like this a lot.
Thanks so much Tom
Aaaah I love the victorian Style! Great location to shoot and u DID as I can see, tell me, no hdr? However, cool treatment! Happy w-end!
Ooooh…if I am honest I DID use a little HDR here. Just on the buildings though. Thanks J :)
Amber this post was mine “Great shot Amber! I like this a lot.”
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Oh that is strange. Sorry about that. Thank you Olivier :)
Funny – we have a Ferndale here which is what I thought of immediately on seeing the title of this post, but this town looks nothing like the one I am familiar with! :-) Add some art-deco cafe’s, trendy restaurants, and you might be getting close.
I like your processing of this.
Oooh your Ferndale sounds much cooler ;) Thank Mark!
Love the processing and feel – bleakly beautiful.
Thank you Bri :)