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Post Apocalypse
Post Apocalypse
wyverndragon


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Challenge: Art of 2011 (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon
Location: Outskirts of Redmond, WA
Date: Dec 1, 2011
Aperture: f/4.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/250
Date Uploaded: Mar 4, 2012

 It was a foggy day. Couldn't tell you morning or afternoon. Couldn't tell you what took me to this particular park this day. Can tell you I had a D300 over one shoulder and a converted-to-infrared D80 over the other. This was shot with the '300.

This is a funny park.

It's on the outskirts of a very rich little suburban city (home turf of a lot of Microsoft executives). So it's a huge park way off in the middle of nowhere, but built up as if expecting a million people a day. There's two full-size astroturf soccer fields, a couple baseball diamonds, and a boardwalk walking path that loops over a ridiculous number of wetland acres. All are meticulously cared for.

The park even has its own stoplight to get in and out. It's the only stoplight on an otherwise two-lane country road, and probably the only stoplight in nearly two miles any direction.

Anyway, this shot is from the wetlands. The concrete retaining wall holds in a concrete manufacturing plant. I think it looks like a barricade, the morning after some apocalyptic war.

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 03/21/2012 10:29:22 PM
What park?
 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/19/2012 06:59:48 AM
I'm not a fan of the tilt making the trees not straight. I think if they had been straight it would let my mind get over to that fabulous dreaminess on the right more easily.

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 03/17/2012 11:29:05 AM
love the title... very fitting for the image. nice shot.
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 03/16/2012 12:07:39 PM
I like the mist/fog in this...but for me...the block wall isn't something that appeals to me..no offense
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 03/16/2012 09:01:47 AM
Oh...a topsy-turvy tilt! Love the misty fog!
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