[Leica] IMG: Bay Area Wild

[crbirchenhall at googlemail.com (Christopher Birchenhall)]

Richard

I really enjoyed this sequence; I am sure the prints are better still.

Thanks for showing, Chris B

On 03/06/07, Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote:
> Within a few miles of Google, Yahoo!, Sun, and even the iconic NASA
> Hangar One airship structure, lies some of the vestige of wild
> abundance in the Silicon Valley. The Bay Area Marsh land were turned
> into salt ponds and landfills as the area was developed, driving a
> few species into near extinction. Fortunately, a number of the salt
> ponds have been returned and hopefully will become wild life refuge again.
>
> This is the first set of pictures from the Don Edward Wildlife
> Refuge. More to come. Plus a ghost town in the heart of the Silicon
> Valley? Coming soon, also pictures of Drawbridge. A no man's land
> then where the authority dared not enter, and a no man's land now as
> it slowly sinking into the bay.
>
> Just across from the bay, within sights of the power towers, the
> Dumbarton bridge, is the start of the trail:
> http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=9087
>
> The slough and marshes are connected by wooden bridges:
> http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=9088
>
> http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=9089
>
> The lighting on this picture is exquisite, unfortunately not easily
> shown on a small web pic:
> http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=9090
>
> http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=9091
>
> // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly,
> please use richard at imagecraft.com)
>
>
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