JJ_MacCrimmon ([info]jj_maccrimmon) wrote in [info]abandonedplaces,
@ 2008-03-24 08:02:00
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Entry tags:abandoned place, commercial, pacific coast us, photography

Abandoned Places - The Salton Sea thru a child's eyes
Back in January, we conducted our second SoCal Abandoned trip. The target for this trip was the Salton Sea and the abandoned resorts and communities around the north and east side of the water. While I've been woefully slow in processing and posting my images, I have uploaded my son's photos from in and around the North Shore Yacht Club and the Bombay Beach ruins. Did I mention, Chris is 8?





Yacht Club Harbor






Inside the Yacht Club Building


A panorama of Bombay Beach west of the dike


Looking towards town

My photos will start coming out this week from that trip


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[info]blackrayne
2008-03-24 03:08 pm UTC (link)
Nice! I especially like the first one with the buried slide.

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[info]jj_maccrimmon
2008-03-24 03:09 pm UTC (link)
My little boy has got a really good eye.

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[info]blackrayne
2008-03-24 07:00 pm UTC (link)
Indeed he does. What kind of camera is he using?

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[info]jj_maccrimmon
2008-03-24 07:08 pm UTC (link)
His sister gave him her old Kodak 5.1 M-pixel EasyShare digital camera at Yule. It's got a good zoom and nice clarity (when he remembers to clean the lens :).

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[info]blackrayne
2008-03-24 07:30 pm UTC (link)
The Kodak EasyShare's are pretty decent... my daughter (just turned 12) has one, though she has a bad habit of leaving it in the worst places (usually on the floor). I need to get her a bag to store/carry it in so maybe she will remember to take it along and use it more often.

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[info]jj_maccrimmon
2008-03-24 07:36 pm UTC (link)
He's gotten very very good at keeping it in the belt case that I'd gotten to got with it. The camera is now also attached to a long lanyard so he doesn't drop it (much). His only problem is occassionally forgetting to have me download it or failing to get fresh batteries.

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[info]kadath
2008-03-24 03:09 pm UTC (link)
The buried slide is great. It took a second to register, and then, damn! Good shot, Chris.

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[info]jj_maccrimmon
2008-03-24 03:10 pm UTC (link)
Heh heh heh, he got to photograph it then play on it. I'm always pleased with the unusual perspectives he sees.

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[info]deadlylittlej
2008-03-24 03:20 pm UTC (link)
amazing pictures ... i loved the fish ... lol

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[info]jj_maccrimmon
2008-03-24 07:20 pm UTC (link)
:) The good thing is that the area didn't smell too much of dead fish. The Salton is well known for large fish kills and horribly smells.

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[info]deadlylittlej
2008-03-24 08:29 pm UTC (link)
wow i just realized that it was your son who took these pictures - amazing!!!

Oh I like the smell of dead fish, don't ask. I'm weird. . . Fish markets are my favorite.

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[info]aquariumdrink_r
2008-03-24 03:28 pm UTC (link)
wow, he's got some definite talent there! i hope he keeps up with it :) these are great pictures.

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[info]jj_maccrimmon
2008-03-24 07:15 pm UTC (link)
I'm trying to keep in interested and keep it fun for him. I'm certainly hoping he'll stay interested and excited about his photography. His sister was shooting that day as well, but she posts her photos just to her Deviant Art account.

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[info]landverhuizer
2008-03-24 04:23 pm UTC (link)
The playground and the fish! Very disturbing clarity with the fish (what is going on there anyhow?).... only until this year have I come to learn about the Salton Sea after seeing some pictures in this group (am canadian eh)

It is quite a thing to see the sand eating up a playground you can still imagine children playing in.

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[info]jj_maccrimmon
2008-03-24 07:13 pm UTC (link)
It looks as though someone had caught the fish and was getting ready to carry them out (string through the eyes / heads), then changed their minds. There's a large number of migrant encampments in the hills overlooking the Salton. My guess is someone interupted the fisherman or they were told the fish were contaminated.

The playground there was very surreal in how good a shape it was in versus nearly being buried.

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[info]eightwednesday
2008-03-24 04:48 pm UTC (link)
That was a pretty badass day. I'm glad I was there :) Chris did a very good job with the pictures!

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[info]jj_maccrimmon
2008-03-24 07:17 pm UTC (link)
These ones weren't even retouched, just resized and boom. He did a nice job and he appreciates the comments from everyone :). I have to say it was certainly a great day.

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[info]atreyu452
2008-03-24 06:39 pm UTC (link)
You should be so proud of your son! He's got some real talent there.

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[info]jj_maccrimmon
2008-03-24 07:18 pm UTC (link)
Thank you. He's been shooting along-side his big sister and I on these hunts for a couple years now. They both keep getting better and better.

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[info]chemica1_smi1e
2008-03-24 08:03 pm UTC (link)
i grew up in salton sea... i love these.

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[info]hoobertz
2008-03-24 08:38 pm UTC (link)
Very nice photos !! I love the Mickey Mouse one.

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[info]under_the_bed
2008-03-25 12:43 am UTC (link)
did you hang out in borrego springs? i love that place.

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[info]jj_maccrimmon
2008-03-25 01:12 am UTC (link)
Sadly, no we didn't make it thru there. It was a 3.5 hour drive for me to swing thru LA, pick up one person and then get to the meet-up site. We spent close to 5 hours in the three areas we explored and photographed. Given that, we kinda ran out of time and even more importantly daylight.

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[info]prairiesong
2008-03-25 01:56 am UTC (link)
That Mickey Mouse is creepy! I'll seocnd (third? twentieth?) everyone here --good shots.

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[info]jj_maccrimmon
2008-03-25 02:37 am UTC (link)
Thank you from Chris. This is the kind of encouragement he can always use to keep working at his photography.

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[info]evilbeard
2008-03-25 04:23 am UTC (link)
god I miss those metal submarines.

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[info]jettcat
2008-03-25 06:12 am UTC (link)
LOVE the submarine in the 1st photo!

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