All That Remains II
This is a follow-up post to All that Remains, primarily because the former didn’t include images of what actually remains on the site. There’s one other section of low wall and another hydrant, but that’s all that is visible from the access I have now. I still haven’t been able to make direct contact with the landowner, who apparently resides in Texas, but I’m getting closer. Can’t wait to just stroll around this place someday…maybe.
Note on the second image - it’s a very rare instance where I used flash. Natural light, even when there seems to be little or none, is far more pleasurable to me than flash/fill/fake light. That’s not to say there isn’t a place for it; the main reason I don’t use flash is because I’m a landscape photographer and the lighting of a large scale scene just isn’t feasible. Also, it seems appropriate to cast nature in a natural light, but maybe that’s the traditionalist in me. My preferred method is a longer exposure with dodging and burning when necessary, but I figured I could get away with it today because the subject is man-made.
Interesting. And funny in a way. When we do that in Europe, we normally do it with places thousands of years old
Interesting nevertheless. In fact, what makes Roman ruins interesting, is mostly that we know they are that old, not the way they look. Well, mostly. There are soem of them that are incredibly impressive by themselves, but they are few. Overall decay is decay. Nice place to explore. Hope we’ll see more.
Hey Andreas, thanks for stopping back in. I remember being high above the river at the edge of Vyšehrad in Prague staring at a wall build by the Romans, my mind ablaze with time and history. Even in an ancient city I found myself captivated by old, crumbling stones…and likely for the very reason you submitted - simply that we know they’re that old. We don’t have much in the way of ‘comparative scale’ here in the US, but the history we have is plenty colorful…especially out here in the Old West neck of things. One famous character to be a regular at Hunters Hot Springs was John Johnston, I’ll send you a link… Thanks again for your comment.