Alameda Point Photo Shoot

Abandoned Barracks

Barrels

Beams and Shadows

Peeling Paint

Pipe Loop

Rusted Trailer

Visiting Planes

Beams and Shadows

Door 10

Falling Balcony

I have always been fascinated by the strange beauty of abandoned and deteriorating places, from the carefully preserved ruins of famous sites like Pompei to the now closed Alameda Naval Air Station, now renamed Alameda Point.  Here are some images I'd like to share.  I hope you enjoy them.

Bentley Hood Ornament

Taken at the Jack London Car Show, Oakland, CA

SS Algol at Alameda Point - Alameda, CA

Memorial Day - Remembering the Sacrifices of America's Veterans

Rainbow Cloud Over South Shore Center - Alameda, CA

Natural rainbow formation.  Photo not enhanced aside from slight adjustment of exposure and cropping.   Taken with my iPhone.  If anyone knows what this phenomenon is called please let me know.  I've never seen a cloud formation like this.

Preservation Hall - New Orleans

Where America's Music is Preserved.

50's Roadtrip

Another photo from the Jack London Auto Show.  If you were a kid in the 50's or 60's you probably remember those family vacations in your Dad's American highway cruiser.  Teasing your younger brother or sister until your Dad yelled "don't make me stop this car and come back there."  Whining "when are we gonna get there?"  This detail of the rear wing window of a classic Dodge evokes a lost time when families could still afford to pack up the kids and hit the road.