Bodie Ghost Town State Park, North East California
Bodie State Park is located between Mono
Lake and Bridgeport, California, northeast of Yosemite National
Park. It is accessed from route 395, the main north-south
passageway in the eastern sierra mountains. The dry, desert
climate has preserved this gold mining town quite well, and it is
well worth visiting. My visit was in August 2000.
All panoramas taken in Bodie were with
my Canon EOS Elan camera and Canon IS lenses or L-series lenses.
Many were taken on tripod to eliminate distortion, and allowing both
extreme resolution and accurate stitching.
Click on the
thumbnail images below to see a larger version of the image.
Panorama BSP1:
Weathered Wood and Metal
Copyright (c) 2003 by Eric C. Anderson
All Rights Reserved
The full image is over 6800 x 3000
pixels, or 59 MB in size, and the detail of wood grain and metalwork
is amazing. This was captured with my L-series 17-35 mm zoom
lens. Because of the super wide angle required, I had a real
problem getting the stitching to work correctly. I was using
PowerStitch for this image.
Panorama BSP2:
Bodie Town!
Copyright (c) 2003 by Eric C. Anderson
All Rights Reserved
This is a telephoto panorama of the
entire town, taken from one of the approach roads. This is a
cropped and resized version of the full size image of over 10800 x
2800 pixels - 88.9 MB in size! While you can't see it here,
there are several people standing in the doorway of the church, and
their single child sitting on the steps. This image has
incredible detail of the buildings, and gives you a good idea of
what the town looks like from afar.
