The Graveyard at Rhyolite, Nevada - 2007

Posted by Craig (Vacaville, California, United States) on 20 February 2007 in Landscape & Rural.

Just outside Death Valley National Park is the ghost town of Rhyolite. What is a trip to a ghost town without visiting the graveyard? This iron fence still couldn't protect the blank headstone from years of weather.

Technical note: Solarization filter used.

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Comments (14)

Bronnie from Christchurch, New Zealand

Love the effect of the filter, really brings out the ghost town look!

20 Feb 2007 3:56am

Daroru from Osaka, Japan

Fantastic grainy image.

20 Feb 2007 4:37am

Sylvia from Milano, Italy

Great image, conveying emptiness and death and also 'stillness'--really like the black and white work.

20 Feb 2007 8:55am

Francis from Hong Kong

Love the contrast and the sepia again. Simple but powerful.

20 Feb 2007 9:48am

Jen from Jessup, United States

Love the effect! Feels kind of creepy and halloweenish!

20 Feb 2007 10:04am

Philip Putnam from Bedford, United States

Great stark feel to this. Nicely done. And nice post work.

20 Feb 2007 11:56am

Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada

A very apt photo for the Death Valley area. Nice work!

20 Feb 2007 12:00pm

Dawn Sutherland from Phoenix, United States

Love the color and filter effect, gives it the spooky feel it deserves!

20 Feb 2007 12:08pm

MontereyJohn from California, United States

Technical question... what the heck is a solraization filter? :) Sounds like a PP thing, or is it a camera filter. As you can see, I'm not afraid to show my ignorance.

BTW, nice shot!

20 Feb 2007 2:22pm

@MontereyJohn: Hi John! Thanks for your comments. The solorization filter I'm refering to is a Photoshop Plug-in (Nic Color Efx Pro 2.0). I've been having a blast with it ever since Craig Persel told me about it. Note: you can download a demo of this program to see if you like it before you buy it.