Skeletal | Feb. 14, 2013 | 4:27pm | Bannack Ghost Town, Montana | f/5.6 | 1/80 | Canon EOS Rebel T3
This was the spookiest thing I encountered at Bannack Ghost Town by far. It appears to be a cross-section of a bone. It was about five inches across, so it was far too large to be human, but what made it spooky to me was the partial exoskeleton of the bee clinging to the left edge. It reminded me of the opening sequence of the television show Ghost Whisperer. Suiting, no? I should also add I found this in the windowsill of the yellow-door house where several children supposedly died while in quarantine for illness.
Locked Away | Feb. 14, 2013 | 4:20pm | Bannack Ghost Town, Montana | f/5.6 | 1/125 | Canon EOS Rebel T3
I wonder how secure these old door handles were. I didn’t think to look at the time, but I wonder if you can actually see through the locks, because I read that frequently in books. That never made sense to me as a child since modern locks certainly cannot be seen through.
Skeleton Key
This is an experimental Abstract macro. I blended “Skeletal” with “Locked Away” using the Linear Light blending mode. The texture of the bone lends an interesting surreal look to the lock.