Vulture Mine, Wickenburg, AZ (GH2)

This location exercises a camera's control of aliasing, morie, and chromatic aberration. On different weekends, a Canon EOS 7D, Panasonic HDC-TM700 and Panasonic DMC-GH2 were used to shoot three separate projects. This is the Panasonic DMC-GH2 result. The GH2 suffered little of the aliasing and morie of the 7D, and none of the TM700 chromatic aberration.

One of finest true ghost towns in the American West, Vulture City grew up around the mine discovered by Henry Wickenburg. Twelve miles southwest of the city that now bears Wickenburg's name, the Vulture Mine and Vulture City once had a population of almost 5,000 souls. Its history was marked by violence and tragedy. Eighteen of Vulture City's former residents swung to eternity at the end of a hangman's noose dangling from the branches of the ancient ironwood tree that still thrives next to the ruins of Henry Wickenburg's old cabin. More died in robberies or through many other acts of terminal lawlessness. A few of those souls are said to haunt the many buildings of the decaying town. (by: Richard Maack)

Panasonic DMC-GH2
Panasonic f4, 7-14mm lens
Gitzo Basalt GT1830 Tripod
Acratech Leveling Base
Manfrotto 700RC2 Head

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Gold Mine
• Ghost Town
• Wickenburg
• Arizona
• History
• Panasonic
• GH2
• DMC-GH2

[superslowdan]

@Photoracer1 Happy to hear you were able to tour, but sad to think it may be closed to the public. It has been a favorite haunt of mine for several years.

Thank you for watching and the good words.

[Photoracer1]

It is with a degree of melancholy that I viewed this. Really outstanding and a good mix of color/black and white, and stills and video. Congrats! The hauntingly sad song by Scott August was a really good choice.

I just returned from the Vulture and was fortunate to get a personal tour of the property last Saturday. The new owners have shut off any tours and have been busy "cleaning" up the property. The old cars are gone and the Assay Office is off limits. Too fragile. Glad you have it here.

[superslowdan]

@cato1974 Thank you for the good words. All clips are just as the camera saw them using Vibrant & +2 Saturation settings.

[cato1974]

Beautifully done...any post color grading? Looking at adding this lens to my kit.. very impressive.

[superslowdan]

@jkabuyah Vegas Pro 9. Thank you for your interest.

[jkabuyah]

Quite interesting. Great video. what edditing software did you use?