"Passed Over by Time", Drawbridge, California, Nikon F3HP, Fuji Sensia

Drawbridge is a ghost town in the East Bay near Fremont. It was a booming gaming town in the 1930's. It was accessible only by train, and after the prohibition ended, the town fell into disuse. I heard that many of the cabins were used for hunting for a while. Over time, the marshy land began to reclaim the old cabins. Gail and I went on a guided photo outing one day to visit Drawbridge. Unless you like to photograph old, rotting buildings with not a lot of character or acres of marshy grassland, it was a challenge to find something interesting to shoot. I decided to show the contrast between the old and new here by waiting for the Amtrak train to get to the right spot behind this old half-submerged house.

--Warren