"Telephone Booth in the Forest"

"Telephone Booth in the Forest" by Joel Addams

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA

It was hard to pass up this illuminated telephone booth in the middle of the forest a little while back.  Admittedly, you always think a bear is creeping up on you when you are standing outside in the black night of the forest photographing a telephone booth.  Alas, no bear.  But it was cold.  Why this Pacific Bell telephone booth is still standing and illuminated is beyond me.  I think I photographed it because of its message…absurdity or loneliness or whatever.  And I like naturally dark edges on my images.  All of these combined to make this image interesting to me.  Enough to risk the bears and the cold for awhile.

Camera: Canon 5DMarkII
Lens: Canon 50 mm f/1.2
Settings: ISO2000, f/1.2, 1/25th of a second
Filters:  B + W UV Filter
Other: Handheld

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