Bonanza Gulch, El Paso Mountains.
I don't know what this building was used for, but Bonanza Gulch was once the site of a small town, complete with its own post office. Only crumbling ruins remain today.
Hobbyists still probe the surrounding hills with metal detectors.
Photographic information:
Shutter speed: 1/250th of a second.
Aperture: f. 14
Notice that the creosote and the hills in the background are slightly blurred, while the doorway in the foreground is in sharp focus. Had I used a smaller aperture setting (say f. 22), the subjects in the background would have been in focus, as well. But, I wanted the photograph to show that many people are forgetting that this area was once untamed wilderness - this fact is fading out of memory.
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