Iron Range, part 2: Sparta

I'm continuing to document the area of northern Minnesota in which I grew up.  These were taken back in July during a photo walk through the disappearing town of Sparta.  The light wasn't great and my time was limited, but believe me: this location is a photographer's dream.  I barely scratched the surface of this place.

The shot below was actually taken the day I did my Gilbert photo walk, but the location is actually closer to Sparta so I'm including it here instead:

Iron Range, part 1: Gilbert

File this under my list of ongoing projects. I want to catalogue the old buildings in the small town of Gilbert, Minnesota. I got up early one morning during a recent visit to my parents' house and snapped these before anybody knew I was missing. The plan is to eventually go back for more, hopefully on a cloudier day for the diffused lighting, especially if I'm going to convert to black-and-white anyway. These were all taken with multiple exposures to capture as much detail as possible. Click on them to see the detail.