Heath O’Fee

I've never been good at writing these 'bio' things. So instead of a boring paragraph about me, here's a list of things I like:

- my amazing wife
- my adorable daughter
- my dog
- coffee
- beer
- bourbon
- film (that stuff you get developed in a lab)
- Kraft Dinner
- The Dark Knight movies
- TV (like, a lot of it)
- Apple products
- chips (every flavour except ketchup. gross.)
- taking pictures

If you share any of my interests or would just like to chat about photography, fire me a message and we can talk. I'd like nothing more than to be able to share my passion for photography with you and your loved ones.

Heath

Salton Sea – Decay

Since I still have quite a few shots from Southern California to share, I thought I’d return to my vintage ‘Salton Sea’ series this week. I really enjoy going through these images, and I’m excited to share another 4 or 5 of them with you.

Now, I apologize in advance if anyone is grossed out by the image below, but this is a common scene on the shores of the Salton Sea. As the salinity in the lake has risen over the years, a number of species of fish have started to die off. The result is what you see below…shorelines absolutely littered with dead and decaying fish. It’s really quite sad.

Canon EOS 50D, Sigma 10-20mm f/3.5, 17mm, F 11, ISO 100, 1/160 sec

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February 28, 2011 - 7:18 am

Adam Olson - Wow! That’s horrible, all of those fish…Great image depicting the decay!

February 28, 2011 - 7:20 am

Tom Baker - Great capture Heath. Agree the fish are kind of horrible, but they make the shot.

February 28, 2011 - 7:29 am

Jonas - great shot, i love the tones. but the fish is really creepy. smells like hell or?

February 28, 2011 - 7:35 am

Scott Ackerman - Agreed, great tone! Good capture. Didn’t even notice the fish at first, the posts and horizon caught my eye initially.

February 28, 2011 - 7:41 am

Brian Matiash - Love it – I am digging the shared style of this series that you’re posting. This shot, in particular, reminds me of a shot I recently took on Staten Island as part of my hi-key Black & White series.

Really well done, man.

February 28, 2011 - 7:44 am

Mike Olbinski - Wow…brutal reality. Fantastic image.

February 28, 2011 - 7:53 am

Jesse Pafundi - Salton Sea is back! Sometimes the images that show the sad reality of the world are the most powerful. This is no exception.

February 28, 2011 - 8:06 am

Chris Jones - Wow very cool shot.

February 28, 2011 - 10:09 am

Toad Hollow Photography - Wow, that’s really something else. I feel it’s really important to capture these events as they occur, great documentation here Heath. Love this image, albeit a touch on the creepy side, but I totally get it my friend. Great work.

February 28, 2011 - 10:14 am

Chris Lazzery - Nice shot. Really liking the comp.

February 28, 2011 - 10:34 am

Wayne Frost - Your image is what I always see when ever I think of the Salton Sea, Heath. A variation of it has been burned in to my memory since first visiting the area fifty odd years ago.

February 28, 2011 - 10:55 am

Chris Kenison - Great shot, Heath! Loving the mood you’ve set.

February 28, 2011 - 11:00 am

Heather - This picture is cool! I think the location would actually make a cool horror movie location. And the fish should be zombie fish in said horror movie.

February 28, 2011 - 2:37 pm

Mark Blundell - yup – that’s a pretty sad image, but that’s just how things are I suppose. You’ve toned it very well – really like the muted yellow / sandy colour throughout.

February 28, 2011 - 3:57 pm

murphyz - Aw man…I was checking out the image in detail before reading the post; what I first thought were pebbles turned out to be fish – that was a bit of a shock! Now I see them floating in the water too…that is pretty sad (and a little creepy). Nice capture.

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Salton Sea – Decay