Extra Frames is a monthly compilation of images captured by Long Beach Post photographers that are, well, extra. The photos were not used in a story for one reason or another but are too good to simply fade into obscurity and languish in the archives, forever unpublished.

An old Queen Mary lifeboat is hoisted up and over the historic ship Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
Volunteers talk to Ronnie Jewell, who is homeless and living in his vehicle, during the annual homeless count in Long Beach Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.
Julian Jeang-Agliardi, 12, left, and his brother Quentin, 10, tag-team a quarter pipe at the new Lincoln Park Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
Mary Misery is seen in the mirror as she gets her body painted as part of her horror makeup by artist Jay Quintana for a photo and video shoot In Long Beach Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova
Julian Jeang-Agliardi skates at the new Lincoln Park Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
Samantha Lokelani wears her red contact lenses as she sits in the makeup artist seat where she will be transformed into Scary Mary for the makeup artist photoshoot In Bellflower on Monday, Jan.31, 2022.
A single-engine plane takes off from Long Beach Airport Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
The expression of Death metal band Kommand vocalist Jesse Sanes at the three-day music festival the California Death Fest in Los Angeles Saturday, Jan.29, 2022.
A great blue heron stands across the channel from a COSCO container ship being loaded at the Long Beach Container Terminal Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
The intense look of Mary Misery after getting her horror makeup done by artist Jay Quintana for a photo and video shoot In Long Beach Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova
A seagull flies past a COSCO container ship at the Long Beach Container Terminal Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. Photo by Brandon Richardson.
A stage light shines on a metalhead as he reacts to the music at the death meta music festival the California Death Fest in Los Angeles Saturday, Jan.29, 2022.
Lifeboats are taken off the Queen Mary with help from a crane in Long Beach Wednesday, Feb.16, 2022. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova
A man gets out of a spinning chair while children play at the new Lincoln Park in Downtown Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. Photo by Brandon Richardson.