DirtyGlassEye
Trekking the tracks
Welp, 250th post. 25% of the way to a required subscription paywall (flickr pro). It's gonna happen eventually and I'm not too excited about it. But until then I'm more then happy to keep telling stories and find creativity through photos for FREE.
I know I just did this in Oregon as well, train tracks are leading line shots just waiting to happen, everywhere. Further south in the Swirly Canyons in Central Idaho (which in the northern foothills I got my landscape shot I already posted) this train track runs on the opposite side of the river from the scenic highway. Considering how well this forested mountain looked even with some fall colors remaining, I was constantly looking for places to pull off, at the same time I still had to to rush north to Lewiston to shoot lights that same night, there was very little wiggle room for time.
While I was pulled over in Smiths Ferry (I was only able to find that info from a phone shot I saved, I would never be able to geotag this without it), I could just barely make out a random tunnel across the way. I gave in and turned around, crossed the Payette and began trekking. It's been awfully quiet on this side of the canyon and not much has come by, and I found the reason why; the track is out of commission (at least for now), there was a rock slide further into the foliage around the bend (you can see it in this shot).
After shooting from the front, I moved through it and saw what it looked like from the back. Liked this angle more cause I didn't have to deal with a sky (which I'll gladly duck out of whenever possible), plus this angle brought more color. I was all too enthusiastic to emphasize on that in editing without making it look unnatural. The geologic structure of the tunnel also had a couple colors of it's own so I went in on that as well. It looks like a gateway to the west almost (no small callback to Gateway Arch). So Europe/Asia, gaze upon the might of the American wilderness, tremble before its splendor, its command, its resolve! USA!
Trekking the tracks
Welp, 250th post. 25% of the way to a required subscription paywall (flickr pro). It's gonna happen eventually and I'm not too excited about it. But until then I'm more then happy to keep telling stories and find creativity through photos for FREE.
I know I just did this in Oregon as well, train tracks are leading line shots just waiting to happen, everywhere. Further south in the Swirly Canyons in Central Idaho (which in the northern foothills I got my landscape shot I already posted) this train track runs on the opposite side of the river from the scenic highway. Considering how well this forested mountain looked even with some fall colors remaining, I was constantly looking for places to pull off, at the same time I still had to to rush north to Lewiston to shoot lights that same night, there was very little wiggle room for time.
While I was pulled over in Smiths Ferry (I was only able to find that info from a phone shot I saved, I would never be able to geotag this without it), I could just barely make out a random tunnel across the way. I gave in and turned around, crossed the Payette and began trekking. It's been awfully quiet on this side of the canyon and not much has come by, and I found the reason why; the track is out of commission (at least for now), there was a rock slide further into the foliage around the bend (you can see it in this shot).
After shooting from the front, I moved through it and saw what it looked like from the back. Liked this angle more cause I didn't have to deal with a sky (which I'll gladly duck out of whenever possible), plus this angle brought more color. I was all too enthusiastic to emphasize on that in editing without making it look unnatural. The geologic structure of the tunnel also had a couple colors of it's own so I went in on that as well. It looks like a gateway to the west almost (no small callback to Gateway Arch). So Europe/Asia, gaze upon the might of the American wilderness, tremble before its splendor, its command, its resolve! USA!