Past the crack and the cascades you reach the main event of the hike and for photography, the Subway itself, the tunnel shaped formation that gives the hike it’s name.
A semi circular tube that snakes along for a few hundred metres has been hewn out of the rock by Left Fork Creek, which you walk along (and through) as the towering cliffs close in above you.
The subway | Left Fork Creek
At certain times of the day, the sun hits these high canyon walls, reflecting back down into the Subway and illuminating it along one side. This added to the deep blue pools creates some ethereal light inside the Subway. Subdued yet bright, rich yet dull, seemingly all at once.
The subway looks small, but the formation is around 15ft high, and at the opening of the chamber the canyon walls vault up a couple of hundred feet above you. You are a literal ant in comparison.
I took this whilst standing ankle deep in water, but my Solomons kept me bone dry. I always see shots framed historically landscape from the Subway, so tried opted for a portrait framed image, composing around one of the mini waterfalls to the back of the Subway formation.
Tunnel of light | Subway, Left Fork Creek
Whilst there I met Ed Margiewicz, unlike Ed’s previous three trips to the Subway, we were fortunate enough to catch the light reflecting off the canyon walls, illuminating the curvature of the Subway.
It’s a special place. Demanding physically, but worth every step for the sight at the end.
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This picture is awesome. Like a modern Monet painting.
Thanks!
To be compared to Monet, might be a bit of a stretch, but i’ll take it!
But seriously, it was all the light on the day, it just came together, all I did was press the shutter
Everyone of the photos are superb.
However the Subway ones really take first prize. Truly AWESOME!!. Cannot separate the two though. All in all magical stuff.
Well done.