Vertical orientation. Canvas prints are available with optional barnwood or hardwood floating frames hand-crafted by the photographer, making a truly unique and one-of-a-kind piece of art. Please see images for details.
North of Shoshone Idaho lies the Black Magic Canyon; a unique slot canyon carved through smooth basalt rock years ago by the Big Wood River. The smooth basalt came from the Shoshone Lava Flow and is unusually dark black in color. During the spring and summer, the canyon is not accessible, as irrigation water flows through it throughout the season, but in fall and winter one can climb into the canyon and maneuver over and around the beautiful carved black rock. In late November 2025, I stopped here on the way home from a photo excursion to Silver Creek Preserve. The sky had been overcast all morning but was finally clearing by mid-afternoon, so the lighting was still interesting. I spent a couple of hours capturing images and enjoying the magnificent carved stone. The angle of the sun seemed unusually low, and the sunbeams cast a warm yellow glow on part of the canyon floor, contrasting with the cold shaded areas. Before I left the canyon, the sky was almost entirely clear, and it was very bright at midday. In this image, I positioned the camera so that the sun was partially blocked, forming a small sun star, with several sun flares throughout the frame.
Vertical orientation. Canvas prints are available with optional barnwood or hardwood floating frames hand-crafted by the photographer, making a truly unique and one-of-a-kind piece of art. Please see images for details.
North of Shoshone Idaho lies the Black Magic Canyon; a unique slot canyon carved through smooth basalt rock years ago by the Big Wood River. The smooth basalt came from the Shoshone Lava Flow and is unusually dark black in color. During the spring and summer, the canyon is not accessible, as irrigation water flows through it throughout the season, but in fall and winter one can climb into the canyon and maneuver over and around the beautiful carved black rock. In late November 2025, I stopped here on the way home from a photo excursion to Silver Creek Preserve. The sky had been overcast all morning but was finally clearing by mid-afternoon, so the lighting was still interesting. I spent a couple of hours capturing images and enjoying the magnificent carved stone. The angle of the sun seemed unusually low, and the sunbeams cast a warm yellow glow on part of the canyon floor, contrasting with the cold shaded areas. Before I left the canyon, the sky was almost entirely clear, and it was very bright at midday. In this image, I positioned the camera so that the sun was partially blocked, forming a small sun star, with several sun flares throughout the frame.
