Horizontal orientation. This canvas print, framed in a 12× 18 barn wood frame with a natural Danish oil finish hand-crafted by the photographer, is truly unique and one-of-a-kind. Available also as a print only, in three optional sizes and materials.
Just a little to the north of the Malad Gorge unit of Thousand Springs State Park in the Hagerman Valley is a short trail called the Kelton Trail. The trail follows along what once was a small section of the Oregon Trail, where a bridge carried wagons over the Malad River. About ¼ mile north of I-84, the trail and bridge for a time became known as the old Kelton Road, which was used for mail and freight between Kelton Utah, and Boise. There are still visible signs of the embankment where a bridge once existed, and along the roadway there are pieces of broken 19th century glass. On the February morning when I shot this image, I walked the trail in the dark with a headlamp and didn’t see many signs of the historical roadway. I was intent on exploring the river gorge and finding beautiful spots to capture the riverbed and sunrise. The clouds that morning turned shades of pink, red and purple, casting a mauve glow over the scene. In several areas the river has cut deep gorges in the basalt, and in the dark I chose to keep my distance. When I reached this point along the river where I could clearly see the sunrise, I stopped for several images, capturing a gnarly windblown tree that caught my attention.
Horizontal orientation. This canvas print, framed in a 12× 18 barn wood frame with a natural Danish oil finish hand-crafted by the photographer, is truly unique and one-of-a-kind. Available also as a print only, in three optional sizes and materials.
Just a little to the north of the Malad Gorge unit of Thousand Springs State Park in the Hagerman Valley is a short trail called the Kelton Trail. The trail follows along what once was a small section of the Oregon Trail, where a bridge carried wagons over the Malad River. About ¼ mile north of I-84, the trail and bridge for a time became known as the old Kelton Road, which was used for mail and freight between Kelton Utah, and Boise. There are still visible signs of the embankment where a bridge once existed, and along the roadway there are pieces of broken 19th century glass. On the February morning when I shot this image, I walked the trail in the dark with a headlamp and didn’t see many signs of the historical roadway. I was intent on exploring the river gorge and finding beautiful spots to capture the riverbed and sunrise. The clouds that morning turned shades of pink, red and purple, casting a mauve glow over the scene. In several areas the river has cut deep gorges in the basalt, and in the dark I chose to keep my distance. When I reached this point along the river where I could clearly see the sunrise, I stopped for several images, capturing a gnarly windblown tree that caught my attention.
