Rich Bar, California on May 23, 1993.
![A Union Pacific westward freight growls downgrade on the former Western Pacific near Rich Bar, California on May 23, 1993. Exposures in the Feather River can be deceiving. Shafts of sun can make the scenes appear brighter to the eye than they really are. A careful use of a handheld meter allowed for exposure of this Kodachrome slide.](https://i0.wp.com/briansolomon.com/trackingthelight/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/UP-wb-in-Feather-River-Canyon-between-Richbar-and-Belden-CA-May-23-1993-Brian-Solomon-230081.jpg?resize=474%2C312)
There’s a certain thrill to photographing in California’s Feather River Canyon. This massive cleft in the Sierra offers numerous vistas with ever changing light around each bend in the river.
It’s easy to follow the railroad west from Keddie (location of the famous Keddie Wye) to beyond Pulga (in the deep lower reaches of the canyon.
The morning of May 23, 1993 was clear and bright; a radiant blue dome capped the canyon walls as the occasional ray of sun penetrated the shadows.
I’d picked up a Union Pacific westbound and followed it on Highway 70. There’s a pull off near Rich Bar where the sun had illuminated a retaining wall, where I made this broadside view with my Nikon F3T on Kodachrome film.
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