{"id":5791,"date":"2014-03-09T04:48:26","date_gmt":"2014-03-09T08:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=5791"},"modified":"2014-03-09T05:19:29","modified_gmt":"2014-03-09T09:19:29","slug":"daily-post-union-pacific-feather-river-canyon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/daily-post-union-pacific-feather-river-canyon\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily Post: Union Pacific Feather River Canyon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Rich Bar, California on May 23, 1993.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5789\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5789\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/2014\/03\/09\/daily-post-union-pacific-feather-river-canyon\/up-wb-in-feather-river-canyon-between-richbar-and-belden-ca-may-23-1993-brian-solomon-230081\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5789\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5789\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/daily-post-union-pacific-feather-river-canyon\/up-wb-in-feather-river-canyon-between-richbar-and-belden-ca-may-23-1993-brian-solomon-230081\/\" data-orig-file=\"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?fit=750%2C494\" data-orig-size=\"750,494\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"UP wb in Feather River Canyon between Richbar and Belden CA May 23 1993 Brian Solomon 230081\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;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. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"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?fit=709%2C466\" data-large-file=\"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?fit=474%2C312\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5789\" alt=\"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. \" src=\"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\" width=\"474\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"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?w=750 750w, 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=205%2C135 205w, 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=709%2C466 709w, 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=455%2C300 455w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">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. The careful use of a handheld meter allowed for ideal exposure of this Kodachrome slide.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There\u2019s a certain thrill to photographing in California\u2019s Feather River Canyon. This massive cleft in the Sierra offers numerous vistas with ever changing light around each bend in the river.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019d picked up a Union Pacific westbound and followed it on Highway 70. 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It&#8217;s easy to follow the railroad west from Keddie (location of the famous Keddie Wye) to beyond Pulga &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/daily-post-union-pacific-feather-river-canyon\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Daily Post: Union Pacific Feather River Canyon<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[10],"tags":[4537,80,1057,7535,280],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"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?fit=750%2C494","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BVuC-1vp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5791"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5791"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5791\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5878,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5791\/revisions\/5878"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}