Lawyers Canyon Creek Trestle

[Bob_Faucher]

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Image Description

In order to cross Lawyer’s Canyon and other Camas Prairie gorges, a series of high railroad bridges was built in 1908. Most were timber. This structure is 1500 feet long and 296 feet high.
Since fire is always a danger with wooden trestles and bridges, this one was constructed with well-spaced concrete partitions to prevent the uncontrollable spread of a fire, should one occur.

Technical Details

Canon EOS 5D IV; Canon EF 16+35mm @ 33mm; f/8 @ 1/500 sec, ISO 400; Gitzo tripod; RRS BH 55; remote trigger

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[Dennis_Plank]

Very cool, Bob. I think this might have been more effective if it were possible to get down the slop a little further and raise the road bed above the horizon in the image. I was down this road a few times many years ago, but somehow missed this turnout.

[Bob_Faucher]

Thank you @Dennis_Plank for your comments and suggestion to shoot from a lower perspective. I found that dropping down the hill resulted in the trees/shrubs on the lowest part of the little hill began to cover the base of the bridge supports. I got as low as possible yet maintain the entire pillars. After all, it is a picture of the bridge. Removing the thin strip of the horizon above the bridge bed is fairly straightforward, but I do not find it to be distracting.