Tunnel to Wonderland
by Mike Lee
Title
Tunnel to Wonderland
Artist
Mike Lee
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
On a mid-autumn morning after a nice little dusting of snow I decided to take a walk on the Bizz Johnson Trail in the Susan River Canyon. “The Bizz,” as it’s known by us locals, is part of the Rails to Trails Conservancy (railstotrails.org) which promotes using defunct railroad grades as hiking, biking, riding trails across the nation. It runs from Westwood California down to Susanville California, a bit over 20 miles, much of it right along the shore of the beautiful Susan River.
I walked from the Devil’s Corral trailhead a down to just past one of the two tunnels the trail goes though. On the way back I was struck by the way the tunnel opening framed the trail and surrounding scenery and felt compelled to capture this photograph.
NOTE: The tunnel portion of this image probably looks a bit brighter on the screen than it will look printed. I have printed this image locally though and it looks wonderful - dark to contrast with the outside scene, yet still showing some detail in the walls of the tunnel. It's just nearly impossible to make a backlit screen match a print on deep shadows, even on my well calibrated high end monitor.
UPDATE - January 2024
This image was published as the cover image of the Lassen Municipal Utility District's Ruralite Magazine, a northern California regional publication after being selected as one of the winners in the Ruralite cover photo contest.
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November 8th, 2022
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Comments (51)
Issie Alexander
Wow, my imagination is going crazy with this one. Like a sci fi time portal to Narnia. Love it.
Gary F Richards
Congratulations on your Top Finish in the contest… THE PICTURE SAYS IT ALL - BY INVITATION ONLY! F/L
Gary F Richards
Congratulations on your Top Finish in the contest… LARGE PRINTS AVAILABLE - THE ART NETWORK MEMBERS O...! F/L
Warren LaBaire Photography
Absolutely love this one! Voted for in Christmas Shopping in the Art Network contest L/F
Gary F Richards
Outstanding Tunnel to Wonderland composition, lighting, shading, excellent color and artwork! F/L voted
Jennifer Jenson
Love the way you have framed and captured this incredible beauty! L/F + Voted in contest!
Nancy Carol Photography
Well done! Excellent and thank you for sharing with us your wonderful work of art that has been proudly presented on the Home Page of the group, 'ART FOR PASSION - PASSION FOR ART'. If you wish, you may archive it permanently or promote it further in the Discussions Tabs titled, "Oct Nov Dec 2022 Features."