Shower Curtain
by Angelo Marcialis
Title
Shower Curtain
Artist
Angelo Marcialis
Medium
Photograph - Fine Art Photographs
Description
To hike the entire gorge requires one to tackle 832 steps up to the end. It was a conscientious decision to "just" traverse the 500+ steps to the often photographed "Rainbow Falls".
So, if my math is correct, my friend and I did it four times, that equaling 2000 steps.
The usage of hiking poles made all the difference in the world for balance and weight distribution (I was carrying at least an extra 15 pounds of equipment in my camera backpack...)
Day one we were in the gorge by late afternoon with the hope that the sun would be in the correct angle to produce the rainbow, however, due to the amount of people walking the trails, and the sun not quite in the proper position, I decided to go for this perspective instead.
It worked for me, and I hope it does for you.
We had so much to photograph that I didn't mind it at all that I had to "settle" for this capture.
I will be sharing more perspectives of this magical scene, not only from day one, but from the early morning hours of day two!
If you have never been here, you owe yourself a visit-you shall not be disappointed!
Watkins Glen State Park is located in the village of Watkins Glen, south of Seneca Lake in Schuyler County in New York's Finger Lakes region. The park's lower part is near the village, while the upper part is open woodland. It was opened to the public in 1863 and was privately run as a tourist resort until 1906, when it was purchased by New York State. Initially known as Watkins Glen State Reservation, the park was first managed by the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society before being turned over to full state control in 1911. Since 1924, it has been managed by the Finger Lakes Region of the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation.
The centerpiece of the 778-acre (3.15 km2) park is a 400-foot-deep (120 m) narrow gorge cut through rock by a stream – Glen Creek – that was left hanging when glaciers of the Ice age deepened the Seneca valley, increasing the tributary stream gradient to create rapids and waterfalls wherever there were layers of hard rock. The rocks of the area are sedimentary of Devonian age that are part of a dissected plateau that was uplifted with little faulting or distortion. They consist mostly of soft shales, with some layers of harder sandstone and limestone.
The park features three trails – open mid-May to early November – by which one can climb or descend the gorge. The Southern Rim and Indian Trails run along the wooded rim of the gorge, while the Gorge Trail is closest to the stream and runs over, under and along the park's 19 waterfalls by way of stone bridges and more than 800 stone steps. The trails connect to the Finger Lakes Trail, an 800-mile (1,300 km) system of trails within New York state.
Uploaded
June 16th, 2019
Statistics
Viewed 241 Times - Last Visitor from New York, NY on 04/14/2024 at 1:21 PM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet