– Mark Twain
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A couple of days ago I posted an image of the beautiful Wahkeena falls and while going through the images, I found some other photos that looked interesting. This shot was taken during the same hike. The destination of the hike was the stunning fairy falls and the trail pretty much followed the creek alongside a rustic path inside the Wahkeena canyon. In my hurry to get to fairy falls I kind of ignored the many wonderful compositions available along the trail but looking back through the images I have from the day, I could see that I did have a couple of hastily taken images from the trail.
If I remember correctly, I took this shot because of the shaft of light that was coming in through the forest canopy and lighting up the moss-covered canyon wall. I used the creek as a leading line into the brighter light but unfortunately was not too careful about the clipping of highlights on some of the leaves. If I would have taken the shot today, I would have made it into a composite of two images with one faster shutter speed to expose for the brighter spots and freeze the leaves and a longer shutter speed shot to get the beautiful cascading water. But I am little surprised how little blur is there on the leaves for a 4-second exposure.