Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area

• Agnes Repplier.

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One more shot of the beautiful fairy falls. For this shot I got in real close and used a longer focal length. I am a big admirer of this particular type of falls as they come our really pretty in photographs and this one is one of my favorites. I wanted a shot emphasizing the details of the moss on the ricks and the flowing water.

Hope everyone likes it, Happy Tuesday!!

• Arthur Young.

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Another shot from the beautiful fairy falls inside the Wahkeena canyon. The hike towards the falls is pretty steep in parts and it will be a little testing if you haven’t hiked in a while. I don’t know who thought of this but there is a beautiful wooden bench just to sit down and enjoy the falls and its brilliant. We spent an hour here relaxing and enjoying near freezing water spray on the hot summer day.

This was my absolute favorite waterfall from our Oregon trip. Hope you all enjoy the picture as much as we enjoyed these falls. Thanks for visiting.

• Elizabeth Bowen.

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Punch bowl falls, located at Columbia River gorge, Oregon. This was the second shot I made at the location after our extensive hike. Compared to the drought ridden California, Oregon’s rivers had good water flow so I had to settle for a shot from far away. A bunch of kids actually swam across to the closer vantage point but one of the unfortunately could not swing back due to hypothermia and had to be evacuated that day. So I am quite glad that I didn’t try to get deep into the water.

Thanks for visiting and have a great day..

A picture perfect autumn day here in Oregon. All the trees are at their peak of color, the sky was clear and blue, and the river was calm. That is I-84 in the photo which travels from Portland, Oregon to Echo, Utah. The I-84 runs adjacent to the Columbia River for over 80 miles. I am shooting from Crown Point which overlooks the river with great views to the east and west.

We are at the peak of color change here in Oregon. Got to Multnomah Falls at sunrise. There was a light mist but the leaves where glowing. My camera isn't quite enough to encompass the full falls so I stitched together the top and the bottom of the images I took.

The waterfall is accessible from the Historic Columbia River Highway and Interstate 84. Spanning two tiers on basalt cliffs, it is the tallest waterfall in the state of Oregon at 620 ft (189 m) in height.

The falls were noted in the journals of explorers William Clark and Meriwether Lewis during their expedition through the Columbia River Gorge in 1805.

Along the Columbia River Gorge

Elowah Falls was a very nice 289ft waterfall situated in John B. Yeon State Park towards the eastern end of what we perceived to be the "waterfalls area" along the historical highway detour of the Columbia River Gorge.

• Edward Steichen.

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Vista house on the shores of the Columbia River Gorge. This has to be one of the most photographed buildings in the west coast as this is a prominent feature in all of the iconic Columbia River gorge shots taken from women’s forum park. We were here for a sunset shot, my wife and I had a good spot overlooking the Columbia River towards Portland when the last light of the day hit us lighting up the vista house in beautiful golden light.

This only lasted for a few minutes and I am glad I had the presence of mind to snap away. I later tried to get a more symmetric location of the house but the light had simply gone away. I am glad I took this one while I had the chance.

Thanks for visiting. Have a nice day..

• Aldous Huxley.

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No other place screams Oregon more than the view of the Columbia River Gorge from the Women's Forum Park. This probably is the quintessential photo that comes up when you search for Oregon or Portland. So when we made our first trip to Portland, we planned our first sunset here. The park didn’t disappoint. The view from here is just outstanding. It truly showcases the vastness of the Columbia River and the gorge with the vista house to use as a reference for scale. Plus, the view is pointing east, so during sunset, the entire scene is bathed in warm golden light from the setting sun.

While the Pacific Northwest is known for its cloudy skies and rain, Summer tends to be clear and hot. So we were not lucky to get any dramatic skies, which I am told is a fall specialty. That being said, if you are visiting the Portland area, the women's forum park is a must-visit. You can't go wrong here with a classic landscape shot.

Wild balsamroot flowers, overlooking the Columbia River.

Rowena Crest, once known as "Rowena Bluffs", is the high point on the Oregon side of the Rowena Gap, and is located along the Historic Columbia River Highway at Columbia River Mile (RM) 180.5. Rowena Crest is part of Oregon's Mayer State Park. Downstream is Tom McCall Nature Preserve. Parking at the top of the crest provides spectacular views of the Columbia River, Mayer State Park, and across to Lyle, Washington and the mouth of the Klickitat River.

The 271 acres is located on the Rowena Plateau high above the Rowena Dell, which leads directly into the Columbia River Gorge. The plateau is covered in wildflowers, including lupine and balsamroot. There are even varieties of wildflowers here that are unique to the Gorge!

The wildflowers appear from late February to June, although they are in their prime in April and May.

The falls plunge 224 feet over a massive wall of columnar basalt - some of the best formations in the Pacific Northwest - before cascading hastily towards the Columbia River. This waterfall is usually most recognized for the large patch of bright yellow lichen adorning the cliff face to the right of the falls, and this characteristic has led many famous photographers to give this location their treatment. The falls were named for Joseph Latourell, a well known settler of the area. It isn't known exactly when the falls were officially named. In 1887 Joseph Latourell was named postmaster of the Rooster Rock Post Office, one of the first in the area. Apparently the pronunciation of this waterfall is closer to the word lateral, then the fancy french way I was attempting.

Another photo I took back in may during my two week west coast trip. This is a little cascade along Gorton Creek in the columbia river gorge. A very green place :-)

• Voltaire.

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Fairy Falls is a tiny little fall that’s tucked inside the beautiful Wahkeena canyon. And the Wahkeena canyon is one of the hundreds of small canyons created by streams that flow into the massive Columbia River Gorge in Oregon. Now usually these canyons will have a massive waterfall right on their entrance and these waterfalls are usually the more famous than the small ones inside. But there was a reason why my wife and I did the hike that day to the little fairy falls. This fall is a perfect example of a fan-shaped waterfall and its setting is inside the most vibrant green foliage you have ever seen.

When we got to the falls what stood out was how tiny it actually is and I got the image I always pictured of the stunning Fairy Falls. While hiking back from the falls I started to notice the beauty of this little canyon. There was this spot where the trail crossed the Wahkeen creek and the moss covered rocks and trees provided a stunning contrast to the brilliant greens of the foliage. I was not as skilled with the filters back then so the highlights are a bit blown but overall this is one my favorite images from our trip.

I am saddened to discover this tunnel was destroyed in the Eagle Creek fire in Sept. 2017. I am glad I got to see it before the damage.

• Thomas Browne.

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Another old shot from our trip toe the wonderful state of Oregon. This spot from the women’s forum park provides an iconic view of the beautiful Columbia River Gorge. Its almost impossible not to go for a wide-angle lens here. And that’s exactly what I did, but I noticed that there were a lot of finer details in the scene even on a day when we had pretty flat light at sunset without much drama in the sky.

So, I attempted a pano stitch as it was getting darker by the minute. Unfortunately, couple of pics from the pano turned out to have some vibration in them teaching me the valuable lesson to always check for sharpness and focus. But this one was pretty decent with the vista house bathed in absolutely gorgeous golden light along with the cliffside.

along the Columbia River Gorge

Also known as Ponytail Falls, in the Columbia river gorge, Oregon.

Many thanks to Gary Randall for taking me there.

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• John James Audubon.

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The first time we visited Oregon’s beautiful Columbia River Gorge we were spellbound by its beauty and by the sheer number of waterfalls. We went on so many hikes the week we were there that we got our 10k steps in without any effort. This photo is taken at the stunning Wahkeena falls. This hike started out as just a trip to Fairy falls but we ran into this beautiful fall on the way. Later I learned that this fall is tough to photograph and while I took 3 – 4 images I didn’t get a composition that I liked. So, I didn’t post the image at the time. Recently I was going over some of my old images as part cleaning up my storage when saw this image. I decided to process the photos and see if I could get some interesting images.

Processing wise I boosted the contrast a bit and cropped out some of the bottom parts that were too distracting. I wish I had spent some time here looking for some more interesting compositions.

waterfall along the Columbia River Gorge

• Hans Christian Andersen.

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The third day of our trip was one of the most productive days, we actually got to see sunrise, then south silver falls, upper butte falls and even went on a wild goose chase trying to find Abiqua falls. We didn’t had any luck finding Abiqua falls so we decided to tackle it next time and headed for women’s forum park along the Columbia river gorge. I really wanted to see the sunset here, and my wife had no idea about this place and was very confused why we were going to women’s forum park.

I have seen about a million pictures of this place an view from here but let e tell you when you actually are at the park and when the sun is lighting up the basalt cliffs of the gorge its surreal. I wanted to take a telephoto panorama of this place just like the one I had taken of Los Angeles basin and here it is a stitched panorama shot of almost 40 shots.

Thank you everyone for all the encouragement on my last picture, it’s always awesome to get good feedback when one does something right. Hope everyone likes it.

Along the Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

Simon Benson was a lumber magnate, philanthropist, and one of the principal promoters of the Historic Columbia River Gorge Highway. Located one mile west of Multnomah Falls on I-84 at milepost 30 , picnickers love this park; there's even a disc golf course and a reservable shelter for groups.

Try your luck catching some of the thousands of rainbow trout stocked each month into the lake between March and October. This is a non-motorboat lake, (no boat launch) so it's perfect for rowboats and swimmers.

When the trees start changing color in the fall you can get some great reflection shots. The Columbia River is just across the highway, or further to the left of this image.