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- Samuel Johnson | facebook | 500px | ferpectshotz | One more shot of the beautiful and massive Lower Proxy falls. For this shot I had this plan to get as close to some of the foreground cascades and to use them as foreground interest for framing the big waterfall. Unfortunately the water flow was simply too high and I was constantly getting sprayed by the mist. I am truly glad my gear is water resistant but trust me constantly having to wipe off your filter while taking a long exposure shot is not fun. This was not the composition I had in mind but this was the closest I got to what I initially planned. Hope you all enjoy the image.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca.
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After visiting Smith Rock for sunrise we headed back to the Three Sisters wilderness to see Lower Proxy Falls. This waterfall is often regarded as one of the most picturesque in Oregon. The hike to the falls is quite long and leads up to a view point through a very narrow path. But the elevation gain is only slight and most part of the hike is covered. Once you reach the viewpoint you will have to scramble through a steep slope to get to the base of the falls. Once you get to the base of the falls it’s difficult not to get impressed by the sheer size of this beautiful waterfall with its 226 ft vertical drop.
We spent quite a bit of time here enjoying the amazing falls and vivid greens of the forest. This is another must visit location for any waterfall lover.
Along the Columbia River Gorge
- Jules Verne.
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This one was taken during our last summer road trip to Oregon. This is the base of the beautiful Lower Proxy falls in the three sister wilderness area. The hike up to this fall is pretty easy but long and you will have to scramble over some fallen trees and walkthrough some old lava beds and the last few feet to this falls is extremely hard to get to the bottom of a steep hillside. It would be wise to take some time and chart out a path down the hillside before venturing down.
I wanted really to get down and include some smaller cascades as a foreground interest but the wind was quite heavy and there was a lot of water spray ruining those shots. So stayed back and zoomed in to get this shot. Thanks for visiting hope you all like it.
Vista desde el lado brasileño de las cataratas de Iguazú, Patrimonio de la Humanidad desde 1984 y consideradas una de las siete maravillas naturales del mundo. El río Iguazú forma 275 saltos de agua repartidos entre Argentina y Brasil.
Bridal Veil Creek along the trail
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- Gilbert K. Chesterton.
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Multnomah Falls, at about 627 ft in elevation this is one of the premier attraction of the Columbia River Gorge and attracts quite a number of visitors. It’s considered by many as the second tallest year round waterfall in the US. We passed alongside the falls on our fourth day but the parking area was packed with cars, so we decided to get back here on the fifth day after shooting sunrise at the Trillium Lake.
We reached here around 6:30 am and there was nobody around, so we took our time taking pics and enjoying a stroll to small bridge across the falls. It’s not the most photogenic of the falls in Columbia River Gorge but its stunning just to see the sheer size of this stunning waterfall.
Salt Creek creates one of the most impressive waterfalls in Oregon as it hurtles 286 feet into a gaping canyon near Willamette Pass. The size of the falls isn't terribly notable in the area, but rather the process by which the falls were formed. Glaciers scoured the valley out during the last Ice Age, then following their retreat, lava flows filled in a portion of the valley, creating the narrow canyon walls composed of columnar basalt that are now seen at the falls. Views are afforded all along the canyon rim, from the brink of the falls to the base of the falls.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
When I first saw an image of the stunning lower proxy falls, I did not fully understand its size. I knew it was a giant waterfall but was not prepared for the size of it. We also visited a waterfall called fairy falls on that trip, which has a similar form, near Portland, which was way smaller than I imagined at around 20 feet. So I think visiting the fairy falls might have biased my sense of scale.
Once we reached the base of lower proxy falls, we realized its massiveness at 226 feet. The water spray from the falls was quite intense that day, and I had trouble keeping my front element and filters clean. I had forgotten to pack the little microfiber wipes in my haste and learned that they are indeed worth their weight in gold, especially near a waterfall. While we had some technical challenges, what a refreshing break this hike and waterfall turned out to be. We reached the trailhead around noon after some much-needed sleeping in and a pretty heavy breakfast. The 2-mile-long trail along lava fields and dense woodland was the perfect way to enjoy a beautiful day.
I know there are a thousand and one shots of this waterfall, and now I can add mine. To get the shot of the entire falls, you literally need to stand in the water. But that was okay because after the hike I was hot and it was refreshing.
Proxy Falls, also known as Lower Proxy Falls, is a cascade and plunge waterfall from a collection of springs on the shoulder of North Sister, that plunges into a gaping canyon near McKenzie Pass in the Willamette National Forest, near Belknap Springs, Oregon. The waterfall is notable for its main drop of 226 feet (69 m) which makes it one of the highest plunge waterfalls in Oregon.
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. According to legend from the Multnomah tribe (from whom the falls take their namesake), the waterfall was formed after a young woman sacrificed herself to the Great Spirit to save Multnomah village from a plague by jumping from the cliff, and the Multnomah peoples were saved. After her death, water began to flow from above the cliff, creating the waterfall.
The falls were noted in the journals of explorers William Clark and Meriwether Lewis during their expedition through the Columbia River Gorge in 1805
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- Mike May.
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Elowah Falls, also called McCord Creek Falls, is a 213-foot waterfall on the Columbia River Gorge, Multnomah County, Oregon. The waterfall is formed as McCord Creek is forced into a narrow channel by sheer cliffs and shoots at high velocity into a natural amphitheater of layered basalt. Lichens and mosses are very common, covering up to eighty percent of the ground surface under and around the vascular plants (source: Wikipedia).
This was another waterfall which I had on my list when we visited Oregon the first time. Unfortunately, due to time constraints, we were not able to make the trip but this time we marked it as a must have and it was totally worth it. Plus we also got the falls all to ourselves as this is not as popular a hike as the waterfalls closer to Portland.
- Galen Rowell.
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This Is one my favorite quotes from a photographer who influenced me the most as a young man. As a boy who grew up among photographers and a wedding studio in India, landscape photographers like Ansel and Galen were revered. Photography magazines with articles about them were cherished as rare gifts of photography insights. For me at least Galen Rowel was the first photographer who opened the possibility of adventure and traveling with photography thus marrying two my interests at the time.
This shot was taken at Burney falls in northern California. For such as imposing and majestic fall, it's almost impossible to get a genuinely standout shot. Every time I review shots from here, the quote by Galen comes to my mind and I feel like I am yet to get the right angle to make this falls standout. Next time I am going to avoid the wide-angle route and see if a telephoto will get me the shot I want.
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.
- Samuel Butler.
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While we were at Dunsmuir, CA earlier this year we decided to take a short break and visit the most famous waterfall in the area, McArcthur-Burney falls. It was our second time at the falls and after ill-advised 4th of July visit we picked a weekday and prayed for few people. Our wishes were granted as there were very few people at the falls and we had all the time to get the shots. Only problem was the rain which kept on falling, making the long exposure shot a pain to take.
This was one of the better shot from the day that I managed to take between short bursts of rainfall and constantly wiping my filters. Hope you all like it..
Running Eagle Falls, also knows as Trick Falls, Two Medicine Valley, Glacier Nationalpark, Montana, USA (_7092636) OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA
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