Narada Falls Trail
- James Russell Lowell.
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Today’s shot is from an amazing place that’s nestled inside the Mt Rainier National Park, the Narada falls. A waterfall that drops 188 ft in two tiers of 168 ft and 20 ft cascades. This photo is of the bigger upper falls where the paradise river falls into a canyon which is at 90 degrees to it. This is one of the most popular spots in the park especially when you have the star attraction of the hidden under cloud cover for three days. We met a group of nuns and some Buddhist monks from Tibet visiting the falls along with scores of other regular visitors. That just shows how popular this waterfall can get.
While scouting out the park for interesting spots, I was quite surprised to see a waterfall that’s named after a sage from Indian mythology. Based on my limited familiarity with the texts, Narada is a sage among gods who claim to be the greatest devotee of Lord Vishnu, one of the Hindu Trinity or Trimurtis. Apparently, his main source of entertainment is creating rifts between the Gods and Demons and enjoying their constant struggle. So, it was interesting to see a waterfall named after him in this corner of the world, even though I have no Idea why his name was chosen.
While we were there on a day which was perfect for waterfall photography, the early summer timing meant that the water flow was quite heavy and it was a challenge to keep my filters and camera dry. In fact, you can see the water drops in the top corner of my frame and I was really thankful that modern camera gear comes with amazing weather sealing.
- Charles Kettering.
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Todays shot is from Mt Rainier National Park. I took this shot after photographing the beautiful Narada falls. Pretty much the whole time we were there, we had an overcast sky with cloud cover completely blocking out the mountains. As we were coming back from the viewpoint for Narada falls I noticed these cascades just above the falls. There is a bridge that crosses the stream, so it was easy enough to frame and the low even light helped immensely with the exposure the image. The only problem was the lack of punch in the color of the foliage due to the dim diffused light.
I was in two minds about posting this image as it looked a bit blah but decided to post it anyway to share a thought about pursuing photography as a passion. I have heard from a lot of people who follow me on Flickr about how they never get to visit any stunning locations nearby and how they are not lucky enough to live in a place where weather pattern is pretty bland. This shot was made in arguably one of the most beautiful spots in the world yet while we were there, we didn’t see the sun for three days. I only saw Mt Rainier for exactly 20 minutes on our last day at the park. But as you persist with your passion you will learn that there are things you can do even on bland uninspiring moody days. So hang in there and just persist, eventually, the sun will come out and give you something stunning.
Let me start off by saying that this was not an easy photo to get. Due to the shape of the canyon and the prevailing winds the only area to get an...
Thanks to all Phoide contributors to Narada Falls Trail!
Most notably Sandeep Thomas.