Palouse Falls

• William Hazlitt

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When I first saw a picture of Palouse falls, I was sure that it’s located somewhere in Iceland or South America until I read the description and figured where it was located. So when we planned our trip along the Pacific North West I went to great pains to make sure that Palouse was included in the list. In fact I not only included it in the list but managed to convince my unsuspecting wife to camp in the park just to take my time here.

The area surrounding Palouse falls is mostly flat with very little population around, even when you enter the park all you can hear is the sound of the falls but no hills or mountains or a river is visible to justify the roar of the falls. That is until you park you’re and get a first glimpse into the deep canyon which is merely some meters away. The fall itself and curving of the river makes it a majestic sight and will easily lives up to anyone’s mental model.

I am glad I got a chance to visit this beautiful location and take photographs, if you ever get a chance make the trip and enjoy the beautiful location. As for me I can’t wait to go back again.

• Helen Hunt Jackson.

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I found this shot while browsing through my older albums looking to see if missed some good photographs. This shot was made in last summer when went to visit Palouse falls in Washington. We were camping at this location, so I woke up about 4 am to watch the sunrise which was happening to the left of this image.

After taking the customary sunrise shot I walked over to the waterfall and waited for the light to finally hit the canyon walls. The problem here is the canyon walls to my left are much taller than the canyon walls to the right and I had to wait for the sun to rise quite a bit to get the kind of light I was looking for. This shot is a three shot pano stitch at 24mm, just to give you an idea about how massive the falls actually are. That’s all about today's shot, thanks for visiting..

USA 2016