Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

Had the opportunity to spend a week photographing Oregon recently. It's always been a place I've wanted to visit, and...