Shasta County

• 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..

• 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.