Silver Falls

• E. E. Cummings.

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A wonderful ravine we came across while exploring the beautiful silver falls and surrounding falls. This shot was taken from a bridge across the stream combining the focus shift mechanism of the Nikon D850. This is a stacked image made from about 8 images that are combined to retain the full depth of field. On the other side is the beautiful silver falls but, on this side, the water was wonderfully shallow showing the pebbles in the creek and the rapids creating some nice motion to add to the scene.

• Warren Buffett.

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One of the spots I wanted to check out in Rainier National Park was the beautiful silver falls. In pictures I have seen of the falls, the water looked just so blue and I wanted to really see it in person. While we were there we had a lot of trouble finding the trailhead due to the forest growth but finally found miniscule parking area and the trailhead. The trail is about .3 miles long but steep and reached the falls after a short hike.

The lighting was challenging due to the tree cover because the rays coming through the trees were increasing the dynamic range of the scene. I had to wait for the clouds to mask out the sun, so I will get a bit of reprieve but the Nikon D850 is just so outstanding in handling these situations. Hopefully everyone likes this shot.

• Roman Payne.

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One of the reasons I have gotten into landscape photography was to photograph waterfalls. I was lucky enough to be born and raised in a part of the world where it rains for half the year with lush green forests and waterfalls everywhere. As a child I don’t remember a single dat coming home not getting completely drenched or muddy. So much that my mom installed a tap outside to wash me off before entering the house.

Being around so many streams and waterfalls make you addicted to them and I try to visit them every chance I get. Now I live in sunny Southern California and oe thing that we lack is water. So, while on our annual roadtrip this year I made it point to see every waterfall I could. This beautiful waterfall is tucked away near the entrance to Rainier National Park and is called Silver falls. I posted some pics I took here earlier. I couldn’t get the main falls to be devoid of bright sunlight for the long exposure shot even after waiting for about 20 minutes. This was the best I could manage.

• Henry David Thoreau.

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Another shot from the wonderful silver falls, this little waterfall is located at the end of a 0.3-mile long hike and provides some excellent views from a wooden bridge that crosses the creek downstream. Because of the fantastic forest canopy, you can come here pretty much anytime to shoot. We visited during a sunny time when the clouds were playing hide and seek with the sun. Unfortunately, we had to wait quite a bit for the clouds to diffuse the sun so as to not get any hot spots in the frame.

This shot was taken directly from the bridge and I didn’t include the falls as it was under direct sunlight and was messing up my long exposure. Instead, I wanted to emphasize the way the water was getting molded into the chasm that was downstream from the falls. Hope Y'all like it.