Waterfall Wonderland II: Silver Falls State Park

coscorrosa

The Columbia Gorge has an amazing variety and quantity of waterfalls. Less than an hour south there is Silver Falls State Park, which has an amazing set of waterfalls as well, many of which you can walk behind - very cool!

This was my first visit there (last Saturday, the day after I shot the gorge waterfalls), the weather started to clear so I couldn't get as many shots as I wanted, but it's always good to leave a little for next time, and there will definitely be a next time.

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cmkultradome

Ron-
Beautiful as usual!! My favorites ar e#2 & #6. I really like that foreground in #2.

Stephanie

scole

There's always a certain level with your photos so they're all great but I'm really loving #5 & 6.

Sexy6Chick

Beautiful series of pictures!

wirehunt

A beautiful set. Two and four are my favorites in this set, been back three times now to look at them.

Mikko

I like 1, 2 and 3. All well done.

Cuong

Stunning scenery and gorgeous images. So how long did it take you to arrange the foreground leaves in #2?

Cuong

GORIO

#2 is just awesome! i love that scene, using the leaves as foreground cool!

Eia

I thought the first one would be my favorite but as I kept scrolling each photo was more grand than before.4,5,6 are absolutely gorgeous! I can't decide my favorite

Blackwood

beautiful colors!

thanks for sharing

coscorrosa

Cuong wrote:

Stunning scenery and gorgeous images. So how long did it take you to arrange the foreground leaves in #2?

Cuong

Not that long, most were already in place. There were two leaves on the bottom corners that I removed as they were distracting, and then I arranged the main leaf so that it was angled a little more. I knew I wanted the rock in the bottom right and the falls in the upper left and just fit the leaves in around that. The rocks were extremely slick, I had to walk across the creek about 10 feet (I had rubber boots) and used my tripod as a walking stick, as all the leaves were on that side.

coscorrosa

Thanks for the comments everyone! I definitely recommend this place after you visit the gorge if you're ever near Portland.

Qarik

coscorrosa wrote:

Not that long, most were already in place. There were two leaves on the bottom corners that I removed as they were distracting, and then I arranged the main leaf so that it was angled a little more. I knew I wanted the rock in the bottom right and the falls in the upper left and just fit the leaves in around that. The rocks were extremely slick, I had to walk across the creek about 10 feet (I had rubber boots) and used my tripod as a walking stick, as all the leaves were on that side.

haha..I was going to make saracastic comment about how long it took to arrange those leaves in shot#2. gorgeous shot as usual.

dls

great stuff, ron. #2, 3, 5, 6 are especially striking. #5 is a single shot (non-hdr), right? good job with the difficult lighting. love the mood. like the mist on 6.

i do have a couple questions tho...

- how did you manage to keep your camera dry standing under the waterfall in #1 (it seems like you were standing nearly right under it).
- how many miles have you put on your car this year for photos? between the n. cascades, rainier, desert southwest, columbia gorge that i am aware of ... you are a photographing machine!!!

kdog

Gorgeous stuff as always, Ron. Impossible to pick a favorite. I really need to get out that way one of these days.

Cheers,
-joel

coscorrosa

dls wrote:

great stuff, ron. #2, 3, 5, 6 are especially striking. #5 is a single shot (non-hdr), right? good job with the difficult lighting. love the mood. like the mist on 6.

i do have a couple questions tho...

- how did you manage to keep your camera dry standing under the waterfall in #1 (it seems like you were standing nearly right under it).
- how many miles have you put on your car this year for photos? between the n. cascades, rainier, desert southwest, columbia gorge that i am aware of ... you are a photographing machine!!!

Thanks! Actually #5 is a manual blend of two exposures, so technically it's HDR, but it's not tone-mapped which is what most people associate with HDR.

I've put around 25,000 miles on my cars this year between the short trips in the NW (gorge, Mt. Baker, Mt. Rainier, Olympic National Park), and two trips to Yellowstone/Grand Teton (one of which included a detour to Death Valley), and a week long trip to the Southwest (Utah and Arizona). After the first trip to Yellowstone I basically killed my old (1995) car, the cost of repairs exceeded what the car was worth, and since then I have about 15,000 miles on my new car.

That waterfall (Lower South Falls) wasn't running too strong this time a year so spray wasn't an issue. In the spring I'm sure it would be an issue. I usually have a large cloth to wipe the lens off between shots when spray or rain becomes a problem.

Here's a wider angle shot to give more context:



And a video taken behind the falls:

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coscorrosa

kdog wrote:

Gorgeous stuff as always, Ron. Impossible to pick a favorite. I really need to get out that way one of these days.

Cheers,
-joel

Thanks, and yes you do! Danny and I woke up and shot the sunrise in the Grand Canyon and made it back to Seattle at midnight the same day driving so what's your excuse?