THE TALLEST

Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

I’m back from my possibly last ever business trip. Two days driving in the rain over in Wisconsin wasn’t as much fun as it normally would be and the camera stayed in the bag the whole time. Well, I promised a little while ago to post a few more pictures from our trip to Oregon in April and that’s what I can offer you today.

On the last day we visited the Columbia River Gorge east of Portland and stopped of course at Oregon’s tallest waterfall, Multnomah Falls. Between all the phone swinging people there I probably looked like a dinosaur with my camera on a tripod. That’s ok, because I can print this image quite large and that’s what mattered to me during my second visit 15 years after the first one…

Nikon Z6II, Nikkor Z 24-70, f/4 S, GITZO tripod GT2931 Basalt, KIRK BH-3 ball head,   @ 35 mm, 1/10s, f/13, ISO 100

WATERFALL FASCINATIONS

Wahkeena Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

A trip to Oregon should always include some waterfalls, at least in my books. We revisited the Columbia Gorge Gorge east of Portland on the last day of our trip. Yes, there are some other tourists but it is not impossible to keep them out of the picture. Late morning turned to be out a good time. The sun was almost above the falls and threw some light into the river gorge, which is sloped to the north.

In anticipation of taking pictures of waterfalls I carried my tripod with me but stayed away from real long exposure times in favor of the sunlit mist that swirled around. I thought that was more interesting than water that looks a little bit just like milk.

Those of you who know these locations may say, where is a photo of the tallest waterfall? Well, this is for another blog post…

Bridal Veil Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

Latourell Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

Wahkeena Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon