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

TWO FROM THE BLUE RIDGE

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, October 2017, Nikon D750, Nikkor 16-35mm / f4, at 16 mm

As always towards the end of a year I do some housekeeping in my image library and sometimes I find another photo that I think deserves to be published.

This photo was made during our last morning in Shenandoah National Park in Virginia a couple years ago. There are some great views from the Blue Ridge in either direction, east or west. Here it is the morning light that gives the landscape on the east side some depth and reveals the beauty of these mountains.

Nikon D750, Sigma 150mm / f2.8 APO EX DG HSM

A few days earlier we watched the sunset at a different spot along the Skyline Drive. The staggered arrangement of at least eight mountain ridges, separated by the mist in the valleys, tell the story about a great evening on the Blue Ridge in Shenandoah National Park.