I was absolutely thrilled with the result and equally happy to make it back up the embankment to the trail. I wasn’t sure if I should do it, but I really wanted to capture this image. It was an extremely steep, muddy and root filled scramble down a steep 50 foot embankment to get in position. Photographing these falls was the biggest challenge of the trip. Our next target on the river was Koosah Falls. "Summer Crossing" - Click Photo To Purchase As it turns out, this may have been good fortune, as I really like the image. It was not possible to find a place along the river to photograph it from there, so I decided on an image of the bridge itself. I simply cannot pass up bridges like this. Just up the trail from Sahaile Falls is a wonderful log footbridge that goes over the river. It’s a slippery, muddy climb down the embankment and you risk falling in the river, but the result is worth it! "Sahalie Falls" - Click Photo To Purchase To get the scene right, the trick is to get back from the falls to include the river. Sahalie Falls is a large and powerful waterfall that you start out quite close to. The river really does have that much color! You would think from looking at the images that it couldn’t really be that colorful and that I increased the color. There is a section of the McKenzie River, that for some reason, has a bright and deep blue color to it. We moved on to central Oregon, basing in the town of Sisters, which is a wonderful little town northwest of Bend and close to the rivers and waterfalls we were targeting. "Trillium Lake Sunset" - Click Photo To Purchase The kayaks and paddleboarders didn’t do the reflection any favors, but I do feel this image conveys the enjoyment of being out there with others to enjoy a great sunset. The calm conditions at Trillium Lake were just what we had hoped for, but we didn’t figure in all the people that would be at the lake on a Saturday afternoon enjoying various summer activities. We did make one afternoon trip down to Trillium Lake for sunset before moving up our schedule to head to central Oregon. We were disappointed that the trails and waterfalls around the Gorge were still closed off due to the Eagle River fires of 2017. We started this expedition in northern Oregon around the Columbia River Gorge. We had a fantastic time together and the search for images almost became unimportant. New Fine Art Pictures of Mount Hood, McKinzie River and Koosah Falls See Also the Complete Galleries ForĪfter a couple of years of talking about it, my sister was finally able to accompany me on one of my photo expeditions.
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