Take the Plunge - a photo on Flickriver

Take the Plunge

            The abundant spring waters of Falls Creek plunge over their namesake Falls, attendant mists nurturing aromatic cedar and legions of mosses, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, Washington.

I flew to the Pacific Northwest with my oldest son to visit colleges and to surprise my mother for Mother's Day. It required a great deal of coordination to get my brother to fly out as well, and to keep mother from traveling somewhere that week. With her husband's help, my son and I walked in the door on Sunday afternoon, unannounced. My brother arrived the next day, also unannounced and with an assist from dad.

Once mother's blood pressure returned to safe levels, we made plans to enjoy the few rainless hours we could find forecast for the week, and to visit various places in the Gorge together. Falls Creek joins the Wind River not far downstream from here, and the Wind River makes its way dutifully to the Columbia River after some 15 more miles. This past April was the wettest April ever recorded in the Portland area, and the waterways responded by burgeoning with delight. The landscape is a place of such wonder that one hopes old Gifford was proud to have his name attached to it by the U.S. Government.

Technical notes: Hand-held, single exposure, couldn't sit down due to nearby downed tree and slippery steep rocks. I like Rich Border's monochrome version of this falls better than what I've contributed here, but it's a magical spot so I thought I'd have a go anyway. You should check out Rich's version though, he did an incredible job.

Taken in: United States / Washington / Stabler (show map)

Taken on: May 4, 2022

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Camera: Nikon Z 6, f/20.0, 1/5 sec, 30mm, ISO 50 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon Z 6
Lens:	NIKKOR Z 14-30mm f/4 S
Aperture:	f/20.0
Exposure Time:	0.2 sec (1/5)
Focal Length:	30mm
ISO:	50
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Saturation:	High
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 11.3.1 (Macintosh)
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