DaveKochPhoto
FollowFrom Oregon.... late in the afternoon. Was able to catch some of the golden light at the summit, and great reflected light all the way down.
A thre...
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From Oregon.... late in the afternoon. Was able to catch some of the golden light at the summit, and great reflected light all the way down.
A three-image vertical panorama.
D-810 ISO 32 27mm 1-2 sec f-22 3 image
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A three-image vertical panorama.
D-810 ISO 32 27mm 1-2 sec f-22 3 image
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DaveKochPhoto
May 31, 2018
Thank you for your kind words! :) It is about thiry miles east of Portland Oregon.... probably one of the easiest waterfalls of this magniotiude to get to!
hermanrobertsonjr
October 31, 2018
Awesome shot! We went there last year! Amazing site! The restaurant at the bottom was awesome also!
DaveKochPhoto
November 01, 2018
Sure is a great place! I think we just got coffee there, but we needed it- our fingers were frozen!
twinborg
February 20, 2019
I live here in portland, I have taken many photos here, but i have never got the light just right. you did an excellent job
DaveKochPhoto
February 20, 2019
@Twinborg- you know what/ Thank you! That means a LOT to me... Thanks!
robertmcdill
August 03, 2019
Just read your article on how to win contests. I saw this photo and realized very quickly why it stands out over the 100's of this image I've seen. The lighting at the top is magic to me. Great image and article.
sieraroseycheeks
March 18, 2020
Is this Multnomah Falls? i live in Portland. I see by the other messages now that it is Multnomah Falls- this is bar none the best photograph of the falls I've ever seen before, & I've seen many of them. Excellent, excellent work.
DaveKochPhoto
March 19, 2020
Wow thank you very much. Just curious if you know why you think it is better?
pamelawinter
March 04, 2021
Hi Dave. I read your BTL on this and I agree, it's a postcard shot of my beloved Multnomah Falls. However, you captured it very nicely. My question... Did you change the alignment of the falls in post processing? I've never gotten them to line up vertically like this.
DaveKochPhoto
March 07, 2021
I did not. I wwent pretty far top the right to do that.... not in the normal place people shoot.... (I Think!)
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Location
This is probably the premier waterfall (among many great falls) in Oregon. I had no idea it was so accessible.... you literally roll out of your car and walk right up to this great fall. Obviously a vertical subject, so I shot it at a three-image vertical pano.Time
Probably between 3 and 4 pm.... the summit shows some gold, but the falls are in such deep shadow that even mid day I would think you would see gold light when you adjust for the shadows.Lighting
This is all natural light. Exposure was set for the shadows (as was white balance).Equipment
This was shot with a D-810 on a solid set of sticks. I think this would have been a geared head, though it could have been my RRS... both are syuper solid. Remote trigger.Inspiration
Honestly, I am not super hot on this picture. It is an image everyone takes, and there is nothing new in my version of it. There really are not many options for this place... there is a trail up to the falls, and perhaps I could have gone there for something different. And maybe I will. But this is just the same old same old that everyone takes.Editing
Obviously I needed to paste the component images together- just used Lightroom (or Photoshop) to handle that job. Didn't really take notes on what I did, did not seem like too important an image to me.... just a snapshot really. Looking at it, I would say I did the normal contrast and color adjustments in Lr.... probably boosted the greens some, too. I KNOW I needed to Ps out people on the bridge... and probably some sticks and leaves I found distracting in the image.In my camera bag
I cover this in a lot of my other posts.... suffice to say I usually run two rigs, a FF and a crop sensor. I keep at least two tripods with me always, and all have the arca-swiss mount so I can use whatever I want on it. I use FF lenses so they are all interchangable...Feedback
Take your time. Get the ISO low and the f-stop high. You NEED that blur!