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Multnomah Falls

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.

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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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NIKON D810

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Aperture f/22 ISO 31 Shutter 2/1 Focal Length 270/10

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May, 2018

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Beautiful photograph!

Thank you Alfredo my friend! :)

Wow 😮 where is this place?awesome photography

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!

This shot is beautiful!

Thank you very much!

Stunning

It is a great place to go!

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Awesome

Thanks Tomas!

Stunning

Thank you Ramy!

Amazingly beautiful and dramatic scene....Love it!!

YOu are very kind- Thank You!

My most favorite falls since I can remember. Interesting composite.

So glad it survived the fires last year!

Oregon's hidden gem! Beautiful.

Not very hidden! I was suprised how easily accessible it was!

Beautiful!!!! A get loston in your thoughts photo!!!!

Thank you MaryMarie- It is a beautiful, very special place!

Cool photo!

Thank you Mary!

Awesome shot! We went there last year! Amazing site! The restaurant at the bottom was awesome also!

Sure is a great place! I think we just got coffee there, but we needed it- our fingers were frozen!

😮 breathtakingly beautiful!!

Thank you Jewel! :)

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

@Twinborg- you know what/ Thank you! That means a LOT to me... Thanks!

Ultimate

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.

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.

Wow thank you very much. Just curious if you know why you think it is better?

Wow! So gorgeous! My parents live in Albany!

Thank you!

OH MY!!!! That's an awesome shot!!!

You are very kind Clint- thanks!

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I know where that is

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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.

I did not. I wwent pretty far top the right to do that.... not in the normal place people shoot.... (I Think!)

Love the PNW! Great Shot

Scary beautiful.

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Loved Oregon

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Well Done!!

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Behind The Lens

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.

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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...

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Multnomah Falls

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.

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