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A huge, multi tiered waterfall in Central Oregon. One of the most popular in Oregon, partially for how beautiful it is, partially for how easy it is to access. Because of all it's tiers and platforms, it's an awesome place to do some water / photography study.
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Proxy Falls is one of the most frequently photographed waterfalls in Oregon and is certainly among the most photogenic waterfalls in the entire country. Anybody who as had a waterfall calendar has undoubtedly seen pictures of this gorgeous cascade. Fed by springs on the shoulder of North Sister, Proxy Creek breaks over a wall of columnar basalt liberally marinated in mosses, veiling 226 feet in two streams.
One of the most photogenic waterfalls in the USA and pictures rarely do it justice. It's a spectacular waterfall that not only needs to be seen but experienced to comprehend its majestic 226 feet worth of magical beauty. Located in Lane County, Oregon within the Three Sisters Wilderness. Decided to leave in comp stomper Lynn to give it some scale. It far exceeded my expectations, thanks Greg for taking us here!
I know this photo has some flaws, but I just wanted to upload this so I could finally say Happy Waterfall Wednesday! Yippee!
And to prove that I actually did get to shoot the spectacular Proxy Falls. ;) I made a lot of stupid mistakes on these shots, but oh well, that just gives me an excuse to go back, right?
Anyways, I learned a new editing technique today and I thought it would work well on this shot.
I didn't realize this until I decided to upload this, but this photo kind of has to do with my recent blog post, considering the mistakes I made.
Not enough water flowing yes but at least I stayed dry and the camera/lens wasn't drenched. It's still a nice walk through the woods and rich colors of autumn to see Proxy Falls in Oregon.
I made the skylights more to help with realistic lighting than anything else. My fluorescent lamps aren't nearly bright enough to simulate harsh sunlight. I'll hopefully be looking into getting a dedicated tungsten lamp for future scenes.
Last November I hiked a couple miles up to Proxy Falls in Oregon, since the road was closed and it was snowing. As I wrapped up shooting, it began to snow very heavily and I hiked out in a near whiteout.
Happy Fourth!
Went on a great shoot yesterday since I had the day off from work. Steve Turner and I hit the road early and headed south to Proxy Falls. I'd never been before, and was amazed at the grandeur of the falls. We got there early enough to avoid direct sunlight on the falls, but also had to hoof it in 3.5 miles since the gate is still closed from the winter.
The mist from the falls is really quite something. I haven't had my camera this wet ever. Time to get myself a weather sealed camera body!
Canon 5D
24-70mm f/2.8 L
f/11
1.6 Seconds
Polarizer
Cloth for wiping the lens
I went back here last friday hoping for some snow or ice (there's a little on the ground on the right side). Hiked through a bunch of it but not much around the falls itself.
In case you go, there's a gate across hwy 242 just before mile marker 62. You have to park there and walk up the road through the snow about 2.25 miles to the trailhead. It took me just over 1 hour. The snow was hard packed so I didn't need snowshoes. You may need them if the snow is fresh though.
The hike from the trailhead to the falls took me 45 minutes. There was only one other set of footprints leading the way there when I went and they disappeared after a couple hundred yards. I could hear the sound of the falls and headed toward it across the snow covered lava field. The loop out was more travelled and I hiked out in good time.
I was a little concerned about finding a path out so I gave myself plenty of time to hike out and only spent about 2 hours right at the falls.
I stopped at Koosah and Sahalie falls but the snow plows had blocked the entrances.
This was taken with a Fuji g617 camera with Kodak 100gx film.
Ross Wordhouse is a photographer out of Bend who uses the panoramic format alot. Check out his shot of Proxy falls on his website. You can tell it was taken quite a while ago, there's still alot of bark on that big tree in his shot.