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Another oldie from 2010 to go with yesterday's Highline Trail pic. Here's a small slice of Glacier's Going To The Sun Road, with Bird Woman Falls under Mt. Cannon and the Weeping Wall on the right. Tis challenging to stay on this narrow winding road with stunning beauty all around.
I'm blessed to have hundreds of images in my archives to work on to share in the future. Unless I'm on a trip or chores pull me away I generally post an image daily. Let's say 300 a year. But I take a few thousand raw images a year, depending on how much I get out image hunting, leaving me with a considerable archive library to work later. Like these past 2 posts. A good problem to have eh?
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Located halfway between Banff and Jasper National Parks (more or less).
I had no idea you could get to the base of it let alone ice climb it until yesterday afternoon haha.
Wall at ancient jewish cemetery in the jewish quarter Kazimierz at Cracow/Poland.
The title is a quote from a german poem of Paul Celan "Todesfuge" ("Death Fugue").
"Wir schaufeln ein Grab in den Lüften da liegt man nicht eng".
Ancient jewish cemetery, Kraków, Poland in the jewish quarter Kazimierz, founded in the 16th century.
After the occupation through german troops in World War II the jew people of Kraków were deported to the ghetto Podgórze. Few survived Holocaust and war. During restoration of the cemetery in the 1950s many old tombstones were discovered that had been buried in the ground. Many of them damaged. They were inserted into the wall at the Szeroka Street as a memorial.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK1alQN3MDg
David Bowie "Weeping Wall" (Low).
This was one of the highlights from my short roadtrip to California with Rami Jabaji. For several reasons, I have always skipped this waterfall; it's out of the way, requires walking on some train tracks, involves parking issues and the list of excuses goes on. Anyway, after skipping this numerous times, I finally made a trip out to this place. As usual, it's not the easiest place to access, but the place felt like the California Zoo by the time we left (i.e. 21 people there when we left). Really like it nevertheless. Worth a visit! :)
We needed to stretch our legs and so we pulled into the next rest stop on our drive home from Yosemite. My hubby headed for the gents' room as I was drawn like a magnet to the sound of a waterfall somewhere off in the distance! Quite by accident, we stopped here, where we could discover and enjoy beautiful Burney Falls!
Had a last minute opportunity to take some time in the morning and get outside and do some photography. I have really wanted to shoot this location for sometime and figured why not, I knew approximately where it is and knew where to start the journey from, good enough for me! I did my typical “freak out” about the weather clearing off too early and the bright sun ruining my shot and kicked my hiking speed into overdrive, where I pass several spots on the way in that I think would make great pictures, but figure I can shoot them on my way back after I get my grand prize! Of course my camera never leaves my backpack on the way back. Once I arrive at the “Weeping Walls” all is good and my mind goes from worry mode to shooting this beautiful and secluded spot on the cold morning, just what I needed to clear my mind from everything!
I hope everyone is having a great week and I want to say thank you to all of the veterans for everything they have done and continue to do!
Took another trip up Eagle Creek to see if my camera worked after giving it a bath last week. In the same creek. It worked just fine after paying to have it dried out. We got there just after sunrise and stayed until after the sun peeked around the corner.
For the first time in many years I visited the western wall in Jerusalem. This time with my son, impressive as always.
I think it was Chip Phillips who originally named this the weeping walls and I can't think of a more appropriate title. I've been sitting on this image for a while trying out different processing techniques and this is the product of countless hours in the lab. Got to shoot a cloudless sunset on Wednesday with a bunch of the flickr heavyweight champs (no skinny bones Jones I'm not counting you)! Sorry for not linking everybody but there were waaay too many of ya. Special shout out to Jave, James and Alan for makin this chica feel like a rockstar. Celebrity wise it was kinda like watching Art Wolfe get excited over meeting Punky Brewster, yeah I know it just doesn't make sense! You guys have amazing streams and I can't wait to see your interpretations of Oregon. Oh and thanks PD for takin me up there :) Happy Friday everybody and enjoy this beautiful weekend.
Helicopter tour, a couple of water drops on the lens..This was spectacular, even for the couple in the back seats that probably didn't have a real good time! Torre had an SE grin the whole time...I as well. Mt Waialeale, Kauai, Hawaii
Take a look at this shot because you will never see it again in this condition. At least not in my life time. For those outside of the NW who don’t know, this area has been probably reduced to ashes.
This of course is Eagle Creek and it’s infamous “Weeping Wall”. I was able to get this single exposure shot 3 years ago on one of my many visits. I actually got this on my second visit. The first visit was a week earlier when my camera took a bath in Eagle Creek. Since then I have been back there numerous times. To say it is one of my favorite places in the world would be an understatement. I love this place so much that this is where I decided to watch the eclipse just a couple of weeks ago. Standing just a few hundred yards down stream in my waders with those goofy glasses on trying to get a shot. Just me all by myself watching the moon pass by the sun and the slowly dissipating light darkening the surrounding canyon. Combine that with the birds coming to life as this happened, was truly a surreal experience I will always remember. Little did I know that this shot and the eclipse moment will have to be something literally for the memory banks, because they will never be duplicated in their entirety.
But it is not just Eagle Creek. Shots like those of the crown jewel - Multnomah Falls will always be changed. Elowah, Latourell, Ponytail Falls, Oneonata and the list goes on. Because the entire gorge area has been evacuated. The area affected is in the 10’s of thousands of acres and counting. Some of this could be conjecture, but if you look at some of the news footage it will probably be a reality soon enough. All because a 15yr old wanted to throw a smoke bomb off of a Eagle Creek cliff trail down to the creek 100’s of feet below. What a waste. Hopefully something of good will come from his destruction but only time will tell.
Waterfalls on the Weeping Wall, Cirrus Mountain, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
Wanting to post more images but there never seems to be time to look at or process them all!
If that was not enough of a challenge for me, I also starting shooting some cinestill colour and acros bw film. At least I have an excuse with the film, I have to send it away to be processed and scanned.
I really wanted to convey the arc of Cirrus Mountain and the wonderful cloud patterns in this photograph.
"The land is sacred. These words are at the core of our being. The land is our mother, the rivers our blood. Take our land away and we die. That is, the Indian in us dies."
~ Mary Brave Bird, Lakota
This was some of the best lighting I have ever seen. It was also super difficult to process, and took a bit of effort to get here.
Friday morning I got the call from Skyler Hughes and we headed off to the gorge. He had not seen Eagle creek, so up the canyon we went. This spot is off the trail. It requires wading through Eagle Creek itself (which is pretty much the size of a river). We got here in time to spend a while waiting for some good light. We got what we wanted, at a cost. We both were feeling pre hypothermic from the river water, Skyler's waders were lost down the river, and my cell phone got water damaged. It was worth it, I think.
Enjoy!
Canon 40d- Tokina 11-16mm - Polarizer - Jamey Pyles Photography
Going-to-the-Sun Road and Weeping Wall
Glacier National Park, MT
I’m about to set out on a lengthy adventure to the mountains and this John Muir quote came to mind. While I’m gone, I hope you all have fun on your own adventures and get to take lots of pictures.
This is Eagle Creek and the area known as Weeping Wall. Being a winter shot there is a lot of vegetation missing that can be seen in other shots taken in May or later.
This area is also down stream from other Eagle Creek waterfalls Punch Bowl and Metlako. This little waterfall is unnamed from what we can find out. The water level is at low probably not seen in a long time. And with snow pack at record level lows it will only get worse as the summer days kick in. Along with the low stream levels is the lack of extreme “weeping” effects that might be seen at other times with higher snow packs and rainfall. Regardless this is still a gorgeous spot to be on a sunny day when there is not a soul around, as long as you want to work a little work to get there. This is a long exposure for the water and a separate one for the sky.
This is the third shot from our one morning spent on Eagle Creek. This is the last composition from that productive morning.
With this one I tried to use all input from the first two to come up with the best shot possible. This is formed from 2 shots with the second taken for the sky. I posted one with and one without the blue sky. From the input I received I decided to go with the sky added, but decided to add just a slight sky to not detract from the shot itself. Also saturation and “coloring” was brought to my attention. So with that in mind I pulled back my saturation and paid closer attention to the overall hue of the shot. Throw in a few other things and I came up with this finished product. Since I am new to a lot of post processing techniques, I am all ears. So if anyone that views this shot has any suggestions, fell free to give me input.
Wahclella Falls is a beautiful spot at any time, however, when you get there after some heavy rain it becomes even more magical.
There is actually a bit of water coming down on a second 'weeping wall' but the first one on the left was obviously far more prominent.
I am heading out tomorrow for my at least yearly trip to dive and photograph what can be seen below the water. We are heading off to a different part of the world to see and photograph new critters. As excited as I am about that I am more excited to what I will come back to see here in the NW. A new spring nice and green and a chance to go to this area here. Weeping Wall on Eagle Creek. And after the wild and wet winter we have had here, this is an area that will hopefully be spectacular. That is if you can make that first crossing.
This is the infamous Weeping Wall on Eagle Creek. In most years you would be able to see water pouring off of both sides. But both sides at this early date, weep no more. That is my friend Janeen, standing in the water, in the rain, for perspective.
This is a witness photo taken for our adventure ( Michael and I) to find "Weeping Wall". After trekking down Eagle Creek crossing 3 to 4 times in at times the pouring rain our destination had been reached. I set up my tripod and had fired off a couple of test shots ready to get serious. I turned my back for a few seconds only to turn around and see my camera laying in the creek. Tripod and all. This the first of three test shots before my camera hit the water, It is not anywhere near perfect , but it does prove that I was there.
Driving the world famous "Icefieldsparkway" last week in Banff National Park did not disappoint. So cool to watch these iceclimbers from the roadway.
January 2018
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This is the “Weeping Wall”, a group of cliffs roughly 1000 feet high. In the summer months they are often covered in cascades, hence the “weeping”. Driving through the Icefields Parkway is something everyone should try. Jasper is an incredible place to enjoy.
I am relieved to be posting this picture from the safety of my house, desk, and chair.
The trip was certainly adventurous- as planned and desired, but it started to drift over into that "this might have been a bad idea..." realm.
It came together as a last minute idea Saturday night, with a late text to Aaron asking if he wanted to head back here the next morning. He said yes, and Valorie asked what we were planning. I explained and she wanted in.
We met in the morning and made it to a wet, rainy, and cold trailhead around 10am. 3 people in wetsuits and backpacks are an odd sight, all the more on a hiking trail. It didn't take long to make it to the entry point on the creek where we head in, and 20 minutes later we were suited, booted, gloved and ready to go. Climbing over some deadfall trees, we stood on the shore line looking out across our first crossing.
This is my third time swimming up this part of the creek this year, all at high rain times- but this time, it was moving and churning like I haven't ever seen it. The first crossing is the deepest and most challenging, but it's only 30 yds across. If that. But, this 30 yds had a NASTY center current that was damn strong and ran a bright green/white for most of it's length.
To save more of the story for future posts, we made it across. It wasn't as bad as it looked, but the log jam debris piles immediately downstream did not go away and posed a real threat, and in the back of our minds, was a growing dread of "oh man, we have to do it again to get out..."
At one of our creek crossings we were thigh deep, fighting to stay upright against the current, all three of us facing forward, sidestepping, using trekking poles to keep our balance- and Valorie says, "OH, there's a log coming.."
And sure enough, 50 yards upstream a large log was slowly coming right at us. No one had to dive out of the way, but it had that creepy slow motion scary feeling like when you're a kid in your room at night and you think you hear footsteps slowly approaching down the dark hallway. As the instigator of this trip, I had the thought of, "Oh my God, what did I drag these guys into..." We all crossed in plenty of time to be out of the logs path, but it was a reminder to be wary and alert.
We made it to the Weeping Walls and as always- it was beautiful :-) Here, what is normally dry ground was all underwater- buried beneath a strong, relentless flow of current.
We stayed for a good while to take pictures and enjoy the scene. I had a tent packed into my bag, just for the idea of getting a picture of this place as a campsite. I know it's a bit of BS, but it's fun to make pictures that represent imagination and "what if's" thoughts.
After an hour or more (I have no concept of how much time passes in a place like that) our group was getting cold and it was time to get back before dark and face that final crossing we were trying not to think about. But- first- let me give some serious credit to Aaron Ellingsen. This guy is tough. I was wearing a 5/4 wetsuit. The numbers are thickness in millimeters, with the center/core of the suit being 5mil and the legs and arms being 4mil. I was warm and toasty the whole time. This suit is made for cold, cold stuff. Valorie had on a 4/3 and she did great also. She was cold when standing still, but we both had hoods so that made a big difference to handle the cold.
Aaron on the other hand, he had a 3/2 suit. with no hood and no neoprene gloves- and he didn't gripe once about being too cold and ready to call it quits. I think once or twice he gently mentioned he was getting, "a little chilly." A 3/2 is made for summer, mid temp water. This was winter with snow melt temps.
Man, if that was me, I would have been shaking like a little girl, teeth chattering, balled up onshore with the backpacks wrapped around me asking "how much longer" about 20 times!
So, big props to him. The dude has some serious grit. And he's a clear, calm thinker when things start to get hairy.
Let me also say how frikkin awesome my girlfriend is too!
1, she's a photographer and we get to share that passion together. I feel so lucky to be able to experience this with her.
2, she was excited about this trip, wanted to join, and she handled it all. Even after almost getting swept into a rocky wall.
3, she's hot and drives a bad ass Jeep.
DAMN this girl is a catch!
Alright. I'm done yakking. That's my tale for this posting.
More pics and videos another time.
Having just completed my week long road trip to Glacier National Park, I was anxious to begin editing photos and seeing the fruits of my labor. This week has been incredible in so many ways, photography being just a small part. I'm very blessed.
This was the first night that we were in Glacier National Park, and we decided to get some food before shooting the sunset due to the fact that the sun doesn't set until about 9:50pm on June 30th at Glacier. This sunset just kept producing more and more color with the clouds reflecting off the glassy surface of the glacial lake. The sad thing is that this photo doesn't do this scene any justice, those mountains in the background are huge. The 17-40mm f/4L lens I was using distorts the true size of that massive mountains. This turned out to be the tip of the iceberg that night. Looking forward to sharing more this week as I continue to edit and sort through the 800+ photos that made the cut.
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Once again, Glacier National Park and Lake McDonald. I was waiting patiently for some people who were at the end of the dockto get tired of watching the beautiful sunset (which didn't happen). I kindly asked them if I could snap a few quick photos and there were more than accommodating. And because it was a boat dock, that means there was a tiny bit was movement while the 3 exposures were being shot. Hence the ghosting on the posts. Otherwise, I'm very happy with the photo. I'll certainly never forget this trip, we kept going back to Lake McDonald because there was always something interesting to photography. I have a few more photos of Glacier and a few more of Grand Teton to share. Thank you all for viewing!
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To photographers familiar with the Northwest this is a familiar shot/location. But it is minus the familiar weeping wall. I decided to visit it in August to see what it looked liked. And this is what it looked like on the day of the eclipse.
Wow.
This place was incredibly beautiful.
One of those overwhelming, pinch myself, is this real experiences.There is a couple month story that goes to this video, so I am going to tell it. I'll even make it interactive with links! (oooo, aaahh)
I think...I think, I may be the first person to take a picture of this in the Winter.. I am not proclaiming that title, but wondering it out loud. Not the first person- who knows what humans have stood here to see this scene, but first person to record it. If anyone has seen other footage, both moving and still, of this in the snow- let me know!
Don Jensen invited me to get some Eagle Creek pictures on a particular very rainy day in December. I had a great time with him- he's a hell of a guy! While poking around to take pictures of all the secondary waterfalls, we "found" this from above near the trail. More like "spotted" the Shangri-la scene, but it was downstream, unreachable by us. Three waterfalls poured out of the mossy forested canyon banks, plummeting straight below to a pool with a fall streaming into it. It was incredible! Forgive my crudeness in the analogy, but we were like 10 yr old boys who just spotted a swimsuit model sunbathing through a hole in the fence. We hunted for ways to get down in, but saw nothing. We did our best to get images and video from above, but it was obvious the gold mine was below us in the canyon.
After posting video and picture here, Flickrites identified our pictures as the mysterious "Weeping Wall" area. I've heard of this, and seen pictures, but had no idea where it was.
www.flickr.com/photos/donkjensen/5265815917/in/set-721576...
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The next month, Aaron Ellingsen and I embarked on a mission to get to this wonderful Shangri-la. He had been hunting it also for the last 6 months. We came outfitted with climbing harnesses and ropes to repel down into the visual Gold mine through a channel I had spotted that seemed more sloped than the rest of the straight drops. Evidently we were spotted by Matt Abinante who saw some crazies trying to repel off the rocks. We got 15' ft down and quickly realized our route of opportunity was actually horribly dangerous. The reason the slot was sloped was because a rotting log was jamming up the slot causing a truck load of rock, mud and debris to back up and accumulate. Once we saw we would have to go underneath the pile-up, we both decided the risk of a landslide on our heads from the rotting log was just too much. With many hours lost, we packed up, and attacked via plan B. The creek itself.
We tried the first spot we could get access to the river to head upstream from there. Unfortunately, Aaron's wader's weren't enough for the high winter water level of the creek's flow. Fortunately, I had brought a full body, cold weather wetsuit. I could go upstream! and did so to check things out, sadly leaving Aaron pouting on the creek side.
I finally did make it to the Weeping Walls and it was... it's a beautiful place. It's just amazing. Words are kind of... not good enough to describe it. I took a few pictures- but they were terrible in the dimming light. By this point, it was getting dark, Aaron was waiting for me back downstream, and I was exhausted from the day's effort and the weight and heat of the wetsuit. I stumbled, tripped, floated, and swam down to meet back up with him. *laughing* I finished the hike back to the car panting like an old man, taking 2 steps and a breath, 2 steps and a breath.
I had no good picture to show for my visit, but we had breached the mine. And wow, it is laced with gold... here's a great take of it in the Summer by Chip Phillips:
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So, since then, I have been wanting to go back. But, this place only works at a high water flow time for the secondary falls on the sides to flow. I have been waiting for a good heavy rain, but also worried about rock slides and debris coming over the edges above on me. And I have also wondered what would it look like iced up?...
This last weekend was a wet snowy one. Aaron and I camped out on the flanks of Mt Hood, snowshoeing in knee deep snow to camp out in a 0 degree night. At one point he said, "All this is supposed to warm up this week. The Gorge will start gushing soon..." It sparked a thought, but the excitement of our snow camping distracted me from following it further.
Here's from this weekend:
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On Sunday I wanted to come here. It was starting to melt out in the Valley, but the Gorge was still iced up. And this is where i wanted to come. But, I was still tired from the night before shooting stars in the snow. Valorie and I went out to the Gorge but only Multnomah and Horsetail to try some timelapse techniques. The Gorge was beautiful! Iced up and gushing water. It was perfect! I knew Monday was going to be my day to try the Weeping Walls.
My alarm went off early on Monday and I woke up to a heavy rain on the roof. It didn't let up the whole morning. I should have still gone, but I didn't. Chalk it up to laziness and dreary weather.
So yesterday, I gave it another go. It was raining, but not as bad. I borrowed some more cold weather wet suit gear from a friend (thank you Drew Starks!), and finally left the house around noon. I was really worried about getting knocked out from melting ice or falling rock debris since there are many spots of this hike that are sheer cliffs directly overhead. But, for better or worse, the ice had already melted and all fallen, with merely a fresh coating of 8" snow covering everything. I brought a rock climbing helmet for protection none the less. I was really disappointed to see the ice gone, but very relieved and confident to continue on with the trek with less danger of ice fall. But, things were still falling. On my way out I saw a chair sized boulder come down from the straight cliff drop and slam right onto the trail. .....I started jogging back at that point!
I'll stop with the story here and save some more for when I post a picture. It's going to take awhile to adequately process these images to do the scene justice. In the meantime, this video should give you a fix for Waterfall Wednesday :-)
But, since I am name dropping all over the place on this post, let me direct to you to some stunning shots taken from Eagle Creek just 2 days before me, on Sunday. I really wish I had their composition and technical skills to pull off these beautiful shots. I need to trade some of my crazy for their skilz..
Christina- I love the color temp on this
www.flickr.com/photos/konejita/5485582220/
Andrew- look at the ice!!
www.flickr.com/photos/andrewkumler/5491459231/in/contacts/
Aaron- traditional viewpoint just decked out in snow and ice
www.flickr.com/photos/sicalufakiss/5487535418/
Lance- check out that picture posted below the main one too
Jay Howard and I hiked our way up Eagle Creek last weekend to check out the fabled "weeping walls." It was a lot of fun, and even though we hadn't had a good downpour since the storm several weeks ago, the walls were a'weepin'.
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Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
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When I stopped here on my way back to Banff from Jasper, I saw no signs indicating this sight had a name, but when looking at a map later on, saw the name and wondered if it matched up with this photo. I eventually was able to determine that they were one and the same.
Apparently, no "weeping" is involved much of the year, but late spring/early summer is when it's at its most melancholy.
This is a Pano combining two photos taken with my 50mm lens.
I don't expect this shot to be widely liked.