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Enjoying the view in a classic Autumn day at Benson State Recreation Area. Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.
Love this place! Another one of my favorite waterfalls in Oregon!..Thanks to my waders I have ALL kinds of different comps from this place!
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A very nice 74' waterfall just a few steps off of the Pacific Crest Trail near Cascade Locks Oregon.
Water from Dry Creek was used from 1896 to 1937 to power the lock chamber gates at Cascade Locks, the locks that gave the town its name. The locks were built to circumvent the great Cascades of the Columbia, a long whitewater expanse that was a major impediment to river travel. When the creek was used to power the locks, its creek bed ran dry; hence the name. When Bonneville Dam became operational in 1937, the Great Cascades, along with most of the lock canal, were submerged below the rising water behind it.
The city took its name from a set of locks built to improve navigation past the Cascades Rapids of the Columbia River. The U.S. federal government approved the plan for the locks in 1875, construction began in 1878, and the locks were completed on November 5, 1896. The locks were subsequently submerged in 1938, replaced by Bonneville Lock and Dam. Cascade Locks is just upstream from the Bridge of the Gods, a toll bridge that spans the Columbia River.
The Scenic Winds Motel in Cascade Locks, Oregon was built in 1930 and operated until 1997. It sits roadside along the historic Scenic Highway 30, constructed in the 1920s to showcase the beautiful Columbia River Gorge with its many waterfalls and vistas.
There's an interesting pioneer cemetery across the highway.
Cascade Locks is a picturesque and historic town, located directly off of I-84 on the way to Portland.
The 'Bridge of the Gods', a steel truss bridge built high above the Columbia river in 1930 to connect Washington and Oregon, is located on the western edge of town.
'Bridge of the Gods' refers not only to the steel bridge but also to a Native American 'legend' of an ancient land bridge that once allowed a person to cross the mighty Columbia River on foot. Geologists have confirmed that about 500 years ago a massive landslide directly across the river did indeed dam the river for several years where the town is located today.
The first White settlement here was established for helping pioneers on the Oregon Trail to portage around rapids on the river. The government built locks (remnants are still visible in the center of town) in 1896 to bypass the rapids.
Native Americans sell fresh and smoked salmon from road-side stands below the Bridge of The Gods. Sometimes, the salmon is so fresh, it's actually been caught and cleaned the day it's sold.
The Brigham Fish Market (native owned) down the road sells fresh and prepared fish. I often stop for lunch and see if they are selling their delicious fried sturgeon.
Looking westward from Cascade Locks, Oregon. The Bridge of the Gods was directly behind me when I took this picture.
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Captured this with three RAW shots at -2..0..+2 EV using an ND8 filter. Digital blending in Photoshop CS6. I increased the overall saturation with Hue/Saturation in Photoshop. Curve adjustment to increase the overall contrast. 1 layer mask in soft light mode at 50% gray, using brush tool to lighten and darken some areas of the image, to bring out details. Topaz DeNoise to reduce noise.
Today's hiking trip - Dry Creek Falls at the Columbia River Gorge in Spring. Another great day for waterfalls!
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Captured this with the iPhone 6 Plus Panorama Mode. Increased the overall saturation with Hue/Saturation in Photoshop CS6. Curve adjustment to increase the overall contrast. 1 layer mask in soft light mode at 50% gray, using brush tool to lighten and darken some areas of the image, to bring out details. Topaz DeNoise to reduce noise.
Bridge of the Gods over Columbia River at Sunset. Adding another image from my iPhone 6 Plus to my portfolio. Love the panorama mode.
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"On the south support structure of the Bridge of the Gods is a wonderful large mural showing the legend, local wildlife, and historical events of the Bonneville Landslide and the Cascade Rapids, the Cascade Locks, and the Bridge of the Gods area. The mural was completed in May 2002. The artist was Larry Kangas. The Legend ...
Various versions of the "Bridge of the Gods" legend exist, all with a common theme of volcanoes and a land bridge. The most common version given has it that the sons of Old Coyote, Wy’east (Mount Hood) and Pahto (Mount Adams), were powerful braves both in love with a maiden (Mount St. Helens). Because they crossed the “Bridge of the Gods” to fight over their love for her, Old Coyote collapsed the land bridge to keep his sons from fighting."
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**No edit at all - taken @ Cascade Locks, OR
At the time I was in the west coast visiting, it was rhododendron's blooming time. They were huge and showy.
Jasmine and I went looking for goslings today. After some detective work, we found a family near a protected island.
Low overcast skies made it necessary to shoot at a high ISO...sorry about the "noise". Sorry also about the wierd size of the pics...they were a distance away and I had to crop horizontally to fill the frame.
Aren't they cute? I hope they all survive into adulthood-there was a total of eight.
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On a sunny January day in 1990, a westbound Union Pacific freight train closes in on Cascade Locks, Oregon. It was my first winter in the Rose City. Catching a ratty C-Boat like this on the point was a rare treat.
This is the Bridge of the Gods in Cascade Locks, Oregon.
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After catching the homebound Union Pacific Operation Lifesaver special at Troutdale, Oregon, I zoomed ahead to Cascade Locks for this image. That's the Bridge of the Gods in the distance. A few years after I took this shot, some nice person planted trees in the foreground. The foliage completely obliterated this angle.
I liked that this train had the HEP generator car behind the power, and a string of passenger cars unbroken by a baggage car for the photographers. It probably looks as close to an in-service UP streamliner as I will ever get.
This is a rescan of a previously posted image.
A view looking to the south across Eagle Creek to Upper Punchbowl Falls. One thing about being in the Pacific NW and hiking the trails around the Columbia River Gorge is the richness of colors! That's what drew me into this setting, along with the natural channel created with the nearby rock wall and tree growth to the far off waterfall.
To comment on Flickr's choice of GPS locations, the GPS data clearly shows this in Oregon in the Columbia River Gorge but adds in a Washington location. Not certain the why's of this...
An early-morning long-exposure shot of one of my favorite waterfalls anywhere. As a native of the Columbia River Gorge, I have seen this fall hundreds upon hundreds of times. And yet, I never, ever get tired of the view.
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I took a short hike to see how well I could travel with a backpack cantaining both my newest 4x5 film camera, and my Nikon D810, along with about 10 lenses. Add a tripod, and bottle of water, and it turned out to be too much for my shoulders. I can't carry as much as I used to. I got this picture, though.
This sopt is near the Bonneville Dam in the Columbia Gorge, along the Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail.
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The city took its name from a set of locks built to improve navigation past the Cascades Rapids of the Columbia River. The U.S. federal government approved the plan for the locks in 1875, construction began in 1878, and the locks were completed on November 5, 1896. The locks were subsequently submerged in 1938, replaced by Bonneville Lock and Dam. Cascade Locks is just upstream from the Bridge of the Gods, a toll bridge that spans the Columbia River.
Western Oregon is very rainy and pretty much everything has moss growing on it. I saw these rocks while hiking on the Ponytail and Horsetail Trail in Cascade Locks.
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I took this from a perch above the Columbia just east of Cascade Locks. I had never been there before, but I plan to go back in the Spring.
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The city took its name from a set of locks built to improve navigation past the Cascades Rapids of the Columbia River. The U.S. federal government approved the plan for the locks in 1875, construction began in 1878, and the locks were completed on November 5, 1896. The locks were subsequently submerged in 1938, replaced by Bonneville Lock and Dam. Cascade Locks is just upstream from the Bridge of the Gods, a toll bridge that spans the Columbia River.
This picture was my goal for the last two years. It has taken me several years of building my knowledge of this mating pair, their tendencies, and a great number of strike outs on my part, but this shot has been my goal. The way I imagined it! Next goal: keep the bird in focus as it does the dive and plunge. Another day.