Paradise Found + RAW

During my two week visit to the Columbia River Gorge I had the opportunity to get into Mossy Grotto Falls with fellow forum member Dan Kearl. After our visit I decided to return about a week later under different lighting conditions for another shot at it, since it's such a unique area. This time I brought my waders since the water levels had risen so much during that week.

For this shot I was standing in the rushing stream and had my camera quite close to the water, trying to come up with something a bit different from this location. Constantly dealing with water spots on the lens is really not my idea of fun but I was able to sneak in a few images without them. This is a blend of two exposures for dynamic range. The diffused light was really nice so I decided to enhance the effect even more by breathing on my lens during the exposure. This created the dreamy glow you see here.

Also got to meet a few other fine photographers that day, Alex Noriega, Michael Bollino, Tj Thorne, and David Kingham.