I've only had this camera a couple weeks, and in RAW it's saturating everything. While converting these images, I've turned down the saturation 15-20% in all these shots.. Still a work in progress.
First on the agenda was a trip to Cabin Creek Falls to try and get a better angle on it than yesterday. The immense spray today hampered any efforts to get a good vertical shot of it.
Looking over the huge rock laying in the way
I then tried a shot from the side of the highway
From here we proceeded east to Viento State Park to turn around. Across the river was a seasonal falls
Mainly what I wanted next was a vertical shot of 300+ ft Lancaster from the weigh station parking lot
In this view, you can see the bowl I climbed into yesterday at the bottom of the picture.
From here, we turned back east at Wyeth and proceeded to the base of Summit Creek, where Camp Benson Falls were roaring. We parked at the wide spot right before the culvert. I proceeded on foot alone up the creek. The going is rough to say the least.
Here's a shot from the highway, the falls are in sight at the top of the canyon.
I climbed up the eastern side of the creek, following a faint game trail. about halfway up, I encountered cliffs and a series of cascades. The falls are on the right just above the cascade.
From here, its all cliffs to the falls. I don't recommend anyone go this route to the falls. I made it up and around the hill, but the going was extremely slow and not for the faint of heart. The falls turned out to be less spectacular than I had hoped. They're probably in the realm of 60 ft or so.
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From here, I proceeded back down the cliff area, and back to the truck. The rain was pounding by this time, and it made things interesting to say the least.
Last on the list was Harrison Falls on Lindsay Creek. I had seen this falls dozens of times driving by on I-84, but never stopped. It's roughly 500 ft off the interstate. To get shots of the whole thing, one must take a shot of the lower tier from the western side, then hike back to the highway, cross the culvert, and then climb up the steep east side to get a view of the upper tier. The west side is flat, the east side just the opposite.
Harrison Falls
Wide view
Here was my best effort at seeing the upper tier from the west. The rain was still pounding and I really didn't want to climb up the steep eastern side, but alas I would've been kickin myself later for being lazy.
After hiking back to the highway, I crossed the raging creek on the culvert, and headed about 100 ft elevation up the 70+ degree east slope. Didn't find any game trails, so the goin was slow. I made it up to the power-line 'clearing', which was insanely thick as usual. From there I worked my way to a viewpoint of the 18 ft upper tier. My photos make it look small though. Here's upper Harrison Falls.
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This falls was a beauty. I stayed an extra bit to admire the rocks and the deep splash pools.
From here it was getting dark, so we headed back. Along the way, I grabbed a shot out the window near Dodson showing the seasonal stream flows.
Last but not least, we stopped in at Multnomah in the dark 'cause it was roaring as hard as we'd ever seen it. These next two pictures are long exposures in the dark, just trying to show the flows today.
Shady Creek
Happy trails.
