Panther Creek Falls Rainbow
by Rick Bures
Title
Panther Creek Falls Rainbow
Artist
Rick Bures
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Photograph - Photograph
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Panther Creek Falls Waterfall Rainbow. In this vertical composition, myriad streams of water are drawn out into silky, white strands as they cascade over basalt ledges, sunlight diffracting through the mist creating a rainbow (or more properly a mistbow). There are a lot of diagonal lines formed by the cliff side rocks, running from upper right to lower left, adding even more to the sense of motion in the scene imparted by the use of a long exposure. The colors of the diffracted sunlight show up well against the darker shadow beneath the basalt boulders, and against the verdant moss and foliage growing in the perpetual mist. This ephemeral scene lasts only a few minutes, as the direct light finds its way down through a narrow gorge to pierce the deep shade and to fall through the mist at the fortuitous angle. North of Carson, Washington, near the Columbia River Gorge. This shot was taken from a high vantage point, about on level with the top of the falls, from a viewing area on a trail at the top of the falls, and gives a very good view of the falls across the narrow rock bowl. The trail below the viewing platform is precipitous, wet, slippery, strewn with loose rock, and is dangerous. Panther Creek Falls is on Panther Creek, a few miles upstream from Panther Creek Campground, also on Panther Creek. Located near Big Lava Bed in Skamania County, the falls shown here a formed from a confluence of Panther Creek and a broad natural spring at the same location, this upper part plunging over 100 feet. See my other shots of Panther Creek and Panther Creek Falls, and my many, many other shots of waterfalls, primarily those found in the Columbia River Gorge, east of Portland, Oregon (and also including this part of Washington’s southern border).
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July 12th, 2017
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