Panther Creek Falls Summer Waterfall 2
by Rick Bures
Title
Panther Creek Falls Summer Waterfall 2
Artist
Rick Bures
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Photograph - Photograph
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Panther Creek Falls Summer Waterfall -close 1. In this mountain summertime photo of Panther Creek Falls, taken in the cool shade of late afternoon, a myriad of streams are drawn out into silky strands by the long exposure. In this close vertical composition, Panther Creek enters the frame from the right and plunges through the bottom of the frame, while a spring adds its waters to the waterfall, falling from the top of the frame to the bottom, cascading over basalt steps. The cool light compliments the verdant mosses, while highlighting the yellower tones of other patches of moss. There is a nice juxtaposition of a particularly angular basalt boulder towards frame left, about two-thirds of the way down the frame, with a small bush clinging to the cliff side towards frame right, about a third of the way down the frame. This juxtaposition, a contrast in form and texture, is at once symmetrical and asymmetrical, and combines with the many diagonal lines in the frame to add to the sense of motion and the restlessness of the waters. 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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