The Lower Gorge

[AlanLichty]

A view looking upstream through the Columbia River Gorge from last October. I am still just barely making a dent in processing all of the shots I took last fall up in the Gorge. At the time I shot this I thought I was looking at the peak for fall colors up there but as it turned out there were two more weeks to go. Single frame shot at 24mm from just below Crown Point.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Michael13]

While the colors are a bit understated, they contrast perfectly with the sky. But what I appreciate most about this shot is that you found a viewpoint that hides most of the roads going through this area - good job!

 

[AlanLichty]

While the colors are a bit understated, they contrast perfectly with the sky. But what I appreciate most about this shot is that you found a viewpoint that hides most of the roads going through this area - good job!

Thanks Michael - I found that dropping down in altitude does a really nice job of hiding things like I-84 on the left going right up through this view. This shot was taken in late October and peak color didn't hit until the end of the first week in November.

 

[JimFox]

Michael makes a great point about the roads being hidden. By the view of this, if one didn't know you would think you were out in the middle of no where, 100's of miles from civilization.

I also like the way all of the trees seem to radiate from the lower left corner and converging towards the right side. You have done lot's of great drone photos from that area, but I have to say, I think this is my favorite.

 

[AlanLichty]

Michael makes a great point about the roads being hidden. By the view of this, if one didn't know you would think you were out in the middle of no where, 100's of miles from civilization.

I also like the way all of the trees seem to radiate from the lower left corner and converging towards the right side. You have done lot's of great drone photos from that area, but I have to say, I think this is my favorite.

Thanks Jim - happily the shot doesn't have sound or you would be listening to the semis on I-84 about 200 yards over on the left from the drone viewpoint. Shooting from over my house taught me to drop down to make civilization disappear behind the tree tops and it works well in this area too. The line of green trees starting about 1/3 up from the bottom left is the right hand side of the freeway which also shows how little of this scene is visible from the interstate since you are in a tunnel of trees.

I took so many images up there this last fall I still haven't decided whether I can even isolate one as a favorite. I like having a problem like that

 

[Douglas Sherman]

A view looking upstream through the Columbia River Gorge from last October. I am still just barely making a dent in processing all of the shots I took last fall up in the Gorge. At the time I shot this I thought I was looking at the peak for fall colors up there but as it turned out there were two more weeks to go. Single frame shot at 24mm from just below Crown Point.

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C&C always welcome.

Beautiful image,Alan. I can’t wait to see the others.

 

[AlanLichty]

Beautiful image,Alan. I can’t wait to see the others.

Thanks Doug - I have posted quite a few from this area but there are still hundreds more in my stash.