Waterfall Wednesday 9/9/2026

[AlanLichty]

Welcome to another Wednesday and another round of falling water.

My falling water for today is a small scene along Paradise Creek in Mt. Rainier National Park just upstream from Ruby Falls. There isn't much of a path through the forest along the creek and few good viewpoints but I did manage to grab this shot during a visit a number of years back.

Pile on with whatever you have showing falling water.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

What a coincidence that my falls for this week which I picked yesterday is for the same falls. A different view point downstream from your viewpoint.

 

[AlanLichty]

What a coincidence that my falls for this week which I picked yesterday is for the same falls. A different view point downstream from your viewpoint.

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Ahh yes - the real falls under the bridge on the Stevens Canyon road. This is a lot more water coming over the falls than what I saw last September when I shot there.

 

[Ken Rennie]

River Affric from October last year. Processed for the first time this week. This is a 6 shot panorama with strong sunshine and my shadow intruding into the bottom third and I decided that it might take a fair bit of work to process it so put it on the back burner ie forgot to do anything with it. The water level was very low allowing me to get into a position usually under several feet of water. Also an image from approx the same position from 2020 with a more usual water level.

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[Peter Michal]

Welcome to another Wednesday and another round of falling water.

My falling water for today is a small scene along Paradise Creek in Mt. Rainier National Park just upstream from Ruby Falls. There isn't much of a path through the forest along the creek and few good viewpoints but I did manage to grab this shot during a visit a number of years back.

Pile on with whatever you have showing falling water.

A small but magnificent cascading section of the waterfall; beautifully processed—I really like it, Alan.

 

[Peter Michal]

What a coincidence that my falls for this week which I picked yesterday is for the same falls. A different view point downstream from your viewpoint.

In one word - beautiful waterfalls!

 

[Jameel Hyder]

In one word - beautiful waterfalls!

Those are two words Peter But thanks

 

[Peter Michal]

River Affric from October last year. Processed for the first time this week. This is a 6 shot panorama with strong sunshine and my shadow intruding into the bottom third and I decided that it might take a fair bit of work to process it so put it on the back burner ie forgot to do anything with it. The water level was very low allowing me to get into a position usually under several feet of water. Also an image from approx the same position from 2020 with a more usual water level.

Ken, your shots always surprise me.. where do you find them?
Hmm.. a picturesque and rapid river in the Highlands of northern Scotland. It flows through the Glen Affric valley, which is often described as the most beautiful valley in all of Scotland.. Very nice!

 

[Peter Michal]

Those are two words Peter But thanks

Yes, Jameel.. but spoken in one breath they merged into one word.

 

[AlanLichty]

River Affric from October last year. Processed for the first time this week. This is a 6 shot panorama with strong sunshine and my shadow intruding into the bottom third and I decided that it might take a fair bit of work to process it so put it on the back burner ie forgot to do anything with it. The water level was very low allowing me to get into a position usually under several feet of water. Also an image from approx the same position from 2020 with a more usual water level.

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This is a really neat set of falls with both high and low water levels. Usually I prefer lower flow levels but this set of falls has unique characteristics in the cascades in both cases. Glad you dug this one out.

 

[AlanLichty]

A small but magnificent cascading section of the waterfall; beautifully processed—I really like it, Alan.

Thanks Peter - the steep slopes on the sides of Mt. Rainier make all of the creeks more like continuous waterfalls rather than rapids which is fun for photographers if you can access viewpoints for the creeks.

 

[Ken Rennie]

Ken, your shots always surprise me.. where do you find them?
Hmm.. a picturesque and rapid river in the Highlands of northern Scotland. It flows through the Glen Affric valley, which is often described as the most beautiful valley in all of Scotland.. Very nice!

Peter, in the dim and distant past I used to off road cycle in remote areas of Britain. I had read that it was possible to cycle across Scotland from Inverness to the West coast along Glen Affric so went to see what it was like. The part that you can see is fairly easy just a long gradual climb with a youth hostel 20 miles to the West making a good stop ( the hostel is one of 2 that have no road into them). After that the description gets positively dangerous with very narrow paths and several hundred foot drops just passable on foot to experienced hill walkers so I decided that it was too tough for a pensioner. However my cycle scouting trips made good photography scouting trips. Since then they have marked a new track called the Affric Kintail Way but my knees will not let me tackle it now. Ken

 

[Peter Michal]

Peter, in the dim and distant past I used to off road cycle in remote areas of Britain. I had read that it was possible to cycle across Scotland from Inverness to the West coast along Glen Affric so went to see what it was like. The part that you can see is fairly easy just a long gradual climb with a youth hostel 20 miles to the West making a good stop ( the hostel is one of 2 that have no road into them). After that the description gets positively dangerous with very narrow paths and several hundred foot drops just passable on foot to experienced hill walkers so I decided that it was too tough for a pensioner. However my cycle scouting trips made good photography scouting trips. Since then they have marked a new track called the Affric Kintail Way but my knees will not let me tackle it now. Ken

Ken, thank you very much for your nice and clear answer.

 

[ProCaliberTraveler]

Another angle of Soco Falls in North Carolina.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Ahh yes - the real falls under the bridge on the Stevens Canyon road. This is a lot more water coming over the falls than what I saw last September when I shot there.

Actually these are just about 100ft from the road on the other side of the viewpoint for the Paradise river. One has to wander down that area and be careful.

 

[AlanLichty]

Actually these are just about 100ft from the road on the other side of the viewpoint for the Paradise river. One has to wander down that area and be careful.

Correct - I shot the downstream side of Ruby Falls last Sept when we met up in the park but with a much lower flow in the creek. My shot at the top is about 500' upstream from the bridge on a trip I did back in 2011. The "trail" I followed kind of petered out in the forest after that.