Hiking in Oregon is incredible after the desert like climate of California. Eagle Creek in the Columbia River Gorge has one the highest densities of waterfalls in the world. I decided to shoot some long exposures of the waterfalls as we hiked. These are the three that really stood out for me.
Punch Bowl Falls is one of the most photographed falls on the trail and only two miles in. It is a smaller fall but no less beautiful.
Loowit Falls is almost twice as big as Punch Bowl and has two tiers. The first tier collects in to an almost perfectly round pool before becoming a part of the creek. The foreground of this shot is on the edge of the trail, we named these patches of grass and wild flowers on the edge of a cliff face "Vertical Meadows."
Tunnel Falls is arguably the most stunning of the falls on Eagle Creek trail. The trail cuts right through the center of the rock face and passes behind the falls through a slick tunnel, hence the name. The falls is about 7 miles in to the trail and completely worth the hike.
I wanted to add a photo of the side of the trail that Kailey took. You can just make out Tyler, Ian, Jonas and I on the far side.
I'm working on editing some of the "family vacation" shots we got for facebook. I hope you will be inspired to come up to Oregon and see the incredible forests for yourselves. It doesn't rain that much, I promise!
Love,
Rachel Deehan
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