Wednesday, 22nd April 2009
Palouse Falls
by Stephen Oachs
This amazing waterfall is extremely remote, located in the middle of Eastern Washington State. This time of year the flow is very strong and with a longer exposure I was able to capture the swirl of the water below.
Equipment: Canon 1D Mark III
Stephen Oachs
Stephen W. Oachs is an award-winning photographer, successful entrepreneur and technology veteran, who began his journey in photography the moment he picked up his first SLR camera. Ever since, his lenses have focused on the inspiring majesty of mother earth and the unflinching beauty of the animal kingdom.
Completely self-taught, Stephen's unique and distinctive style has earned him recognition as one of today's finest nature photographers. He was recognized in 2007 as wildlife photographer of the year by the National Wildlife Federation and was awarded best nature photographer in 2008 by National Geographic Magazine for his work photographing the endangered snow leopard.
Stephen has received many other awards and his work has graced the pages of on and offline publications worldwide, such as National Geographic, Popular Photography, Outdoor Photographer, National Wildlife Magazine and many others.
Whether trekking through the wilds of Alaska, enduring the raw challenges of nature or experiencing the thrill of life on the edge, Stephen captures rare and breathtaking moments of light and time. His exceptional eye is filtered only by his passion for life, deep affinity with nature and love of adventure.
Website: www.lighttheexpedition.com
Palouse Falls by Stephen Oachs was photo of the day on Wednesday, 22nd April 2009. It is tagged Waterfalls. You can leave a comment below.
28 Comments
Jonathan
Wow. Spectacular shot. The clouds, water, angle of the sun/shadows, all seem just perfect. Great photo for Earth Day.
JIm
I so much enjoyed your earlier shot of this site. Nevertheless you returned and came up an awsome shot. You sure do good work. I am im impressed. It is a pleasure to have you share your efforts.
David Lazar
Nice blues greens and browns – the earthy landscape tones complement each other very well. The blurring of the water in water falls is always a treat. Well done.
Kirk Jordan
Looks like the last shot of this site was by Kevin McNeal (Jan 28, 2008). Both pictures share common elements (long shutter speed and swirl), but the light, season, and scale is different in both, making for two incredible photos, by two extraordinary photographers.
Katherine Lee Strassburg
I like the intense spring colors. Even the gravy brown of the falls and pool below looks rich and alive.
Kirk Jordan
OOps, date correction on my above comment. It was Jan 28, 2009. (I still haven’t gotten used to the year change.)
Anurag
Yes the composition of both the images is very similar. Only the lighting is different.
Pauline Jones
Sometimes we do get similar subjects but often the treatment is different.
Sue
This is stunning. I would LOVE to capture that shot with my Full Frame Canon 5D Mark II.
Malta Photography
very nice shot indeed. clear and colourful.
Mimsha
I simply love it ! Good colors, good lights. And as the others, it immediatly reminded me the other photo, as Kirk Jordan said
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The water seems to be some precious metal, like silver, or something else (I’m not a expert
Matthew Harvey
Thanks for sharing this awesome spectacle Stephen,
I presume you used some ND filters to get the long exposure?
Meredit
Fantastica immagine, adoro la natura e adoro vederla fotografata!
Complimenti
wanda krack
Beautiful! The early spring green of the hills add much to the photo!
planet lover
The swirl in the pool below the falls was what caught my attention first. Very nice!
Eileen
Way cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EZ
Mandy Kilpatrick
What a beautiful image. Thank you for sharing it with the world!!
Lisa Atkins
What an excellent choice for Earth Day!!!!
Marie Dunphy Harding
Spectacular shot for Earth day! Thank you for sharing.
Renee
Beautiful over and over again!!!
Catrin Hinrichs
Just wonderful !!!
Su
Like this different seansonal shot.
Spencer
Beautiful photograph. Apparently a kayaker ran that waterfall successfully a couple weeks ago. You must have just missed one another. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/outdoors/2009139679_webkayaker28.html
Sue Gagnon
This is one LOVELY SHOT!!! Congratulations!
mike
What a landscape. Amazing.
Su
Fantastic shot.
renee
still a wonderful shot. well done
Rajib Singha
It’s a wonderful shot.