White River Photo | TrekEarth

Photographer’s Note

I took this photo on the way home from visiting my daughter Kalina, who lives about a 3 hour drive away from me, in Prineville, Oregon. We usually drive up highway 35 near Mount Hood and this is the glacial river called White River that runs off of one of the glaciers on Mount Hood. I took the photo looking towards the Southeast, away from Mount Hood.

Just a week after I took this photo we had tons and tons of rain and the road was covered with mud and debris and they closed highway 35 for about 2 weeks. It just reopened this last Friday.

From Koin news:
"Three streams overflowed last week during a flash flood, sending tons of mud, trees and boulders down the mountainside and over Highway 35, which connects Hood River and Government Camp
ODOT spokesman Dave Thompson said the highway is not washed out, but there has been damage with tons of debris left on the pavement and water over the roadway."

Photo: Levels, Resized, USM 50%

Emile, singuanti, LEA, alejandroguzman has marked this note useful

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Emile (19811) 2005-10-17 20:53

Hola Lori.
Very well captured, good contrasts between the roughness of the edges of the river in the foreground and the smooth colors of the mountains in the background. Good composition and sharpness. Good DOF.
Well done.

singuanti (15240) 2005-10-17 23:17

Hi Lori. I have to thank you for posting this shot. That's because I took the same shot off Highway 35 and I didn't remember what the river was! It sounds like I just missed the rain. Good use of the low shooting angle and the sharpness here is good too. Nice one Lori.

snuggleaphagus (4138) 2005-10-17 23:59

beautiful colors you have captured and the light is wonderful. the point of view welcomes the viewer into your photo.
great sky too
wonderful photo you lve in abeautiful part of the world.

LEA (4821) 2005-10-18 15:04

What surprises me the most is the fact the river is so empty. There is so few water in. Very nice POV

alejandroguzman (4672) 2005-10-21 20:51

Nice compo Lori.
I really like the contrasts all over there.
Well DOF, colors and lightness.

hugs
alejandro

PS. I will add u into my favorites list, ok?

nuno_expo (218) 2005-10-24 16:53

the contry side is so wonderfull.....and peacefull..

comgratilations

colinbrenchley (6130) 2005-11-05 10:22

Good point of view with the foreground shown in good detail. Its amazing to think that this scene with a small stream can all change in a matter of hours. Good notes
Regards Colin