Photographic Goldmine

White River Crevasse, April 17, 2009
White River Falls State Park, Oregon
Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 @ f/16.0, 20mm, 1/2s, ISO 100
Developed in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.3, ACR 4.4 profile


Decaying Powerhouse, April 17, 2009
White River Falls State Park, Oregon
Nikon D80, Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 @ f/18.0, 18mm, 1/2s, ISO 400
Developed in Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2.3, Adobe Standard profile

Today was my last away from civilization and schedules, so I had limited options on where to end my photo safari. I picked White River Falls State Park off the map purely by name and location. At first the park doesn't look like much: some picnic tables on a grassy field and the White River beyond. But walk down the trail and, hoo boy! This place is a photographic gold mine. Besides the falls themselves there's the decrepit old powerhouse (from the decaying, graffiti-ed generators inside, that's my assumption) and the pipes, rusting metal, and other debris from a forgotten age. This is definitely worth a second visit, preferable early in the morning when the sun will be hitting the falls just right.