Silver Falls State Park, Oregon

tilman

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Portland, OR
Silver Falls State Park is a beautiful park in Oregon with a fantastic "Trail of Ten Falls". It can be a bit crowded and the light can be challenging (first time we went there it was too sunny :) second time too dark) but it's definitely worth a visit! You can walk behind most of the falls - on natural pathways (the falls tumble over thick basalt lava flows resting on softer, older rock)

North Falls is amongst the biggest of the falls. The sound of the water is quite deafening.

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North Falls by tilman paulin, on Flickr

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North Falls by tilman paulin, on Flickr

This is Middle North Falls (in September) with very little water. In November it was a much wider curtain. Can't wait to see it next year after snowmelt...

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Silver Falls State Park by tilman paulin, on Flickr

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Silver Falls State Park by tilman paulin, on Flickr

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rain forest - sun forest by tilman paulin, on Flickr

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North Falls by tilman paulin, on Flickr

South Falls in the last light of the day. In winter you don't get a lot of light down in the canyon.

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South Falls by tilman paulin, on Flickr

At the top of Canyon Trail, right at North Falls (you can still see dripping water at the left of frame)

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enchanted by tilman paulin, on Flickr
 
really enjoy that last photo, "enchanted". kind of wish i had a vertical monitor so i could take it all in.

Thanks guys!
Yes, that's the disadvantage of taking so many landscapes in portrait orientation.
Especially when I view my photos on a digital picture frame (which is relatively small to begin with). Maybe I should buy a tablet just as a digital photo frame... (there's bound to be some good offers coming around)... They're bigger and probably have better screens by now...

I also wish Olympus would go back to "proper" side-hinged foldout LCDs on their cameras...
 
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