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Proxy Falls

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Falls Creek Falls · Falls Creek · Gifford Pinchot National Forest · Carson · Washington · USA

A rare view of the always awe-inspiring Falls Creek Falls from its egress through Volkswagen-sized boulders and snarls of downed trees downstream. My brotog TJ Thorne unwittingly provides some sense of scale here, standing smack-dab in the middle of the spray zone fronting the 60-foot-tall lowest of three tiers. He’s not just a fellow photographer–one of the hardest-working dudes I know–but a true friend, and our views on life are more often similar than not. I’m pretty sure I speak for both of us when I say that being out in nature, free from the confines of human constructs physical, political, and philosophical and well away from the business of bean-counting and bureaucratizing, is more than just a pastime for us: It’s a soul-fueling necessity. Here, the office walls are draped with lichen and mosses and ferns, the ceiling is limitless, and deadlines, discord, and derisiveness dissolve away in spring-fed streams.

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New on 500px : Bunbury Sunset by JarradGrigg by JarradGrigg

Purchased a new lens last week and have been enjoying shooting with it so far. This was taken during a quick visit to Bunbury, where I grew up. The town sure has a few things going for it…

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New on 500px : Fire Reflection by DacelAndes by DacelAndes

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New on 500px : Proxymity by MajeedBadizadegan by MajeedBadizadegan

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It all started when I had this crazy-person idea to precariously lean over a large boulder in about a foot and a half of rapids. I continued the good ideas by setting up my tripod in a very questionably safe way. The tripod was basically submerged, so at that point it was more of a subpod. I had the camera a few inches from the water. Between each shot, it was necessary to wipe the lens front. I drenched all my microfiber cloths in a matter of minutes.

Ok, enough of my dramatics. I worked pretty hard to get a clean foreground composition here at the famous Proxy Falls.

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New on 500px : Stepping Through by scottyperkins by scottyperkins

Looking back through the mossy trees in the lush, foggy forest of Ecola State Park on the Oregon Coast.

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New on 500px : Lower Lewis River Falls by BrianBonham by BrianBonham

An early morning shot of Lower Lewis River Falls before all the campers woke up.

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New on 500px : Mossy Rocks at Gorton Creek by celsomollo by celsomollo

This is my first attempt processing one of the Gorton Creek pics. I took a pano with a 24TS I borrowed from a friend of mine but that will be processed with time as I need to update my lightroom to process the raw files from the 6D.

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I don’t have many chances to get out to nature currently. “Life gets in the way of living” kind of stuff. When my friend Tula invited me on a hike on one of the busiest trails in Oregon on the Fourth of July… I felt no hesitation about tagging along.

I think my favorite image from the day is this one right here. I was hanging out in a cave when I noticed the backlit ferns. Not thinking anything of it.. I just started shooting. I was lucky enough to catch the sun peeking through the space between the top of the cave and the opposing ridge line. Water dripping down the outside cliff face adds another pleasing element to the scene.

Yeah.. there was a line at the payment box in the parking lot. Yeah.. there was barely any parking. Yup… there was a highway of people walking up the trail and cooling off in the waters. Yes.. I shot Punchbowl Falls. But sometimes when you have those chances to get out and immerse yourself in natural beauty you just need to suck it up and let that opportunity shine.

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New on 500px : Enter the Forest 2 by JamesMills1 by JamesMills1

Ancient woodland, Peak District, UK

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