Today’s post is the first of many to follow, illustrating the uniqueness and beauty of the Oregon Columbia River Gorge scenic area. Today’s post comes from the Tom McCall Preserve, located on the Rowena Plateau and overlooking the Columbia River. The highlight during this visit was the wonderful Balsamroot wildflowers, proudly displaying their beauty in the Gorge landscape:
A few days later, I made another couple of trips to the Rowena Plateau. I’ll post images from those visits later.
Photographic Equipment Used:
- Canon 5D Mark III body
- Canon 28-135mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens (IS turned “Off”)
- Bogen 3221 tripod with ball head
- ISO 100 (top 3 images) and ISO 400 (bottom image)
- Aperture f/22 (top 2 images), f/16 (3rd image), f/8 (bottom image)
- Shutter 1/8 sec. (top image), 1/30 (2nd image), 1/4 (3rd image), 1/125 (bottom image)