Palouse Falls Night
Published June 6th, 2011
The popular saying is, "a picture is worth a thousand words."
And I agree.
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But, sometimes, I think also, "the story about how you took the picture, takes thousands of words to tell," should be followed up with the more popular part!
So, in that mindset, here's the experience of getting the "Palouse Falls at Night" shot.
I start my story at around 1am, with my descent down the small trail to the base of the falls:
I started the trail down into the bowl. The trail is nerve wracking in the day. Make it night; with no moon in the sky- and it get’s to be treacherous. I quickly covered the first half getting to the lip of the falls and inside edge of the bowl. It was incredible hearing the falls roar, and barely being able to see anything in the dark. My senses were on overdrive, and my heartbeat was thumping non-stop. Being on the edge of the falls, and the beginning of the sketchy traverse trail to go below, I had a decision point to make. Proceed or abo ...
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