Waterfall Wednesday 10/21/2026

[AlanLichty]

Good morning - Wednesday is upon us so time for yet another round of falling water imagery.

My offering to start thing of this week are a well known set of falls in the Columbia River Gorge from a fall visit a number of years ago - Horsetail Falls.

Pile on with your own images of falling water whether its in a natural setting, surrounded by concrete, frozen or thawed

 

[Michael13]

This is The Lower Lewis River Falls in Washington State, about 50 miles north of Alan's photo. Water levels are way down this time of year, in summer this scene is a gusher with lots of spray rising up to your camera's lens!

 

[AlanLichty]

This is The Lower Lewis River Falls in Washington State, about 50 miles north of Alan's photo. Water levels are way down this time of year, in summer this scene is a gusher with lots of spray rising up to your camera's lens!

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Sweet - is this from your recent visit to those falls? I actually prefer low flows like these for exactly the reason you show here with the delicate cascades providing so many nice details.

 

[Michael13]

Sweet - is this from your recent visit to those falls? I actually prefer low flows like these for exactly the reason you show here with the delicate cascades providing so many nice details.

Yes, from a few days ago. This seems a much lower flow than previous Octobers. The entire right side of the falls had nothing going over and was full of downed logs, looking very un-photogenic. All my photos were made in the 100-300mm range on full frame.

 

[Ken Rennie]

A no-name set of falls in Torridon NW Scotland shot 1 yr ago this week on a cold, wet, miserable day. Ken

 

[AlanLichty]

A no-name set of falls in Torridon NW Scotland shot 1 yr ago this week on a cold, wet, miserable day. Ken
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Sounds like a nasty day to be out shooting these falls but the images you scored are delightful. I like both views but the close in view in the second image has some outstanding cascades with just the right shutter speed to show them off.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

An evening pre sunset image from Palouse Falls in eastern WA.

 

[AlanLichty]

An evening pre sunset image from Palouse Falls in eastern WA.

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I like the light you had for these falls. Much nicer than the morning light I had last time I was out that way. This is a pretty hefty flow rate for those falls.