Mr Montana

November

2011-11-04T08:36:00.000-07:00

When we had Winter

2011-01-27T08:46:00.000-08:00

Starting to feel like Spring around here. Glad I made it up to the falls when there was some snow around.

Shots of this past fall

2011-01-26T14:00:00.000-08:00

Love the orchard in this light.

Mt. Adams

2010-09-30T10:53:00.000-07:00

A couple of pics from camping just South of Mt Adams this past summer. What a beautiful area, I have to go back for some quality camera time.

Cowboys and Vampires

2010-09-01T10:55:00.000-07:00

A couple lifetimes back my friends Clark and Kathleen asked me to shoot some promo shots for their book Cowboy and the Vampire, a pretty good read, and way ahead of the curve as far the Vampire genre is concerned. A decade later the book is being rereleased. Also reappearing after a decade are some of the pics we took back then....pre-digital, pre-photoshop....well Clark and Kathleen updated their book so I thought I would update the image. Check out their blog, and buy the book, it's a great read, not to mention Tucker would chew up and spit out those Twighlight sissies....http://cowboyandvampire.com/

Tired

2010-08-04T13:58:00.000-07:00

2010-07-15T14:07:00.000-07:00

Winter in the Orchard

2010-01-31T10:54:00.000-08:00

The Old Pear Tree

2009-11-04T19:11:00.000-08:00

Shot these a little while ago. Can't ever remember the old pear ever turning red like this. It's been a beautiful fall.

Stormy Day

2009-09-11T11:29:00.000-07:00

Couple of shot of the Oregon Coast from a quick day trip I made with Theo's cross country team over Labor Day weekend. Great day, windy, stormy, heavy surf, great kind of day to be on the beach.

Montana Family Pics

2009-07-29T09:27:00.000-07:00

Spent a couple of days in Montana, good times with the family. First time we've all be together in a while. Maybe the first time we've managed a pic with all the grand kids.

Sundown

2009-07-01T21:32:00.001-07:00

Took the beagle and a camera out for walkies the other night, need to do it more often.

A couple more

2009-05-04T11:06:00.000-07:00

Tulips

2009-05-04T11:03:00.000-07:00

Spring time

2009-03-16T13:33:00.000-07:00

Pup in the flowers, I think Spring is here.

New Pup

2009-03-01T19:16:00.000-08:00

Meet doggy #3. An Australian Shepherd. Wasn't real excited at the idea of another dog, but some kids know how my wife is, and they brought him to her. I guess with these dogs there is a genetic occurance where if 2 dogs with a similar genetic marker are bred there is a chance of blindness....well old Luke here was born blind. The sad story is if he wasn't adopted soon he was going to be put to sleep, like I said the kids know my wife. I was setting myself up to not liking the bugger, but as soon as I saw him I turned to mush. He's just like any other puppy, except he runs in to walls and furniture alot.

End of the Road

2009-01-18T20:15:00.000-08:00

Had to go to Lincoln city Saturday for a shoot. Afterwards my buddy Roland and I went down to the beach for a little while. Was a nice day, really nice, didn't feel like January, was close to 60 and not much wind at all. Only spent about half an hour there, but it was time well spent.

Winter Sunset

2009-01-13T14:47:00.000-08:00

I miss the snow. I know alot of people are sick of it, and with good reason, but it's a fairly rare thing around here, especially any large amount that stick around. It's just nice when it happens.

Christmas Eve

2008-12-31T09:51:00.000-08:00

A shot from Christmas Eve out at the farm. Was a white Christmas.

Gallon House Bridge

2008-11-14T09:49:00.001-08:00

Took these on my way home Thursday afternoon. The Gallon House bridge is just outside of Silverton, and even though I drive by it, and even over it on occassion, it's not one of my favorite subjects to shoot. What actually made me stop was the tree and sun and the road-I'm a sucker for any shot I can work a road into. The other 2 pics were after thoughts.

Fall Colors

2008-11-04T18:18:00.001-08:00

The colors have been really nice this year, but I haven't been very good about shooting much of it. On my way home from Eugene on Saturday I stopped along these tracks. Really wanted to get down on the tracks, but the black berries and a big ditch kept me out of it.

touch down

2008-11-03T23:34:00.000-08:00

Outside

2008-10-28T22:39:00.000-07:00

These are a couple of shots I took just outside of the window next to the computer desk I've been spending too much time at lately.

More Football

2008-10-20T22:39:00.000-07:00

Every now and then I find myself in the right place at the right time.

Football in the Rain

2008-10-15T22:02:00.000-07:00

Something about the rain and the bald head I thought was kind of funny.

On the way home

2008-09-30T10:51:00.001-07:00

Dusk in the orchard

2008-09-24T10:10:00.000-07:00

Was out to the farm last Saturday, went for a walk after dinner as the last of the light from the sunset was fading. Digital capture in these conditions makes for some interesting affects. I used photoshop to enhance the looks I got from the exposures. I was looking for something a little rough, a little edgy. Theo hanging out at the end of one of the orchard rows.
These trees had been severly pruned, and that allowed the available light to come thru canopy of leaves, a pool of soft light in the darkness.

HS Football

2008-09-17T08:21:00.000-07:00

A few shots from the home opener. Was a good game for the Silver Foxes, the won by a large margin.

Back 2 School

2008-09-02T08:29:00.001-07:00

First day of school 08. An 8th grader, a 5th grader and a first grader.

More from the Steens trip

2008-08-19T13:31:00.001-07:00

Some black and white shots from "The Man Trip"

Tag I'm it.....

2008-08-12T23:10:00.000-07:00

Thanks Don, http://bicyclelog.blogspot.com/ I've been tagged.

Four places I visit over and over:
My local homebrew supply store, Roth's Supermarket, Silverton Fitness, www.brew-wineforum.com

People who email me:
Nancy, Clark, Pookie-GO GRIZ, & E

Places I'd rather be:
Montana, my darkroom, my garage/brewery brewing my next brew

Movies I watch over and over:
Monsters Inc., Toy Story 1&2, Cars- I have kids , but I still really enjoy these movies.

Bands I listen to most:
Red Hot Chili Peppers, Sheryl Crow, Mike Doughty, still have a lot of room in my MP3 player for some 80 hair metal& Van Halen& AC/DC& Led Zeppelin....etc...

Think I will tag Cat and Faye, since she hasn't been around for a while.

Day 2_Part 2

2008-08-02T22:56:00.000-07:00

This is from the second halfof day 2. These are pics from the East Ridge, we stoppped here for lunch and a homebrew @ 9700 ft, tasted pretty durn good. We took a short hike to the summit and finished the day we a little drive to take in a nice SE Oregon sunset.

Kiger gorge

2008-07-23T09:41:00.001-07:00

A couple more shots from Kiger, hopefully they give some perspective to how big this gorge is. Gotta love old guys busting the flex pose. And a pic of myself, just for the heck of it.

Man Trip-Day 2

2008-07-23T09:30:00.000-07:00

The second day of our trip we drove from Frenchglen up to the summit of Steens Mnt. For now I will just post the drive to Kiger Gorge, the first OMG overlook of the day. The road up isn't too bad, you could probably drive a car up it. We stoppped at Fish Lake to check it out. We tried to put the sneak on a critter to get a shot up close, but had better luck sneaking up on the wild flowers, mostly lupine and indian paint brush. Kiger Gorge is an amazing sight, we sat there and scoped it out for a while. It is truly and impressive place.

Man Trip Day 1

2008-07-20T14:22:00.000-07:00

On 7-12-08 Trent, Roger and myself embarked on "Man Journey 2008." Armed with Trent's new truck, a general idea of where we were headed; Steens Mnt, with Frenchglen, and the Frenchglen Inn/Drover Inn, serving as a base camp, and plenty of beer, we set out that Saturday morning. Our first night there we took a drive thru the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, one big swamp and mosquito haven. Lots of wildlife and scenery, but you have to excuse the lack pics from this portion of the trip, the mosquitoes were unbearable, but I did manage to get a few. The fire watch tower is covered in turkey vultures coming in to roost for the night. Saw a few mule deer, including one really nice buck. And did mannage a couple of scenery shots in the beautiful evening light

Wild Horse Canyon

2008-07-16T09:45:00.001-07:00

From the summit of Steens Mountain, looking South down Wild Horse Canyon. Wild Horse Lake can be seen in the one pic, there is a trail down to it, but we opted not to take that hike this time, maybe next.

Happy 4th, afew days late

2008-07-06T10:45:00.000-07:00

Gauge

2008-07-01T07:41:00.000-07:00

Orchard

2008-06-26T15:46:00.000-07:00

Summer Time

2008-06-21T21:58:00.000-07:00

Puppets

2008-06-13T10:17:00.000-07:00

Nothing New

2008-06-12T09:37:00.000-07:00

Mother's Day

2008-05-11T22:57:00.000-07:00

A day off for Mother's Day, took advantage of a trip out to the farm and took a couple of shots of Monte Cristo Rd. There was a wall of black clouds to the East that was very compelling, and I'm a sucker for a shot of just about any road. One shot is to the West the other to the East. Which way to go........

Something different

2008-05-06T19:52:00.000-07:00

Some shots from a couple of years ago. Stumbled across them while looking for something to post, haven't had much time to get out lately.

moving on

2008-04-07T22:32:00.000-07:00

Daffodills are fading. Tulips are on their way. They say warmer weather is on the way, I'll belive it when it's here.

Diverse week

2008-03-17T21:30:00.000-07:00

Last week I shot teams at the state dance competition and the trophy games at the 5A and 6A boy basketball championships. The dance teams are from the show division. These dance teams incorporate elaborate sets and props in their routines. The basketball is from the 6A champonship game.

Sunny Sunday

2008-03-13T22:41:00.000-07:00

Made a quick runout to the farm last weekend. Was a nice day, took the girl and took a walk. The orchard was unusually uninspired, so I busted some plastic wrap and slapped some goo on the lens. Couldn't find a shot of the trees I liked, but I got a few of Amy I liked.

3A-State basketball

2008-03-02T23:56:00.000-08:00

Spent most of last week shooting the 3A state championships. I really enjoy the way the kids play at this levels.

Spring?

2008-02-12T12:50:00.000-08:00

It's not Spring just yet, but these new blooms tell me that it's not too far away.

Tabled

2008-02-06T10:55:00.000-08:00

Not sure what it was about these tables, but I spent a good deal of time contemplating them. This was from a camping trip back in November at Silver Falls State Park.

Expansion

2008-01-16T08:19:00.000-08:00

In the course of a little more than three years my homebrewing hobby/obsession has grown from a 4 gallon pot on the stove to the 3 tiered set up you see here. Thanks to my brother James for the converted keg that is now my boil kettle it works pretty slick and I can now make a 10 gallon batch as easily as a 5 gallons. Also pictured is the first batch from this set up, didn't quite produce the 9 gallons I was planning, but I think it's going to be pretty good stuff.

Christmas Eve in black and white

2007-12-27T22:23:00.000-08:00

A couple of shots from the same walk, only in black and white.

Christmas Eve in the Orchard

2007-12-27T11:58:00.000-08:00

My family and i spent Christmas Eve and Christmas day out at the farm. Took the dogs for a walk Monday afternoon and the sun came out for a while, and lit the trees up quite nicely I thought.

Merry Christmas

2007-12-24T11:19:00.000-08:00

Hope your Holidays are full of joy and peace.

Boogity

2007-12-15T00:17:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to update, but haven't shot much but sports lately. Jumped in the wayback machine and came across this pic of Booger, that was the cats name, and he earned that name. Booger is no longer with us in body, but will always be with us in spirit. Word of advice, don't go poking the boogity if you don't have too.

last of T-Day

2007-12-02T19:58:00.001-08:00

The last of the light, Thanksgiving day on the Oregon Coast.

Kids at the beach

2007-11-28T00:19:00.001-08:00

T-day at the beach was great. The weather was super. Often the coast is fogged in and cloudy, but for the couple of days we were there it was really nice, a little cool but sunny. The kids love waiting for the wave to come up and then run away.....I could watch them do this all day.

Happy Thanksgiving

2007-11-25T12:55:00.000-08:00

Did something different for T-day this year. While we had all the classic Thanksgiving fare, we took it on the road. My family and the in-laws went camping on the Oregon Coast. Grandma got everything ready ahead of time, except the spuds, and we had a great meal.

Cherry tree leaf

2007-11-15T12:03:00.000-08:00

I hate it when it seems I have so many things to do, that I can't seem to get a single thing done.

sunny fall day

2007-10-29T13:59:00.000-07:00

Again too long between post, sorry, just so busy. I snapped these on 10-22, a beautiful fall day, and after all the rain and gray we've had prior to this it seemed all the more beautiful. I was in kind of a rush this day, but in sort of a mood too, looking for something different, so I put some plastic wrap around my lens and smeared it with vasoline, I love this effect, especially on a sunny day. Also on the 30D you can customize picture styles, so I adjusted the sharpness and contrast and color saturation way down so as to emmulate the dreamy softness of the holga, these are what I came up with.

Elk Lake

2007-09-30T21:50:00.000-07:00

Some shots from a Sunday ride. E and I braved the rain and took drive to Elk Lake, and man did it rain. You can see the drops in the pic of the lake. Even with the weather it was great to get out and take some shots, it's been really busy this month, as the lack of posts can attest.

Camp-Fire

2007-09-04T13:46:00.001-07:00

Went camping over Labor Day weekend. Spent the weekend at
Suttle Lake in Central Oregon. Just about 3 miles away a pretty good sized wildfire was burning. The effect on us wasn't too great, although in the morning the smoke settled down over the lake and you could smell it. It did give the sky an erie look at times, depending on the direction of the wind. We were pretty lucky, the fire didn't threaten us, but down the road at the Black Butte Resort the folks over there had to evacuate.

fade away

2007-08-22T14:59:00.000-07:00

These are from Eric and Tami's wedding day. They wanted to take a couple of shots down at the the end of the orchard in the last of the evening light. I made it, they had to do something like sign the paper work to make their wedding legal....details, details.......Anyway a couple more shots from the wedding and from the orchard.

More wedding pics

2007-08-14T01:10:00.000-07:00

A couple more images from Eric and Tami's wedding, some of the more abstract shots I've worked up.

Eric&Tami

2007-08-06T15:30:00.001-07:00

My brother in-law Eric...AKA..."E" got married this past weekend out at the family farm. My in-laws did a fantastic job getting the place gussied up, it looked so nice. The shot of Eric and Tami walking on the path was taken by Melinda Andrews, who was kind enough to assist me, good job Melinda.

Good Luck Eric and Tami!

More Masonic

2007-07-30T00:19:00.001-07:00

A couple more from my roadside wander the other night. Color version of one, and these show off the evening light a little more too.

Get masonic

2007-07-28T22:59:00.000-07:00

There is an old Masonic cemetary between Harrisburg and Halsey on 99E. I stop here from time to time to look for some shots. Found a couple this night. Although the evening light was fantastic these darker shots jumped out at me. I'll post a couple more color shots later.

A week of baseball

2007-07-23T22:52:00.000-07:00

24 games in 4 days, 2 state tournaments, and now a couple days off.

Happy 4th

2007-07-05T11:31:00.000-07:00

Hope everybody had a safe and fun 4th of July. We kept it pretty laid back. Shot off a couple fireworks in the back yard, the kids had a blast.

Happy B-day Magpie

2007-06-25T11:57:00.001-07:00

On the occasion of your 9th birthday, and at her request...Happy Birthday Mags!

Morning Glory

2007-06-19T21:49:00.000-07:00

I know some call these weeds, but in certain places I think they are quite stunning.

Hike in

2007-06-18T08:51:00.000-07:00

Thes shots are from 2 years ago. My oldest son Theo and my brother in law E took a hike into Marion Lake and camped for the night. A cold wet night, but it was still pretty fun. I thought I would post a couple of images from that trip because Theo and E http://eenphotos.blogspot.com/ both have been asking when we are going back. Soon I hope.

Champ Car 04

2007-06-13T09:25:00.000-07:00

In my last post I mentioned that in the past we had some sweet pit passes. Well I thought I would share just what I meant by that. In the past a friend of mine had a friend who was pretty well connected to Champ Car, and the friends of this friend enjoyed the benefits, as you can see. Due to a change in proffesional dynamics we, as a group were unable to accept such generosity this year. Such is life. And the old guy there is Paul Newman, he is part owner of the McDonald's car, who just happened to win that day, as well as this years race too.

PDX Grand Prix

2007-06-11T11:39:00.000-07:00

Pics from the Portland Champ Car race yesterday, 6-10-07. A few changes this year, the race wasn't held on Father's Day, traditionally this was the day the race was on, now our wives have to deal with us, what will they do? Another change is that the source for our sweet pit passes we've had in the past has dried up, no more being right in the pits, only separated from the crews and tire changes by a 3 foot concrete barrier. This year we sat in the Festival Curves, a series of a hard right turn into a hard left turn right at the end of the home straight away. It's a place where there is typically a lot of action, wrecks and passes and what not. No wrecks and we were actually hoping for a little rain about 2/3rds of the way thru the race as the #1 McDonald's car driven by Sebastian Bourdais had come from 2nd place-13 seconds behind the leader-and overtook the #9 car driven by Justin Wilson, and had taken a 13 seconds lead. And at 200mph a 13 second lead is pretty substantial. We all thought a good down pour would make it a little more interesting. It was a great day, good friends and decent weather. Busted out the hibatchi and and had a couple beers, good day.

The old Barn

2007-06-06T09:28:00.000-07:00

More from the archives, and from the farm. I stumbled across these shots a while ago and thought it would look good on the blog, and since I don't have any new stuff to put up now seems like a good time to post these. I took these a couple of years ago with my buddy/bro-in-law E. Both he and I have lived out to this farm at different times, and we have spent many hours wandering around in the dark looking for things to photograph. We spend a lot of time at the barn. This night we turned the interior lights on. The outside is lit by a sodium vapor lamp f some sort, thus the green glow. E and were talking last night and decided it was time for another night time photo session out here.

Girls LAX

2007-05-25T19:55:00.000-07:00

A couple of shots from the high school girls lacrosse championship game I shot on Thursday night.

Wedding pics

2007-05-19T22:11:00.000-07:00

A couple of shots from a wedding I shot this past week. The wedding was held at the Oregon Garden here in Silverton.

Golfing

2007-05-16T09:21:00.000-07:00

Spring sports are coming to an end here, that means state championships, and lots of them. Spent 4 days shooting "action" at the band and orchestra competition, action is a relative term in this case. So it felt pretty good to spend a day outdoors on a beautiful golf course. Here are a couple of shots I kept from that competition.

2-lips too late

2007-05-02T10:20:00.000-07:00

Tulips might be my favorite flower to photograph. For some reason, work, weather...whatever, I haven't made any shot of them this year and now they are gone. So here are a couple of my favorite tulip shots from the past couple of years

Coasting

2007-04-25T10:03:00.000-07:00

A couple more shots from our trip to the coast over Spring break.

Flock of Sea Gulls

2007-04-20T10:35:00.000-07:00

Went to the Coast over spring break a couple weeks ago. The first day we got there the wind was blowing really hard, so hard that the sea gulls were just hanging in the air. Made it easy to catch some interesting pics.

Addition

2007-04-15T23:02:00.000-07:00

Been too long since I last posted, spring break and a bad back have had me either on the go or flat on my back. A couple of months ago we lost the first pet my wife and I had together, a cat named Boo Radley-perfectly named-He was really my wifes pet and she had recently decided that she was ready for a new pet. I wasn't too excited about another cat, so when she said she was thinking about a beagle, I said sounds good to me..meet Curious George. Nancy my wife found him at a beagle rescue outfit. So far he has been an excellent fit with the family. Well behaved affectionate and he gets along with our other dog, Bob, they have a great time chasing each other around the yard. Now if I can just get him to stay in the yard.....

Gone Fishing

2007-03-22T20:25:00.000-07:00

Done mostly sports lately thought I would change it up a little. Went way back for some of these, went looking for some more abstact stuff. I love abstact photography when it's well done and not just an excuse to be some whacko with a camera, although one of the beauties of digital photography is the abitility to just take pics and not worry about the outcome because you can alway delete them. For some great abstract photography check out www.filemagazine.com also check out susan(the original)joneshttp://susanjonesoutonthecoast.blogspot.com/and http://eenphotos.blogspot.com/ I think they both take some pretty cool shots.

St. Paddy's day = Brew day

2007-03-18T22:11:00.000-07:00

Had a rare Saturday off this week. Seemed like a good day to brew something up, was a beautiful day. What you see here is an Imperial stout. The kit was sent to me by my brother in Montana, said my primary fermenter had been empty too long. Thanks JM! My primary is no longer empty, as a matter of fact it's bubbling over. Glad I checked on things before I went to bed last night and put the blow off tube on, if I hadn't have there would have been a mess all over the floor and maybe the ceiling, and this stuff is sticky sticky.

6A Basketball

2007-03-15T13:02:00.000-07:00

A couple od shots from the 6A boys tourney I shot last week, it's been a whole week already. It was another 22 games in 4 days, but man it was fun to watch. There were some pretty good athletes in this tournament.

Basketball championships

2007-03-05T10:43:00.000-08:00

Shot some state championship tourney last week. These shots are from the 2 semi-final games of the 3A girls. The one shot of the young lady and her coach is not a typical style of shot I usually keep, as it has little "saleability", but I think it was one of the best shots I took over the 4 days. Hoping to post some more as I dig thru the pix from the 22 games I shot in 4 days.

Wrestling Redo

2007-02-21T23:43:00.000-08:00

In addition to shooting the state wresting tourney, I've shoot action for the local high school wrestling team. These are some shots I messed around with in PS. The single overhead light wasn't the greatest to shoot under, but it did provide some dramatic effects. These shots were more or less throw aways that I thought might be interesting if I worked them up right. I kinda like them.

State Wrestling Championships

2007-02-19T22:26:00.000-08:00

This tournament is becoming one of my favorite events. Got to shoot the championship matches for the first time in a number of years. Great atmosphere, all 6 classifications in one building, 6 championship matches going on at the same time. I shot the 5A matches.

Sunday hike

2007-02-11T18:36:00.000-08:00

Went for a hike up to Silverfalls State Park. Seemed like a pretty nice day when Theo and I left the house. By the time we got to the Falls it was raining pretty steadily. But we walked any way. Storms this winter closed some of the trails, including the trail that goes behind the falls shown in this posting, a trail that takes a person down the valley where there are other falls.

Super Sunday

2007-02-06T23:50:00.000-08:00

Some shots I took out to the Farm before watching the Super Bowl .

Trees and Fog

2007-01-25T09:29:00.000-08:00

It's been pretty foggy around here the last couple of days. Had to stop and get a few shots of these trees that are being grown for nursery stock. Thought that black and white was going to be the ticket for these, but the subtle color really adds to the shots too.

Tumble Creek

2007-01-16T23:40:00.000-08:00

Took a little roady this weekend with E; http://eenphotos.blogspot.com/ Nice day, a great walk, a beautiful creek, and stellar company.

Disneyland

2007-01-09T22:18:00.000-08:00

Finally some shots from Disneyland. I tried to take an artistic approach to the magical kingdom, but that was a little difficult when I was trying to keep up with my kids in the mob of people, apparently there were quite a few people that received the same Christmas present! I scored major "dad of the year" points when I waited in line for almost 2 hours so the little princess could meet the big princesses, she thought was pretty neat stuff. We saw Jedi in training battle Darth Vader, Brett was quite dissapointed when he wasn't selected to be a padawan. The Boys stormed Cinderella's castle, and we all got to pose with the giant mouse. Finally Amy and I pass the time in the airport, she rearranges her friends on the window ledge and poses while I wait for the medication to kick in, I could do a whole post on just the poses she was striking while I was taking these shots, she was pretty funny.

Last of the Year

2007-01-02T10:48:00.000-08:00

Some shots I took out to the farm pre-Christmas. I will post some Disneyland pics soon.

Merry Christmas

2006-12-24T23:04:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas!

Frizzin' Fog

2006-12-20T08:42:00.000-08:00

We've had freezing fog here for the last couple of days. Looks almost like snow. Has left a nice layer of white on everything.

HS Football

2006-12-05T22:41:00.000-08:00

This last weekend I shot the 1A/2A/3A state high school championship football games. These 3 classifications are the smallest schools in Oregon, 1A plays 8 man. I love these games. The big college prospects are rare, the size and speed and talent isn't what it is at the big schools, but these guys play hard.

snow

2006-11-27T21:36:00.000-08:00

Snowed today, all of this fell in about 20 minutes came down hard and fast. Amy said it was yummy. Bob-Dog thought it was pretty neat too.

Way Back

2006-11-13T17:30:00.000-08:00

Some shots from the archives.

Twice

2006-10-29T23:54:00.000-08:00

After I looked at last weeks post I see that I post the same pic twice, sorry. This is the other waterfall I meant to post. The water was/is running very low, but in the case of this waterfall, I think I like it. It definitly allowed more access to the creek bed and some different takes on the waterfall itself. Most times a person can't get out in the middle of the stram bed like this.