After the Rains: Feeding the Wallowa

Many of the images taken during river trips are of dramatic scenes that come and go quickly, usually because the light is changing fast or because I am shooting from the raft as we float downstream. Then, there are moments like this, where I have plenty of time to study what I am shooting, experiment with various settings, switch lenses, and carefully frame the image. In this case, we camped right by this small creek that flowed into the Wallowa. It had rained heavily for the past week and in this section of the river canyon the lush vegetation and vibrant greens could fool anyone into thinking they were in the temperate coastal rainforest found on the opposite side of the state.

After the Rains: Feeding the Wallowa. Wallowa River Wild and Scenic Corridor. May 2024.