Category: Wild and Scenic Rivers
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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…
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Wild and Scenic 2 Minute Meditation: Along the Wallowa and Grande Ronde
Wild and scenic sights and sounds from a multi day river trip on the Wallowa and Grande Ronde River in northeastern Oregon. Clips at 20 sec intervals. Film in 4K with the Sony A7RIV.
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Wallowa and Grande Ronde River — Minam, OR to Boggan’s Oasis, WA
Another wild and scenic Oregon river in the books. 68 miles on the Wallowa and Grande Ronde. We couldn’t get the band back together from last year and I’ll miss the August trip they have planned, but you’ve gotta go when you have a chance and when the flows are good. The first image is…
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2023 Landscapes
Looking back at some of my favorite landscape images of 2023, in no particular order whatsoever. Locations include: Eastern Oregon, Lake Tahoe, the California Coast, and the Eastern Sierra.
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Heart of the Owyhee
This image was taken as we entered what I thought was the most dramatic section of river on the Lower Oywhee. It was shot from a standing position on the raft in flat water, close to an ancient cave we had just explored. Ahead of this scene the canyon walls tightened with some of the…
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Journey Down the Lower Owyhee (GoPro 11 Mini, GoPro 8)
In May of 2023 our group (3 packrafts, 1 raft) took advantage of the above average spring runoff in the Owyhee River Canyon to float the roughly 50 mile section of wild and scenic river from Rome, OR to Birch Creek, OR. While my focus was primarily on still photography, we documented the adventure with…
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Sun Rays through a Small Arch Above an Owyhee Slot Canyon
I don’t know how many minutes per year the sun shines through this extremely small arch from the front of this slot canyon, but it can’t be many. I was just happy to be standing there for one of them … Owyhee River Canyon. Oregon. May 2023. Cascadia Gallery: https://store.davidnbraun.com/cascadia-oregon-washington-landscape-photography
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Oregon Rattlesnakes and Encounters in River Canyons
While the coastal areas are too wet for rattlesnakes and the mountains above 6,000 ft too harsh, Oregon does have two subspecies of the Western Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis). The Northern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus viridis oreganus) can be found from the Klamath/Siskiyou Mountains to the Northeastern corner of the state and is often relatively small, green…
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Lower Owyhee Rapids (GoPro Footage)
Having just returned from an incredible 50 mile rafting adventure down the remote Lower Owyhee in Eastern Oregon, I was eager to check out the GoPro footage from some of the more notable rapids. Below are a few brief edits I put together. Amazing canyon experience paddling through this section of the river. Photos coming…
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