Old Albatross

This site is dedicated to waterfalls, mountains, an old aviators memories, with lots of poetic liberties, some just plain made up, and interesting places to visit.


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Great Falls?1775 viewsThe power company was not generating so, the river was very low. I think this is the non-generating version of Great Falls.

Just below this is Twin Falls which had lots of water.
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Blow Down1774 viewsanother pretty pool with lots of laurel leaf covered rocks and moss.
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Tons of pools1772 viewsThere is one pool after another below each of many cascades.
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Trick1771 viewsWaterfalls don't really look like this. A local photographer is confident enough in his own work to share this trick.

Rotate the polarized filter for the least glare. Close the aperture as much as possible.(I use f-11) With the shutter speed as low as possible, (shoot for a full second if possible), start experimenting until you get just the photo you are looking for. I prefer mine a little dark so I can process them using Picasa 3. The silky look is directly tied to shutter speed and a cloudy day doesn't
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Spruce Thicket Cotton1769 views
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Clear Mountain Stream1766 viewsNothing like a clear mountain stream in early Fall, wish this was the case for Joe Mill Fall Upper.

To the photographers left is old tires, household trash and bed springs that made easy entry to the creek difficult.

Makes me think back to Iron Eyes Cody.

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Orebank Falls West1766 viewsThe reason for the West falls is that a culvert separates East and West parts of the falls.

These falls border on an oldalbatross award for trash
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Middle Falls1765 views
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Falls and Cascdes1765 viewsThe only difficult part of the trail to this point is gong through the crack in a huge boulder, down a little bit of a slide, hanging from a laurel bush and dropping to the floor of the small canyon. Piece of Cake! I did it and I am older than dirt.
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Pretty obstacle1764 viewsThe laurel frame makes it pretty but, it is another slick obstacle
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Shelf Falls1764 viewsJust below Splash Dam Falls is two small shelf falls or, if you like, cascades
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Southern Branch 21764 views
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