Picture of the day - August 18, 2008

A spectacular waterfall on Paradise River

Photo courtesy of Winston Rockwell. Capturing the stunning beauty of a waterfall is one of the trickiest tasks in photography, but as you can tell by looking at today's picture photographer Winston Rockwell is quite an expert at it. Here are a few words from him about this magnificent image: "I went to Mt. Rainier National Park on Saturday, hoping to get some good photos of "The Mountain", as we call it here in Seattle. At over 14,000 feet, it's the dominant landscape feature in the Puget Sound area, and as such it usually offers exceptional photo opportunities. On this trip, however, the sky was too hazy, and there was too much "stuff" in the air for good photos of the mountain, so I settled for some smaller landscape features. Paradise River is a small, glacier-fed stream flowing down the southwestern slope of the mountain, growing all the way, until it merges with the much larger Nisqually River farther downstream. Here, though, near its headwaters, it's a small, rushing torrent cascading and tumbling over rocks, logs, and small waterfalls, offering those willing to venture along its banks some captivating scenes. This image was taken with a Canon 40D and a Tamron SP 17-35 lens at 17mm, shot at 1/3 second @ f/22 with a polarizer to help slow the shutter to add a soft, almost dreamlike look to the water."    --Winston Rockwell You'll find plenty more of Mr. Rockwell's gorgeous images on his website at www.NorthwestNaturalImagery.com.   Click here to comment on this picture.   Visit the POTD Archives for previous "Pictures Of The Day"!     Submit a photo of your own!                                 Place the "Picture of the Day" on your website, for free! Why I publish the "Picture of the Day"