This museum grade fine art photograph is available in a fine art limited edition of 200, signed and numbered with a signed Certificate of Authenticity (COA) provided for additional provenance.
Frozen Wonderland - Ice Surrounding Latourell Falls in the Winter, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
Latourell Falls, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
Latourell Falls Surrounded by Snow and Ice in the Winter, Columbia River Gorge, Oregon
Winter snow and ice cling to the lower columnar basalt cliffs in the Columbia River Gorge during a 2 week long cold spell, as the landscape around Latourell Falls lay covered in snow and ice. Latourell Falls gracefully tumbles 224 feet over the basalt cliffs and down into the frozen winter wonderland below, as Latourell Creek flows past the snow covered shore and around the snow covered rocks as it makes its way down towards the Columbia River in Guy W. Talbot State Park as the Gorge transforms into a frozen winter wonderland.
Temperatures got down to 10 degrees Fahrenheit (-12 degrees Celsius), covering the Columbia River Gorge in a blanket of snow and ice. I fully prepared as if I was headed to Mount Hood in the winter for this one, as it was cold and slick. I put ice spikes on my winter snow boots and used winter trekking poles to get down here, a rarity in the Gorge, as the trail was too slick to get down and up safely otherwise. Every view here was incredible. Closer to the waterfall from a different angle was even more unique, as the area around the pool of water below the waterfall laid covered in balls of ice with only a small section of water showing, as seen in my photo Icefield. You can actually see the balls of ice in the ice covered pool of water at the base of the waterfall in this photo, and the entire scene was something unlike anything I've experienced here in my 40 plus years of visiting this magical place.
It was a surreal experience hiking in snow and ice at location I have been visiting for over 4 decades ever since I was a child hiking here with my Dad. By the time I was seven, Latourell Falls was one of my favorite waterfalls here, and I frequently visited this place with my Dad. Seeing the bright yellow lichen grow high up on the columnar basalt cliffs against the dark color of the rocks has always been a beautiful sight, but seeing this against a backdrop of snow and ice as the waterfall gracefully cascades over the ledge is a sight I'll never forget.
This image is available as a luxury museum-grade limited edition fine art print, part of James Mead's fine art documentation of the Columbia River Gorge.
Technical Specifications
- Camera: Canon EOS T3i
- Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
- Settings: 11mm (17mm Full Frame Equivalent) | f/16 | 5.0 Seconds | ISO 100 (Base Exposure)
- Process: 3-Image 32-Bit Floating Point HDR Raw Reconstruction | Manual Exposure Bracketing | Bespoke Multi-Layer Noise Management
Technical Note - Preserving Museum Grade Details with an APS-C Sensor in the Winter
Captured using a manually bracketed exposure sequence and created via a true 32-bit floating-point RAW workflow in ProPhoto RGB color space, this work reflects the dedication to data integrity championed by the "Mead Method." Developed over 15 years of professional fine art experience, this approach maintains an uncompressed, continuous color spectrum preserving the full linear light data of the original scene with virtually infinite tonal precision, capturing genuine structural detail entirely from the original field conditions. This advanced approach successfully overcomes the higher noise floor inherent in APS-C sensors, ensuring that fine details and subtle color gradations are preserved with museum-grade clarity.
Note on Provenance - Winter Ice at Latourell Falls in the Columbia River Gorge
Converted to 16-bit Adobe RGB for the master print file and sRGB for the web, this work was captured using the "Mead Method" developed over 15 years of professional fine art experience. This photograph stands as a true, authentic moment in time executed completely without the use of digital composites, sky swaps, or generative AI. A single, historic moment completely preserved.
Photo © copyright by James Mead.
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