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When I was much younger my old man and i would come to this place to relax and be away from the monotony of daily life. These waters are provided by the fresh snow melt and are so clean that you can drink from them. Fishing, a little swimming (me not him, its pretty cold after all), camping and just wandering around the middle of no where in the solitude of the natural surroundings. This is pretty much where I grew up, almost all of my childhood memories involve this place or other similar locations in Washington state's Olympic mountains. This is where I learned to drive, to take photos, to make a camp fire (lots of gas and matches), and in this very hole I pulled out the biggest Trout ive ever caught. When I took this photo I did what my old man would call "crazy", as usual the water here is just a wee bit over freezing and me, not fearing cold one bit, with tripod and camera in hand, waded right into the middle of the fast current until the water was up to my chest, set up the tripod, and stood there for half an hour taking long exposures. Another term the old man would refer to me as in this situation would be "dumb ass" =p

Mamiya 6, Mamiya 75mm f/3.5 G lens, Fuji Velvia 100F 120 sized medium format film.

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:iconalteregolaura:
This reminds me of a little paradise in France.
Great photo, dark but warming.

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:iconlordsapphire:
Wow, nice colors :D
I like the composition ;)
:iconvlemaic:
Fantastic colours, lovely exposure.. all adds up to a great photograph which gives a peaceful feeling. Great work! :)
:iconvicious-k:
First of all GREAT story:)

Guess being a dumb ass was worth it, cous this came out GREAT!

Really like how the long exposure gave the water movement, you can see how it flows. Great!

- Kim

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:iconniide:
The place looks absolutely amazing. Expecially those stones. Like, wow. You're really talented, almost my favourite photographer. (Almost because I can't ever say what I really like as a favourite thing.)

I know that feeling what you have in your story. :) I'm living in middle of that kind of feeling right now in my life.
:iconsafepnc:
it's a wonderful shot. thanks for the story to go with it - it gives the image a nice sense of history and sentiment.
:iconerzebethbathory:
beautiful landscape..my mom saw it (when she was going behind me and glanced) and she told me she wanted to live there :D
:iconmartian-aries:
That is absolutely gorgeous. I love the colors especially.
:iconmemoriesofyou:
i just want to dive into that water, and never come out!

this is gorgeous

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