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Gorge Animals
Photograph by
Jim Richardson
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Driven by high winds funneling through the Columbia River Gorge, a windsurfer screams across the Columbia near the town of Hood River, transformed each summer from a quiet agricultural community to an international windsurfing resort. Sailors from around the globe log some 300,000 windsurfing days a year along a 40-mile (60-kilometer) stretch of river. When the gorge “goes off”—a windsurfing expression—winds can top 60 miles an hour (100 kilometers an hour), fierce enough to produce a haze along the surface that sailors call “liquid smoke.”
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Camera:
Nikon F100
Film Type:
Fuji Provia 100
Lens:
Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8 zoom
Speed and F-Stop:
1/250 @ f/8
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Weather Conditions:
Clear
Time of Day:
Mid-afternoon
Lighting Techniques:
Back-lit by natural light
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Special Equipment or Comments:
I stood on the back of a boat with a platform at water-level and shot as the surfboarders came past me.
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