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Phil Douglis | all galleries >> Galleries >> Gallery Forty: Expressing the force and beauty of moisture in motion > Rapids of the Metolius River, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon, 2008
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17-SEP-2008

Rapids of the Metolius River, Deschutes National Forest, Oregon, 2008

I use the frothy water swirling around a rock as the anchor and focal point of this image. The river flows towards it, dissolves in fury, and then calms at our feet. The blue water suggests purity, while the green forest in the background speaks of this area as a protected wilderness.

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Phil Douglis27-Sep-2008 19:02
Thanks, Tim, for noting that the Metolius River flows from the earth itself. I see not only beauty here, but also great energy. We were fortunate that there was large rock only a few feet from the wooden bridge where we both stood as I made this image. The furious swirl of water around that rock is what distinguishes this image from a descriptive picture post card view.
Tim May27-Sep-2008 18:15
A study in the beauty that exists in something as common as a flowing river. I like the touch of red in the trees - it seems to me as it is the heart of the image - the river seems to flow from it. I may be thinking this because the Metolius River springs full force out of the earth as a spring just a few miles from where you stood to make this image.
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