The Waterfalls of Shasta County

Hedge Creek Falls

This is a little known fall, off Interstate-5 at Dunsmuir, CA. Its easy to miss these falls unless one is on the lookout. A rather steep trail takes the visitor down to this little fall. The icy conditions at the base of the fall were a visual treat, but were treachorous to walk on!

Burney Falls

Teddy Roosevelt once described this waterfall as the eight wonder of the world! This gem of a waterfall is located about 40 miles north of Lassen Volcanic Park. There is a nice 1.2 mi trail which goes down to the waterfall and then loops around till its right above the falls. This waterfall is characterized by its thin filaments of water streaming down the mossy rocks. Read on to experience more views of this magnificient waterfall.

A closer look

I used my 17-55mm lens to zoom into a section of the waterfall to focus on the water flow. This image has a nice abstract feel with all sense of scale removed.

A veil of water

Moving further downstream, this is another section of the waterfall. A light dusting of snow is visible on the mossy hillside

A tale of two trees

The warm sunlight streaming behind these trees served to perfectly frame the falls behind. I couldn't let this photo op pass!

Against the tide

This lone bush was bravely weathering the stream of water flowing from the falls. I singled it out with a 55mm lens and used a circular polarizer to bring out the rock bed under the stream.