Waterfalls behind the House - WednesdayWalk

Last weekend I made a little walk in the forest behind my parent's house. Well, it was more a hike and climbing trip along the brook in the forest.

This post is dedicated to the #WednesdayWalk Challenge hosted by my friend JJ / Hive account@tattoodjay in the Wednesday Walk Community. He is currently taking a little break from the computer and I very much hope that he and his family are doing well.

Right behind my parent's house is a little brook that flows down through a quite steep forest. The waterfalls are not very spectacular and in Summer there will me almost no water in the brook, but when I visit my parents it is my first place to go.

At the very beginning of my trip there were a few small waterfalls or water cascades of which I have already posted some photos in the past. It was a bit windy, what made the branches and leaves quite blurry.

After a short climb up through the forest and dense shrubs I reached the next little waterfalls.

A couple of meters and wet feet further up the brook I got to this rock formation with the brook flowing over it. The forest looks so much better now with fresh green leaves on the trees than in winter.

Short after this you will find two much higher waterfalls.

The second waterfall in the background is very nice, but I didn't want to climb there this time. Maybe next time, if there's still water in the brook.

After these waterfalls I had a steep and because of all the dry leaves on the ground very slippery climb up the slope to the forest. There I walked at the edge of this little gorge until I got to a place where I took a break. I had a nice view down to another waterfall and I have no idea why my smartphone made such a bad photo quality, but maybe I have switched accidently to a wrong setting and didn't notice it.

After the break I hiked through the forest back down to the valley and home. I took a longer and different path at the other side of the forest and apart of this nice Dark Columbine (Aquilegia Atrata / Dark Columbine - Wikipedia) flower I made a few photos more, but these are meant for another post.

All photos were shot with the Canon EOS R and one of these lenses: Canon RF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM, Canon EF 70-200mm f/4 L IS II USM, Canon EF 16-35mm 1:4 L IS USM, Canon EF 50mm 1:1.8 L STM, SIGMA 105mm 1:2,8 DG MACRO HSM, SIGMA 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM C.

I leave all EXIF and IPTC information stored in the pictures.