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Random Order
One of the half-dozen coffee shops on Alberta Street in NE Portland, Random Order is painted nicely and is a fun place to spend some time. I have taken a few photos of this coffee shop in the past few years and I still don’t think I have the best possible image. This one was shot with the 55mm F3.5 manual lens I recently bought. I’ll keep trying. The atmosphere in this place has changed over the last couple of years. Frankly, I liked it when it was less patronized and the staff played some really obscure music on the stereo. All of those staff members left, one by one, and now it is just a different place.
PS: that’s me reflected in the glass window to the right of the door just under the letter “R”.
Morning Dew
I recently purchased a used Nikon 55mm F3.5 manual lens built in 1989 and have been experimenting a bit and am amazed at the range ( from macro to portrait ) and overall feeling of the color quality. The nice thing about Nikon is that many of those old manual lens’ fit right into the new digital cameras without the need of an adapter. Many of the images I have been posting lately have been shot with this lens.
On a Morning Walk
Bumped into these two characters while on a walk recently. Barbie now has grey hair?
A Pair of Trebuchets
I think the people at Hunters Farm do a pumpkin toss each fall using the two trebuchet’s above. I think it would be fun to witness a pumpkin toss in person using this medieval device. The atomic bomb of the Middle Ages. There are a few sites online devoted to sharing plans on how to build one and kits for sale.
Rusty Implements
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Hunter-Farms. located in Union, Washington. I usually stop by to look at their nursery, which is very extensive.
Mood on the River
A section of blue sky reflected in the river. The mood along the river seemed to change suddenly. A partially cloudy morning turned into a steel-gray morning with the wind causing ripples on a calm river. Despite a few garbage cans close by trash seems to accumulate. To me the cement blocks are more of a reminder of an earlier time when pollution of every sort could be found in and around the Duwamish River.
More Company
Some arrive by water and some by air.
Company
I had company this grey morning. Fellow photographer patiently waiting for a pair of osprey that apparently liked to feed at this stretch of the Duwamish River.
River Traffic
On the Duwamish River.
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