More Columbia Gorge Falls

Horsestail Falls

Been away from the blog for awhile. Editorial work and a virus that laid me up for over a week. Nasty. Returning to Portland via U.S. 30, after a visit at Hood River for some lovely IPA's  and eats at the Full Sail Brewing Co.,  stopped at Horsetail Falls and Multnomah Falls. The clouds that had been dogging us all day finally dissipated and we were treated to really wonderful late afternoon light at both places. Sometimes you just get lucky. The trick is to always be willing to work with the conditions you are in at any given time-especially if you don't have the luxury of hanging out at any specific location until things are "just right".

Horsetail Falls

Multnomah Falls

Trail Bridge, Multnomah FAlls

Lower Multnomah Falls, Pool

San Francisco Ferry Building, Night

Heading toward the Embarcadero BART station after an event hosted by the Full Circle Fund with remarks by John Morgridge, the Ferry Building in all its evening splendor at the foot of Market Street in San Francisco. Hand held with a 50mm f1.4 lens.

More Michiana Color

Another image from the series along S.R. 2 entoute to Midway Airport

Along State Route 2, Northwest Indiana

On the bus, headed from Notre Dame, Indiana, to Midway Airport in Chicago, Illinois, on October 26, 2010, following a visit to my aging Dad...
It had been a warm, windy weekend and on the 26th, a cold front passed through Wisconsin, Illinois, & Indiana bringing thunderstorms, high winds, and a few tornadoes. O'Hare International was closed for an hour or so due to the severity of the storms creating havoc for some travelers. This created something of an opportunity for me, since the backside of these weather fronts usually means a few hours of lingering clouds and maybe some lingering showers, but mostly much clearer air, even if it's a touch windy. In October, with longer shadows and the colors of the remaining leaves on the deciduous trees still changing, it's a real opportunity to have some fun with all the possibilities. As things turned out, the weather cleared shortly after I boarded the bus and as we rumbled along S.R.2 through La Porte County, I thought I'd try and capture some of the tumult and turmoil of the morning's weather and its aftermath along with a taste of the season photographically. By using a slow shutter speed 1/10 of a second or so and riding on the bus bus doing 50 mph, I knew that most everything would be blurred, with objects in the foreground being more blurred than those in the distance, creating am Impressionistic sense of motion. What also makes it lots of fun is you're never sure what you'll get, so it's something of Chaos Theory thrown in for good measure. More to come anon.