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Seriously - I was going straight home after work. I even putzed around the First Friday booths on Main St until 7.

And then I saw the sky on my way home. I sighed a bit and decided it wouldn't hurt me to sit one out. But when I got home and could see the whole sky there was no question about it. Haul ass to the river as quickly as possible.

Yay tires.

Yay pilings.

Yay three day weekend.

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I was promised a green plastic shopping cart stuck in the mud, but I was out of position when the color hit. I had just been talking with Victor about how the layers of clouds had potential, and then I didn't take my own advice. Luckily he's a gentleman and got me looking in the right direction eventually. :)

So I raced/stumbled back to this spot only to have my memory card fail. Between the curses and the almost-falls on the slippery rocks I got a new card in and managed 4 shots before the color faded.

This is a result of two of them. Manually blended in CS3.

Thanks for the invite buddy - it was good to see you guys again. And no charge for the clouds this time.

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I was feeling pretty crappy today so I took a nap in the afternoon and walk by the river afterward. I only almost got stuck in the mud a few times. Thank goodness for washable boots!

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...because a little tail on a Monday afternoon is nothing to sneeze at....

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This is the first shot I took of the midway this year, unless you count the shot I took to meter for it. Now that I've been shooting for a couple of years, not everything is a first. In fact this was technically the third year I've shot the fair.

Here's to lots of fifths and ninths and seventeenths.

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I'm on a little tiny kick with these 9x16 crops... but some shots it just fits.

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Had some deep fried light tonight down by the river.

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I'm not a member of lots of flowery girly touchy feely groups, so when I post my flower macros it pulls the e-brake on most comments.

:)

It's ok though - my photostream is like weather in the Gorge... wait a few minutes and it'll change.

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I swear the only reason I went back here again was to take the pinhole.....

As the sun went down, all the interesting clouds were south of the river so instead of heading down to the water level I stayed up top for the view.

I know, I know I've done this shot before. But that was 46 pages ago and no one remembers but me.

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There was a minor glitch in the Emergency Cloud Porn System, but I rebooted and we're all set to go.

Back to your show already in progress.

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I do mine down by the river.

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To hell with the pretty ocean sunrise water motion shots.

Bring on the bugs!

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My feet are tired and my memory card is full.

mmmmmmmmmmmm

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Even the worst flickr troll trying to start shit couldn't win today.

It's Demolition Derby Day!!!!!!

And I brought the cameras....

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I don't rough it while I'm camping. I have an air mattress that fits in the tent and if need be, fits in the back of the car. There was no need to resort to this old rusty boxspring - in fact other than the night I sprung a leak I slept pretty well all trip long.

It was nice to get home to my own bed though. Memory foam is my friend.

step back for the wider view

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For some people, when their luck finally runs out it's a very ugly scene. For me, it looked like this.

I got my stuff together and left straight from work - on the odd chance that none of the 428 trillion fishermen out today hadn't made off with my phone yet.

With the accident on 84 and the paving they're doing, it took me over and hour and a half to go 40 miles..... So with very little time (and light) left I started searching. I'm pretty sure this exact spot is where I left it, but either I'm wrong or somebody just got a Blackberry they didn't have to fight the thorns for....

Oh well. My luck had to run out sometime. If you knew how long I'd had this coming you'd be surprised....

:) .. Back to the money tree to pick some for that new phone I didn't know I needed...

So needless to say if I had your phone number, it's gone now. So that's the new reason why I'm not calling.

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Not the same old spot as always, but I could see it from there.

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Yes - I have one!

The shot I was going to post is landscape orientation and has the sunrise flare, but the log is coming out of the middle of the foreground into the water and it seriously looks like a penis.

I stared for a long time (deciding of course!) and just couldn't do it. I have too many pervy friends.

Happy Tasteful and Refined Friday Night

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I'm so very glad I was on the river for this sunset. With all the other shoots I've done recently, I've neglected this folder.

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Yeah I know, the alarm goes off in a couple of hours.

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it's officially tomorrow, so I felt I needed to post another.....

from tonight's sunset down on the waterfront with good weather good clouds and good buddies

and Jim

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Coulda stayed home.

Have more than enough images to process.


Who cares? Get out and shoot. :)

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I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him. ~Abraham Lincoln

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for yet another.

But you'll just have to forgive me again when I post the rest.... You knew the sunrise flare HDR shot was coming right?

:)

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It's not all garish HDR sunrises - but some of it is... You should see the number of panos I have to do. But it was fun. :)


Here's one more for tonight from a sunset at Alvord this time. Something more subdued for all you late night listeners. Thanks for missing me!

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Expectations were abounding when I picked up this camera. I have some Flickr contacts who do it very well, and some of them had mentioned that shooting a pinhole might fit my style and that I should try it.



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I may have mentioned before that I sometimes get strange looks a lot while I'm shooting. Standing in the ocean is the least of it. Laying on the sidewalk at the Amtrak station isn't the worst either. I'm a firm believer that pride should never get in the way of a shot. The phrase "I'm going to look like a moron!" is a deterrent for some, but not for me.

But the strange looks with the pinhole were different. Lots of double takes. And some very rugged curious climber dudes out at Smith Rock where even the hermit side of me couldn't complain too much. Normally I just get the weird look, but people don't say much - but everyone wanted to know about the pinhole.

Thankfully their ignorance made me seem damn near omniscient. And I like it better that way. :)




Here's to continued expectations.....





Thanks to everyone for their encouragement - and again to Don for the lending of the camera (no Jim, I didn't exactly bless it... don't ask...) And a big huge thanks to Erik for the absolutely nicest comment ever written in the history of the webverse. You are too kind. :)





For the rest of you - don't worry, the coastal water motion shots will resume tomorrow as scheduled.

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I cleaned house today.


No really, I cleaned my house today.


I hate doing it, but it's so great when it's done. Now I have the warm fuzzies and not the dust bunnies. I hope you all had fun out there at that neon pink sunset. I'll have to hope for a re-run tomorrow night.





P.S. I've reached another milestone! 4444 images posted! This calls for a drink. Good thing it's Saturday night.. :)

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The sign didn't say anything about bitches in heat, so I figured Sheri was allowed.....

:)

My editor needed some shots for the Summer Guide and suggested a girl in a cowboy hat riding the sturgeon down at Esther Short Park. I knew Sheri would be perfect, so away we went. Well.... it was the Republican convention down there tonight.

At first I cursed them (no spitting this time) and we went and tried some other spots. But we weren't about to let a few inbreds spoil our good time, so we braved the wilds of the park anyway. At least when I'm shooting a model, the strange stares are mostly for them. :)

SB600 through umbrella camera left
remote trigger

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I love to go and decorate the floats for the Rose Parade. I always end up missing the actual event, so it's nice to see them beforehand and see how they come together. It's also nice to get glue all over your clothes and hands. It feels like grade school art class, and nothing bad ever happened there, right?

I snuck in tonight past the volunteer registration. One very knowing old lady tried to shoo me out, but I always say with the right camera and the right shoes you can get in anywhere.... :)

I'll miss it again this year, but for an excellent cause - solitude.

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Keep Portland Wired = Keep Gregg Happy

I do what I can buddy, I got laughed at for hanging out the window at the stoplight to get this for you. :)

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I knew this one was going to take some work. A little cooking and then a little stitching.... Please feel free to offer comments and critiques.

I left it a little wider than I might have for the ideal comp, but I wanted to show the great clouds to the left and the tents along the edge of the cliff. The original size of this will be scary if it doesn't crash your computer. Check for hikers if you dare....

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No, that's not the name of my new band, I'm talking about Mt Hood. The clouds were fantastic and moving right along, but WAY to low to see more than a sliver of the mountain.

It was still a good night - I got to see Gary's show and meet the infamous Greg-O. He's much more purple in real life - he must desaturate his Flickr shots.

So thanks for all the bruises guys - nice to finally meet you!

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Your daily rainbow courtesy of the beautiful storm over the Painted Hills. A few tourists thought I was crazy. Especially when they saw the pinhole.....

But you guys know the truth...


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I like to make people laugh. Random people - the grocery store clerk or the person in front of me in line. Hell, I can make a gay waiter blush.... So I had a massage therapy appointment tonight. This chick rocks, but she really works you over. I told her that I was going to take a fisheye photo of her thumb for her business cards...

We talked a little more today and it turns out she's a concert photographer! She was talking about bands she's shot over the years and how one guy in particular was really arrogant. I half laughed and when she asked why I told her I was a bit afflicted with the arrogance bug. She said "No way!" and I copped my best attitude and said "What, you think you know me because you've seen me naked? What the hell?"

She laughed.




Then she made me cry.


Life is good.

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I'm almost glad I didn't get out until late today. I might have overdosed on rainbows. I saw at least 6 different ones, and captured a few of them.

It was a good day to have a camera and a waterproof jacket.

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It's been too long since my last guardrail.....

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it was over...


But I did stretch it until 11:30 - that's making the most of things I'd say.

No energy to think or type, just enough to get one card uploaded and one photo processed. Ahhhhhhhh bed.

See you all in a few hours. :)

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I would be hard pressed to find much to worry about right now....

Glorious cloud porn all day, a massage after work and just enough time to mosey on down to the river for sunset. I don't even care that my filter was dirty..... If you didn't hate me before, you should now. Maybe I should worry about that.




Nah.

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Victor gave me this book! Actually - two of them. Thanks Victor!!!! Talk about a happy day for me. :)

The author is not above the absurd and is nicely sarcastic (in a cloud book? ... yes - in a cloud book). It is a very interesting read.

As I was wandering back through my cloud filled trip from last year I found this interesting specimen from the edge of Alvord Lake. Now I can classify genus, species, variety, and supplemental features.

:)


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I am the daughter of Earth and Water,
And the nursling of the Sky:
I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores;
I change, but I cannot die.
For after the rain, when with never a stain
The pavilion of heaven is bare,
And the winds and sunbeams with their convex gleams
Build up the blue dome of air,
I silently laugh at my own cenotaph,
And out of the caverns of rain,
Like a child from the womb, like a ghost from the tomb,
I arise, and unbuild it again.

Percy Bysshe Shelley, 'The Cloud'

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If you ever get a lazy rainbow, call Victor - he's very helpful.

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And this one for JP who didn't quite know what he was getting into.

I hope all the cuts were superficial buddy. Nicetomeetyou.

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I grabbed my lunch to go today and was going to eat it at the park when I noticed nice clouds and a train load of windmill blades waiting to get the heck out of Vancouver. This time I actually remembered the step down ring for my 18-200mm so I could use the ND filters with the zoom.

I zoomed in and was shooting down the line of blades and decided to try and get some traffic in the shot. I think the juxtaposition of the log truck and the train is interesting - representing two different forms of energy. Wind power is not without its problems, but at least it doesn't make me sick like the sight of a fully loaded log truck. And let's face it folks, aesthetics is really what it's all about, right? The prettier of two evils?