April 8, 2006: Portland, Night
Day three was a visit to OMSI, which was also very cool -- but it poured rain all day while we were there, and it's not really much of a place for shooting photos, anyway.
However, the visit did give me the chance to scope out spots along the east side of the river and I found one place right at the edge of the OMSI parking lot which had access to the river's edge -- then came back that night to shoot a bunch of evening photos.
The first set were all cool, but dark. Then I figured out that I needed to adjust the shutter speed and BOOM - that solved it.
Part of my 1/365 project: 1 photo per day for 365 days.
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shannonmrush, TommyPDX, SuperBet, Roger Lynn, and 31 other people added this photo to their favorites.
anonymoust (86 months ago | reply)
Ahhh...my beautiful homecity. The KOIN Tower (the funny shaped orange building in the middle) has always been my favorite part of the skyline.
Phil Romans (86 months ago | reply)
Soooooooooo, THATS what the city skyline is like at night. Huh.
shannonmrush (86 months ago | reply)
Wow! You've really captured the colors of P-town at night :-)
Matt McGee (86 months ago | reply)
Thanks folks, and thx for Favoriting this, shannon.
I have a couple more, including a darker one that I'm LOVING as my computer wallpaper right now. Will post soon......
Roger Lynn (83 months ago | reply)
wonderful colors - the reflection is magical - thanks
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elvy (83 months ago | reply)
Colour, colour, colour! Such a great night shot! Looks like such a happy city :) Thanks for sharing with the group!
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LandscapesTraveller (75 months ago | reply)
I've selected this photo as a Landscape Picture of the day at Landscape Wallpapers Blog and the photo is automatically set as wallpaper for the people today.
Congatulations for your shot!
*Saariy* (73 months ago | reply)
Magical reflection. Fantastic night cityshot. Beautiful scene my friend.
Well Done.
Matt McGee (73 months ago | reply)
Thanks for the comments and faves, everyone!
cynicole_b (70 months ago | reply)
oh i love this shot! i'm visiting portland in october -- can't wait!
WorldFlickr (69 months ago | reply)
Hi, I am an admin for a group called Landmarks around the world, and I discovered this great shot in Portland, Oregon, United States. We love to have your photo added to the group.
H.KoPP (68 months ago | reply)
Hi Matt, I'm an admin for the group Earth @ *Night*, and we'd love to have this fine pic (and your other nightsohts) added to the group.
Gigapic (67 months ago | reply)
I think your photo is great
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