My favorite sound in the entire world (as of this point in my experiences) is the sound of snow crunching underfoot as you walk through it. This is because of two reasons:
1) It is snowing, and I love snow.
2) In order to hear this crunching, it has to be quiet and whenever it
snows, things get really quiet. It does not matter if it is out in
the Gorge or in the middle of downtown. Snowy mornings are almost
always quiet mornings.
This was the case this morning a few years back. Though there were ample signs of life continuing on in the foot prints and tire treads cutting through the snow, I saw nary another soul in this hour or so I wandered downtown. Eventually I found myself on top of a parking garage, which seems to happen with alarming regularity since I got into photography. I liked the pattern in the tire marks as they cut through the intersection and got this shot with my Nikon FM2. Actually I really really like the flow of travel amongst all the trails left by both pedestrians and motorists. It is interesting to see where people turned, where they swerved, etc. Maybe that is just me.
I have few qualms about living in Portland. It rains a lot. The city is green. It is close to the mountains, the gorge and the beach. The people are ... interesting. What is not to love? Well the fact that we get one good snowfall every other year in town. If we had more practice at driving in the snow, maybe we would not all panic the moment we got half an inch of the stuff. ;-)
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xarma [deleted] 55 months ago | reply
Grat composition!!!
andreas82 55 months ago | reply
very nice shot!
Laura Helen Winn 55 months ago | reply
one) i love film.
two) this photograph reminds me of this video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRQXi8iAAVs
enjoy
*Chris van Dolleweerd* 55 months ago | reply
one in a thousand picture!!
this is a great one!!!!
iweet 55 months ago | reply
Perfect shot!
Adrian Klein 55 months ago | reply
Nice work Zeb, I like the feel of this one. Makes me wish is was snowing right now. I sure hope we get some in PDX this winter!
Steve Downey [deleted] 55 months ago | reply
I wouldn't.
great shot.
AlexEdg 55 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Black and White [AllEdges], and we'd love to have this added to the group!
Hoyuela 55 months ago | reply
Nice shot.
YuwanChasingBresson 54 months ago | reply
So cool. So andre kertetzs!!
ixycreativity 52 months ago | reply
very beautiful
iamgrey 44 months ago | reply
todo lo bello entra aquí
fraghorst 42 months ago | reply
Wow, what a great view!
vsnagek 41 months ago | reply
Very cold shot!
alg7 (KaSSaL) 40 months ago | reply
Very well captured !!
Kelebi Cano (busy) 39 months ago | reply
Lovely shot!!
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Wolfgang Moersch 38 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Win-Win Darkroom Support, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
manganite 35 months ago | reply
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[- - -] 25 months ago | reply
Amazing view!
Mark Gilliland 19 months ago | reply
Fantastic shot!!!!!