For those following along on our Columbia River cruise, I hate to interrupt, but as you can see if you click the 365 in the menu bar, I am in the middle of a 365 project. That means I take one photo and post it per day. And then, on Sunday night, I usually create a post that compiles all the photos from that week in one place. A note gets sent out about that post, and those interested in my photography get to see it.
These are my photos, numbers 280-286. Enjoy, and let me know in the comments which is your favorite this week.
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- We are in Portland tonight at the start of our two-week Columbia River trip with the October Bunch. Only four of us are here so far; the other two are on a plane and won’t arrive until 11:45. So, the four of us went out for pizza at a place our son-in-law says is “the best pizza in the world.” It’s called APizzaScholls, and I might just have to agree with him. We got two, which was way too much, but WOW! Incredible pizza.
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- Taking a food tour around Portland today, and as I sat in the middle of a really cool food cart pod, I happened to look up and saw this contrail crossing the sky. I took a shot that turned out to be lucky because I truly love the symmetry of it. It just looks cool.
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- My favorite shot. The sun peaked through and turned the water almost blue.
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- Today, we left Portland to explore the Oregon Coast. We spent some time touring the Tillamook Creamery, watching them make cheese, and then headed up to Cannon Beach, where I got this shot of Haystack Rock. I tried dehazing it, but there was just too much haze, and I kept getting artifacts. It drove me nuts. I also tried removing the people, but I think they added character.
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- Not much of a photo-taking day. In fact, this is the worst day for photography I have ever had while on a trip. We were around a lot of Portland today, but I didn’t shoot anything new. While the rest of the October Bunch (minus Kathleen and me) went to see the Pittock Mansion, I, their faithful chauffeur, parked and read my book. Directly in front of me was this beautiful forest. So I went into the back of our rental van, grabbed my camera, and there you have it—The Forest Primeval.
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- We are sailing on the Columbia River and were headed out of the locks at the Bonneville Dam when I spotted this river boat coming towards us.
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- We’re currently on a cruise on this ship. Today, we stopped in Kalama, Washington, on the Columbia River. I really like how they get us on and off the boat. When they arrive somewhere, they navigate the bow of the ship into the shore, open the front of the ship, extend a gangplank, and we can walk off through the front. Photographically, it was very rainy, so I had to sneak in shots between rain showers to get this one.
The earth is art, the photographer is only a witness. –Yann Arthus-Bertrand
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