Positive Skull Says Love More, More Love Skidmore Street I-5 Overpass, Portland, Oregon #Oregon #Portland #artPhotography #photography #Urban #fineArtPhotography #KeepPortlandWeird #GuerillaArt

The Showman and the Persistent A fallen leaf on a green plant, Portland, Oregon. Fall in Oregon is strange for someone who's spent their life south of the Mason-Dixon Line. So much remains green. #Oregon #Portland #artPhotography #photography #Waterfall #fineArtPhotography #AutumnColors #PNW

Race to the River Recent rains have Bridal Veil Creek roaring as it races down to meet the Columbia River. #Oregon #BridalVeilCreek #artPhotography #photography #OregonStateParks #fineArtPhotography #ColumbiaRiverGorge #PNW

Autumn in The Creek Fallen leaves amidst the rocks of Bridal Veil Creek. The bottom of Bridal Veil Falls is visible in the background. Look for the tiny insect on the leaf. #Oregon #BridalVeilCreek #artPhotography #photography #fineArtPhotography #AutumnColors #ColumbiaRiverGorge #PNW

The Big Leaves of Fall Autumn colors on the steps of a staircase at Multnomah Falls. Leaves bigger than my hands, and I've got big hands. #Oregon #MultnomahFalls #artPhotography #photography #fineArtPhotography #AutumnColors #pnw #ColumbiaRiverGorge

Autumn at Multnomah Falls4 Upper Multnomah Falls, surrounded by fall colors, as seen from the parking area in the middle of I-84. #Oregon #MultnomahFalls #artPhotography #photography #Waterfall #fineArtPhotography #AutumnColors #ColumbiaRiverGorge #stunday

Autumn at Multnomah Falls 3 Upper Multnomah Falls, as seen from the bridge. Note the thin, secondary falls on the right - during the dry summer, that's not there. #Oregon #MultnomahFalls #artPhotography #photography #Waterfall #fineArtPhotography #AutumnColors #ColumbiaRiverGorge #pnw

Ribbons and Rivulets Upper falls of Multnomah Falls. The wind was ripping at the main plunge of water spreading the spray into mist and causing undulations in stream. #Oregon #MultnomahFalls #artPhotography #photography #Waterfall #fineArtPhotography #ColumbiaRiverGorge #pnw #ClassicMono #BWFri

Ribbons and Rivulets Detail from the upper falls of Multnomah Falls. The wind was ripping at the main plunge of water spreading the spray into mist and causing undulations in stream. #Oregon #MultnomahFalls #artPhotography #photography #Waterfall #fineArtPhotography #ColumbiaRiverGorge #pnw

Autumn at Multnomah Falls 2 Multnomah Falls, as seen from the lower falls viewpoint- aka: the classic view. #Oregon #Portland #MultnomahFalls #artPhotography #photography #Waterfall #fineArtPhotography #AutumnColors #ColumbiaRiverGorge

Autumn at Multnomah Falls 1 There was wind and mist from the waterfall, and rain and wind from the sky, and occasional low clouds drifting through. #Oregon #Portland #MultnomahFalls #artPhotography #photography #Waterfall #fineArtPhotography #AutumnColors #ColumbiaRiverGorge

The Pre-Dawn Show Above the Awakening City Glorious colors in the pre-dawn sky above Portland, Oregon. Shot from the Pittock Mansion west of downtown. #Oregon #Portland #beforeTheSunrise #artPhotography #photography #Urban #fineArtPhotography #colorfulSky #worthGettingOutofBedEarly

Golden Waves Above The rising sun illuminates great waves on a the sea of fog . Somewhere, below, lurk the skyscrapers of downtown Portland. #Oregon #Portland #fog #artPhotography #photography #sunrise #fineArtPhotography #WavesintheSky

And The Fog Swelled and Swallowed The City Fog swallows Portland, Oregon at dawn. Shortly after this, the rising fog bank erased the city's skyscrapers entirely from view. #Oregon #Portland #fog #artPhotography #photography #CllassicMono #fineArtPhotography #urban #blackAndWhitePhotography

Welcome to the Garden A foggy morning during peak autumn colors in the Portland Japanese Garden. #PortlandJapaneseGarden #Oregon #Portland #fall #artPhotography #photography #autumnColors #fog #fineArtPhotography

Foggy Fall Morning in the Garden A foggy morning during peak autumn colors in the Portland Japanese Garden. This tree is on the entrance trail to the main gardens. #PortlandJapaneseGarden #Oregon #Portland #fall #artPhotography #photography #autumnColors #fog #fineArtPhotography

Sunrise Over Portland View from the Pittock Mansion this morning. Portland in the foreground, the Cascades and Mt Hood in the background. Look closely to spot the birds flying over the city. #Oregon #Portland #fall #artPhotography #photography #sunriseColors #fineArtPhotography #sunrise #UrbanGaze

An early morning with the Koi at the Portland Japanese Garden. (Not this morning.) #PortlandJapaneseGarden #Oregon #Portland #fall #artPhotography #photography #autumnColors #koi #fineArtPhotography

The seasons roll on at the Portland Japanese Garden . You need to click through to see the whole image - it's a tall, semi-panorama format. #PortlandJapaneseGarden #Oregon #Portland #fall #artPhotography #photography #autumnColors

Mossy Hills and Braids of White Water The Little Zigzag River churning around boulders and under fallen trees in the Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon. #naturePhotography #artPhotography #photography #MountHoodNationalForest #Oregon #littleZigzagRiver #rapids #landscapePhotography

The Old Bridge The Little Zigzag River slides under an old bridge as it winds through verdant green woodlands in the Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon. #naturePhotography #artPhotography #photography #MountHoodNationalForest #Oregon #littleZigzagRiver #cascades #landscapePhotography

Dark-eyed Junco Shot while hiking between Hole-in-the-Wall Falls and Starvation Creek State Park in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon. #naturePhotography #photography #ColumbiaRiverGorge #OregonStateParks #darkEyedJunco #birds

A Contemplation of Morning Light Natural Garden Sitting Area, Portland Japanese Garden . #PortlandJapaneseGarden #Oregon #Portland #blackandWhitePhotography #artPhotography #photography #BWFri

Autumn Red, Portland Japanese Garden Fall colors are spreading through the Portland Japanese Garden . It hasn't reach peak yet, but the progress of the season is becoming more and more visible. #fineArtPhotography #artPhotography #photography #PortlandJapaneseGarden #Oregon #Portland #fallColors

Sunset at the End of the Creek Shot on the Oregon Coast just north of Yaquina Head, where a rocky creek runs across the beach and directly into the Pacific Ocean. #sunset #photography #OregonCoast #creek #beachCreek #artPhotography #PacificOcean #pnw

Just Before Sunrise, Mount Hood A cloudless October pre-sunrise scene with Mount Hood, from the Jonsrud Viewpoint in Sandy, OR. #fineArtPhotography #artPhotography #photography #SandyRiverValley #Oregon #fog #preSunrise #MountHood

Sun Rays Cutting Through Morning Fog, Sandy River, OR Taken from Jonsrud Point in Sandy Oregon, which allows you to look across the Sandy River Valley to Mount Hood. #fineArtPhotography #artPhotography #photography #SandyRiverValley #Oregon #fog #sunRays #blackandWhitePhotography #ClassicMono

Snow on the Black Rock Staircase Dee Wright Observatory, Oregon Click through and you can see the flying snow. #fineArtPhotography #artPhotography #photography #DeeWrightObservatory #Oregon #CascadeMountains #snowfall #blackandWhitePhotography #ClassicMono

The Changes of Autumn Soon, the Portland Japanese Garden should be ablaze with autumn colors. This is a little preview from the end of September. #fineArtPhotography #artPhotography #photography #PortlandJapaneseGarden #Oregon #Portland #fallColors #ColoraDay #RedWed

Rainy Day Monochrome, Portland Japanese Garden #fineArtPhotography #artPhotography #photography #PortlandJapaneseGarden #Oregon #Portland #blackandWhitePhotography #ClassicMono

Look at the Time! Gotta Fly! A double crested cormorants takes off from small cove off Yaquina Bay. Yaquina Bay Estuary Trail Newport, Oregon. #naturePhotography #photography #birds #OregonCoast #wildlifePhotography #doubleCrestedCormorant #artPhotography #NewportOR

A California Sea Lion appears to give me side eye while hunting food in the surf at Cobble Beach in the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area on the Oregon Coast. #naturePhotography #photography #YaquinaHead #OregonCoast #wildlifePhotography #CaliforniaSeaLion #artPhotography #CobbleBeach

Waves After Sunset Gentle ocean waves and the post sunset sky. Shot on the Oregon Coast just north of Yaquina Head. #sunset #photography #OregonCoast #artPhotography #PacificOcean #pnw #sunsetSky #Oregon #sunsetSky

Yaquina Head Lighthouse After Sunset If you click through, you'll see the shadow trails of the last birds flying home for the night - an effect of the long shutter speed. #sunset #photography #OregonCoast #YaquinaHead #birds #artPhotography #PacificOcean #pnw #YaquinaHeadLighthouse #lighthouse

Everything's In Motion Artistic UCM - I misjudged how far the waves were coming up the beach, and the water caused the tripod to sink during the shot. Shot on the Oregon Coast just north of Yaquina Head. #sunset #photography #OregonCoast #cameraMovement #birds #artPhotography #PacificOcean #pnw

A female Harlequin Duck swims over a wave as it preps for its next dive in cove of Cobble Beach in the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area on the Oregon Coast. #naturePhotography #photography #YaquinaHead #OregonCoast #wildlifePhotography #HarlequinDuck #artPhotography #CobbleBeach #birds

A classic red rose from the Portland International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park in Portland, OR. #PortlandInternationalRoseTestGarden #fineArtPhotography #artPhotography #photography #WashingtonPark #Oregon #Portland #flowerPhotography #Roses

Another from the Portland International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park in Portland, OR. So many roses... #PortlandInternationalRoseTestGarden #fineArtPhotography #artPhotography #photography #WashingtonPark #Oregon #Portland #flowerPhotography #Roses

Another from the Portland International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park in Portland, OR. #PortlandInternationalRoseTestGarden #fineArtPhotography #artPhotography #photography #WashingtonPark #Oregon #Portland #flowerPhotography #Roses

The Portland International Rose Test Garden in Washington Park in Portland, OR. If you're a rose or flower lover, you should see this place. #PortlandInternationalRoseTestGarden #fineArtPhotography #artPhotography #photography #WashingtonPark #Oregon #Portland #flowerPhotography #Roses

The Main Feature and the Coming Attraction Hardy Fuchsia flowers, Portland International Rose Test Garden, Washington Park, Portland, Oregon. #PortlandInternationalRoseTestGarden #fineArtPhotography #artPhotography #photography #WashingtonPark #Oregon #Portland #flowerPhotography #HardyFuchsia

Hardy Fuchsia, Portland International Rose Test Garden, Washington Park, Portland, OR. Click through to spot the teensy-tiny spider on patrol. #PortlandInternationalRoseTestGarden #fineArtPhotography #artPhotography #photography #WashingtonPark #Oregon #Portland #flowerPhotography #HardyFuchsia

Sunset Pelican Patrol A squadron of pelicans flies home over of the setting sun along the Oregon Coast just north of Yaquina Head. #sunset #photography #OregonCoast #pelicans #birds #artPhotography #silhouettes #PacificOcean #pnw #ColorADay #OrangeSun #Stunday

A California Sea Lion squints at me while its fellow continues to hunt through the waters in the cove of Cobble Beach in the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area on the Oregon Coast. #naturePhotography #photography #YaquinaHead #OregonCoast #wildlifePhotography #CaliforniaSeaLion #CobbleBeach

Crab Brunch A Western Gull catches and consumes a crab (ideally an invasive European Green Crab but I can't be sure) along the Yaquina Bay Estuary Trail Newport, Oregon. #naturePhotography #photography #birds #OregonCoast #wildlifePhotography #WesternGull #artPhotography #NewportOR

Really? That Shirt with Those Pants? A Pacific Harbor Seal pauses to disapprove of me as it hunts off Cobble Beach in the Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area. #naturePhotography #photography #YaquinaHead #OregonCoast #wildlifePhotography #PacificHarborSeal #artPhotography #CobbleBeach

The Winding Way to the River The lower part of Starvation Creek Falls in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon. #naturePhotography #artPhotography #photography #ColumbiaRiverGorge #landscapePhotography #StarvationCreekStatePark #Oregon #OregonStateParks #waterfall #waterfallWednesday

Green Diver Down! A katydid goes diving in a rose in the Portland International Rose Test Gard in Washington Park in Portland, Oregon. #PortlandInternationalRoseTestGarden #fineArtPhotography #artPhotography #photography #WashingtonPark #Oregon #Portland #flowerPhotography #Roses

Detail from the lower part of Starvation Creek Falls in the eponymous State Park in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon. #naturePhotography #artPhotography #photography #ColumbiaRiverGorge #landscapePhotography #StarvationCreekStatePark #Oregon #OregonStateParks #waterfall #ClassicMono

An American Dipper finds a pocket of relative tranquility and a foothold in the middle of the tumult of the lower section of Hole-in-the-Wall Falls in the Columbia River Gorge of Oregon. #naturePhotography #photography #ColumbiaRiverGorge #OregonStateParks #AmericanDipper #birds #waterfall