Sunday, May 18, 2014

What do you think made me take these photos?

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Cropped close-up. Gives you a great big clue, right? Across the street from her, I rushed up the sidewalk towards the intersection, hoping I'd get close enough to be able to stop, zoom, focus and get a decent photo of that golden, spiked backpack. Since I had noticed it before on a walk around my work building, I figured that I just might get a chance to take a photo of it another time. But, why take the chance that I'd have my Nikon in my hands? So I said to myself, "Step out, ol' lady!" With the traffic signal on my side, I caught up with her and her quirky backpack!

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Co-existing successfully, the joys of city commuting. Car stopped at traffic signal, waiting to go north. Bicyclist going east, pedestrian and her fascinating backpack going west. But, how far west?

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Ah, there she goes on the Hawthorne Bridge ramp. Downtown? Tom McCall Waterfront Park? This girl has options for enjoying the sunny afternoon.

5 comments:

Julie(t) said...

You wanted to check out the detail on her backpack? I know I would.

William Kendall said...

It makes you wonder where she got it!

Randy said...

If I saw that bag I would have started shooting too.

Jack said...

Well, that unusual backpack is one of the things that would have caught my eye!!!

Anonymous said...

I would contact you privately but I don't see the option. Friends pointed me to these photos you snapped of me last spring. Fair - the pack is a curiosity. I believe you were also taking pictures of me this morning at the same spot while I was stuck at a light. I might have given permission if you had asked - but you didn't. I would appreciate that no more be posted. I take tons of pictures of PDX, myself, and, though the temptation is huge with such a colorful cast of characters, I resist the urge to snap unconsenting humans. Thank you. ~ the gold backpack girl