About the Hard Hat Tour, found at Community NonProfit Resource Group--Portland: This Salvation Army building was the District Headquarters f...

Westbound traffic lane and a vehicle, plus MAX tracks and a westbound MAX train emerging from the Steel Bridge; eastbound MAX train, and the...

I took three photos--this is the last of the three. Here's the first photo I took when the dog and I both had noticed each other. What a...

Monthly Theme Day at City Daily Photo - Electricity. Click here to view thumbnails for all participants . I'm riding on the MAX Light Ra...

Almost anachronisms abound. Left to right. (1) The need for a box fan in Portland in October--see it in the doorway. It's usually in the...

I cannot remember the term used to describe what's going on with the building in the left corner, the Embassy Suites which started out a...

Pioneer Courthouse Square, Portland's living room. I cloned the young man's backpack out of the photo and a small round object which...

A. E. Doyle is my favorite Portland architect. This building, which also appeared in yesterday's post, is one of his which I adore. One ...

Altered by cropping, tinkering with the exposure, and using the Vibrance Special Effect to make the colors pop. What do you think is going o...

Focal B&W Special Effect. I took this photo on March 12, 2009 with my backup camera, a Coolpix L12. At the time renovation of the downto...

Natural curl of the telephone cord, altered in Picnik. I had too much fun with too many special effects to remember exactly what I did! Now ...

I took this photo on November 20, 2010. SPF 100, 768,000 FL OZ. I can't remember how long the water tower was painted like this, but I d...

Big Pink and a parking lot sign. The sign is on the southeast corner of SW Broadway and West Burnside. Big Pink is exactly one block east of...

The tree with the sign on it which inspired my altering the photo for Halloween! Picnik is so much fun! The tree is in the backyard at the Z...

Looking a different direction from the viewpoint above the main entrance at Timberline Lodge. I've used the HDR-ish effect in Picnik to ...

Guess, anyone? Looks like I've been to an exotic locale and didn't let you know I was going, doesn't it? I will tell you that I ...

August 23, with Milton and Kay, I enjoyed my city from on high, through these views from the Portland City Grill in downtown. Looking south ...