Walking around a port

[Shab]

New lens, Canon 50mm LTM F/1.8, Leica M9, f/8.0, 1/64, ISO 200, sharpening added to offset degradation of posted image.

The "sticks" in the photo are pilings and they are preserved by the brackish water. Pull them up and you cannot replace them. EPA regs. Back when 40 - 60# salmon swam upriver to spawn the pilings held fish processing plants. The racism was such that an automatic fish skinning machine was called "The Iron Chink." The KKK flourished here, too. We like to think we have progressed some. But back to the pilings, as long as they are there they can be built upon so no one pulls theirs up, hoping that there will be a commercial renaissance that builds again out onto the river.

The moored ships are in the Astoria Anchorage where the freighters await their spot at an upriver dock to take on cargo like grain or soybeans. The "Ro-Ro's, the car carriers, do not wait, ever. Time is money in a big way for those fellows.

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Thank you very much... what a history! And yes, "they" never wait...

 

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Vuhg Tau Harbor, Vietnam. Nikon FM3A - Nikkor Ais 2.8/28 - Fujicolor 100 ISO.

Thanks for sharing OtL! I like the first one, because it composition, with geometry and different layers.

 

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Rolleiflex 3.5F, Rollei RPX25:

Thanks Valdas! This picture invites me to walk to the ships... and discover their world.

 

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Beautiful ship!! with a good light! Thanks for sharing.

 

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The Triangle Tavern. A decade or so it was famous for "Queer Night" on the first Tuesday of the month. Astoria has become more relaxed and the LBTGQ citizens are out in the open just like the straights. Otherwise it is just another harbor gin joint with plenty of local trade arriving by foot or by boat. That is the Astoria - Megler Bridge alongside. Life in bustling, trendy and ever so chic Astoria.

Leica M9, Canon 50mm LTM f/1.8, f/5.6, 1/60, ISO 400


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Night life in the ports... great!

 

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Donibane Lohizune - EOS3 + EF50mm 1.4 + Kentmere Pan400 + Tripod

 

[Out to Lunch]

Nice light! I still have the predecessor of the EOS 3, the EOS 5. Cheers, OtL

 

[Out to Lunch]

Port Credit, Canada. Canon 40D - L 2.8/24-70 @ 24mm.

 

[Taipei-metro]

Tapei I like the second from this serie... It does me to think about the women in the shadows.. thanks for sharing!

Thank you very much Shab,
i think she is one of the fish seller along the fish port

 

[Taipei-metro]

Nan-fong-ao Fish Port, Taiwan


a Taipei-metro Image

Canon T4i
Canon 18-55

 

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Nice light! I still have the predecessor of the EOS 3, the EOS 5. Cheers, OtL

Thank you OtL! I sold my EOS-3 and its 50mm 1.4. It was a very good camera, but too bulky for me.

 

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Port Credit, Canada. Canon 40D - L 2.8/24-70 @ 24mm.

It seems a geometry exercise! In the exact point, with everything in its place.

 

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"Summer days in the port"


Fujifilm X-T3 + XF16mm 1.4

 

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Leica M5 + VM 35mm 1.7 Ultron

 

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Winter in the port


Olympus Mju-2

 

[Out to Lunch]

 

[peterm1]

A few scenes from Victoria Harbour

Ferryman by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Star ferry by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

The city beyond by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Hong Kong Harbour scene by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[boojum]

The Netherlands? Really nice. I cannot tell you why, but really nice. What did you shoot them with?

 

[Out to Lunch]

Thanks, boojum. The Netherlands. The town of Hindeloopen received city rights in 1225 and became a member of the Hanseatic League in 1368 with local sea captains trading goods on the Baltic Coast, England, Denmark, and Norway. Today, it is a small town on the shore of Lake Ijssel, which the Dutch created by building a massive dam across what was then known as the Southern Sea. 1: the original Fuji X-100. 2, and 3: Fuji X-Pro1 - XF 2/18. Cheers, OtL

 

[Taipei-metro]

Coast Guard Soldiers in Chang-bing Fish Port, Taitung County, Southern Taiwan

'you guys are not Armed? you should be getting the new rifle soon, the T91...!'


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Chang-bing Fish Port


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images by Taipei-metro

Canon RebeLT4i
Tamron EF24-70 (#1), Tamron 55-200 (#2, #3)