Walking around a port

boojum said:
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...
 
valdas said:
Rolleiflex 3.5F, Rollei RPX25:

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