Multnomah Falls
Multnomah Falls on the Oregon side of the Columbia River Gorge, located east of Troutdale, between Corbett and Dodson, along the Historic Columbia River Highway. I was in Hood River on a business trip. A friend told me before I left that I had to stop at Multnomah Falls. I had heard that it was usually foggy and rainy that time of year, and indeed it was. The lushness and greenness of the area is just amazing, also the wetness! I drove along the Historic Columbia River Highway and there were amazing sights around every bend. I could have spent days photographing there but did not have the time. Even better was when I finally got to the Vista House. At that point I was above all of the fog and it appeared to be a river of fog along the Columbia River valley.
Location: N45 34 34.27 W122 06 56.35
Traghetto Oars, Venice Italy
Here are some oars stacked against the wall at the Pescheria-Santa Sofia traghetto crossing in Venice, Italy. I entered this image in the Northern Virginia Photographic Society monthly competition. This was a “themed” competition with the theme being “Abandoned and Discarded”. Out of 26 images entered in Class 3, this image took Honorable Mention (ribbons were given for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, with 4 Honorable Mentions). The Judge liked the diagonals of the oars and the fact that the vertical lines were indeed vertical. The judge did mention that the image was cropped a little too close to the oars along the bottom. So watch those edges when you crop!
Class 3 is defined as “Any Club member who has demonstrated photographic skills at levels of consistently high quality and creativity or is a working professional photographer”. This is the top class out of three classes for NVPS competitors.
Location: N43 04 13.68 E011 38 03.40
Saverio Pastor’s Workshop
Here is another “quick panorama” where I took two images and stitched them together in Photoshop. This was before I had my Really Right Stuff PG-02 Pro Omni-Pivot Package panorama head, so I did lose much of the image.
This is the interior of Saverio Pastor’s workshop on the Fondamenta Soranzo in Venice, Italy. Saverio handcrafts the fórcola (plural fórcole) which is the rowlock or oar post used in traditional Venetian boats, the most well-known type of boat being the gondola. They are quite beautiful, you can see for yourself at www.forcole.com. We had a very nice conversation with Saverio, we were the only ones in the shop with him. Amazingly, he understood most of our Italian and in the end wished us a happy anniversary. You can stop by his shop and watch him work at Dorsoduro 341, Fondamenta Soranzo 30123 Venezia, Italy.
Location: N45 25 49.45 E012 19 57.40
