Stacey, I am totally loving all of your images! Plus, you just solved a problem for me...all of these years I've been drinking dumbwater. Well, a trip to the supermarket this afternoon will rectify that problem immediately!

Four bucks vs. a buck twenty. The nerve of some places. Thanks for stopping by and the nice compliment.

CATALOGUE OF THE EXHIBITION:

1. In Portland you can't swing a cat ... period. But you can find a Starbucks all the same. This is the Pioneer Square store, seen from the cupola of the old courthouse, through the original blown glass panes.

f 7.1
1/320 sec.
210 mm
ISO 800

2. A feature in the Japanese Garden, the day the sun broke through for just an hour and a half.

f 1.7
1/100 sec.
50 mm
ISO 200

3. If this doesn't get too Rothko for you, the subject of my photography is my photography. Sometimes by accident. $4.00 American if you drink the water.

f 3.5
1/30 sec.
18 mm
ISO 1250

4. There is no Photoshop at play, just pure serendipity. Parking may be hazardous, and not just in the overnight.

f 9.0
1/640 sec.
135 mm
ISO 200

5. The night of the Supermoon we had a room in Newport, OR. Finally it cleared the coastal hills beyond Yaquina Bay.

f 2.0
1/10 sec.
50 mm
ISO 1600

6. We were "on a mission from God" (a reference that was alien to the gal at Voodoo Doughnuts) to find the ocean. Martha works driftwood into her artwork, so we're always on the lookout. This piece was too big to collect.

f 16.0
1/250 sec.
120 mm
ISO 200

7. Field trip day. Get an accurate count now.

f 22.0
1/160 sec.
210 mm
ISO 1600

8. Martha is the sweetest (yes, namesake) goat. She appears to be smiling: how cool is that?

f 1.7
1/1000 sec.
50 mm
ISO 200

9. Imagine being kept isolated from yacht clubs, overpriced restaurants with their elevated presentations and their drizzle sauce, and oh my God, wi-fi! This moving memorial to the Japanese camps can be found in Bainbridge Is., WA. Worth a ferry ride IMHO.

f 22.0
1/320 sec.
210 mm
ISO 1600

10. So the kids graduate and all, and they have these rituals. They paint "SEX" on the street and go down to the beach for one last bonfire before they all have to grow up. They send memories up in smoke to have memories as part of them forever, as it were. This is one that got away. I used Photoshop tools not unlike dodging and burning to even out the exposure on the piece of paper, the better to immortalize young Cody. Mea maxima culpa.

f 14.0
1/250 sec.
120 mm
ISO 200

Wonderful stuff....smart water, dumb water -- that explains a lot.....great images, the gull is incredible as is untitled...great stuff.

These are delightful! I also like the idea of posting your camera settings. As a fellow photographer that is helpful to me!

Marty'sHusband and ILoveLife - thank you for your great comments. A nice way to start my Saturday: knowing these images were well received.

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Love Martha! Thanks:D