Portland and South Portland

Did a photo run with a friend today. We started on the East End, headed over to Deering Oaks, and then crossed the bridge to end up under it. I was pretty impressed with the space down there!

So first the East End. Where I spotted two Oprah's I hadn't seen.





Other than that, it was cold, windy, and the lighting was all wrong. We headed to Deering Oaks after making a quick stop in a little park on the East End which overlooks the city. The lighting wasn't that wonderful, so I won't share any pictures from that.





I wasn't sure which I liked more.





And some bridges.




Under the bridge.





And then the sun set, so we couldn't play anymore. It was cold anyway.

Happy Valentine's Day

And now for a real post. It was cold, it was windy, the ice I was looking to take pictures of was mostly melted. :( But I made it out to take some pictures today, finally. It was a long time coming, but it's extremely hard in the winter when the only time I can take pictures, is generally on the weekends. Now that the light is making it's long-awaited comeback, I may have more and more time after work to actually get back into this. So. I walked along the Back Cove Trail today, and here are the results.

Oh wait, before making it that far, I walked Congress St. briefly to see what was going on at monument square..nothing yet, but I did spot another Oprah! So I think that makes 3 so far.




Now most of these will look very similar since I'm posting quite a few and well..the back cove is the back cove. You can only get so many pictures of snow and ice and water.

I'll start with my arrival.




Street lamps





A few randoms




Messing with camera settings.





Many feet have been here.





And some very blue pictures.






That's all for now. Should have more time to mess around with my camera soon..unfortunately mud season isn't generally that pretty! I'll try to think of something..maybe it'll snow again (yes I'm one of the few that wouldn't mind one last snow storm).

Portland's East End

After the rain cleared up, I decided to take a walk on the east end with a friend. It's funny that the real reason for going, was to take a picture of Oprah. I had taken a similar picture prior to seeing this one, and when I saw this one, I knew I needed to start a little collection haha. I found a few spots I wasn't familiar with, and the sky was gorgeous in all directions.

Back Cove to Mackworth Island