Spring has finally arrived here in PDX (BW.... )

[Wags]

AlphaDog wrote:
I got it! "PDX" is the designation for the Portland International Airport. Those of us who don't fly a lot need more time to figure out these things. Maybe people could just say "Portland"?

Then you'd be asking me if it was Portland, Maine or The People's Republic of Portland. ()

[Bixby]

I'm not sure why (other than the obvious), but one of Portland, OR's long-held nicknames has been PDX.

What is the lens? Doesn't look all that sharp to me, but that could be jpeg compression.

[AlphaDog]

Wags wrote:
[quote=AlphaDog]
I got it! "PDX" is the designation for the Portland International Airport. Those of us who don't fly a lot need more time to figure out these things. Maybe people could just say "Portland"?

Then you'd be asking me if it was Portland, Maine or The People's Republic of Portland. ()
When I looked at the pictures a second time, I recognized it as Portland, OR. I've been to Portland, ME, too, and your pics don't look much like I remember that Portland.

[Black]

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[C(-)ris]

Stephanie wrote:
I thought the same thing, AlphaDog.

Get's kinda confusing. I could say: In a half hour, we're driving to ABQ to go shopping. Then later today, I'll drive back home to SFN. If it hadn't been so windy this weekend, we would have gone to LRU. Next weekend, I might go to LAM to see my parents. Last year I traveled so much around the state for work that I visited ALM, CNM, CVN, FMN, GUP, HOB, ROW, RUI and TSM!

Edit: P.S. Nice photos! I would have never guessed they were taken at an airport

Is it a good thing or bad thing if I actually comprehended what you said there?

[Black]

Bixby wrote:
What is the lens? Doesn't look all that sharp to me, but that could be jpeg compression.

The fuzziness happened when he photoshopped out all the people on bikes.

Nice pics! Roughly in line with Couch or Davis streets?

Hey Wags, do you take requests?
On one of the bridges, I think Hawthorne, at the east end, there's a bike lane that briefly splits in two to let faster riders pass, just like in a mountain pass for cars and trucks. I didn;t photograph it because I figured it would be all over the web, but have never been able to find it.

[Black]

Bixby wrote:
I'm not sure why (other than the obvious), but one of Portland, OR's long-held nicknames has been PDX.

Been searching, and I really don't think there's more to it than it being the airport code.
Odd that such a wonderful city would have such a seeming lack of identity . . .
greetings from ORD!

[Wags]

Bixby wrote:
What is the lens? Doesn't look all that sharp to me, but that could be jpeg compression.

Canon 17-55 f/2.8 USM IS. Yeah, was hoping for a little more sharpness, although it could be I haven't found the sweet spot. Some are sharper than others - first outing with it.

[Wags]

Black wrote:
Nice pics! Roughly in line with Couch or Davis streets?

Hey Wags, do you take requests?
On one of the bridges, I think Hawthorne, at the east end, there's a bike lane that briefly splits in two to let faster riders pass, just like in a mountain pass for cars and trucks. I didn;t photograph it because I figured it would be all over the web, but have never been able to find it.

Yup, Couch/Davis. First couple were from up on the Steele Bridge. I'll have to take a look at the bike lane on the Hawthorne. I don't recall the 'passing lane'. We do love our bicycles here.

[mattkime]

is PDX pronounced portland 10?