Yes. This is Portland.

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This was shot using the Zeiss 15mm without a rangefinder coupling. The focus seems to be spot on but as you can tell,I had no IR cut filter for this shot. Thus, the guy with the blue shirt has magenta colored pants which were really black. This is no longer an issue with the M9 since it has an IR filter built on top of the sensor.
Portland is or was a unique and interesting place to visit. It was always fun walking through downtown at lunch time and snapping pictures. Capturing the good and the sad of what was once a thriving downtown drawing all sorts of people and businesses. However, sadly over the past few years with the local politicians neglecting their civic duties and law enforcement having their hands tied for the sake of political points, the town has fallen into a state of degeneration with record crime, homelessness, drugs, gangs and just about anything that says "stay away".

You hear a lot about San Francisco and Los Angeles. But don't forget about it's neighboring state just up north. It will be a long time before Portland recovers if it even does. People are moving out, businesses are closing shop, lawsuits against local govt is becoming more common as businesses are impacted because of policies and inaction by the governing bodies of Portland. I for one, moved out two years ago and don't regret the move. Lets just hope they Portland gets its act together.

However, there are many friedly Portlanders still around as shown in this Project.

About Jorge Torralba

I began my career behind the lens years ago, working as a UPI stringer photographer alongside shooting weddings and events, before transitioning into enterprise IT and software development.

Now retired from IT, I combine both worlds by developing, hosting, and actively maintaining free online communities for photographers, including:

www.NikonImages.com
www.LeicaImages.com
www.50mil.com
www.PureRangefinder.com
www.ZeissImages.com
www.Realcapture.photo

Operating as a full time retiree means I now report directly to a new "management team" at home; one who couldn't care less about Exposure, Focal length, Composition, ITIL, Tuckman's stages, or PMP frameworks, but excels in delegating Honey-Do lists.

When I’m not handling those tasks, I’m actively enhancing these sites, taking on software or photography freelance work, and building tools for the community. Reach out anytime with feedback, suggestions, or project inquiries!

If you are interested in Databases, Postgres, Docker containers for Postgres, Postgres training, Patroni, HA Proxy or anything Postgres related, view my repos on GIT for some active projects.
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