Seattle

We're on our way home by train. We stopped in Seattle to break up the journey (and since you need to switch trains anyway.) We prefer stopping in Portland, but the connection north to Vancouver works better from Seattle. It was quite a transition from sunny warm Santa Barbara to fresh snow on Mt. Shasta and cold rainy Seattle. (And news of snow waiting for us at home.)

We weren't too ambitious in Seattle so we headed over to the Space Needle area where we ended up at the Science Center. There were some pools of water and trees changing color which provided photography material (while Shelley waited patiently!).

This shot was bland out of the camera, but I quite like this heavily processed version. (Blowing out the highlights got rid of the distracting wall behind.)



I liked the floating leaves (with sunken ones as a backdrop)



I even managed to combine favorite subjects with autumn leaves on reflections :-)



There was a butterfly garden in the Science Center where I also took a ton of photos.







I like direct, "portrait" style shots like these, but it's also fun to try to find different compositions.





And just for something different, a final architecture shot.



For more photos see all 39 as a slideshow or overview