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Portland Skyline Reflects in Willamette River

Tim Trautmann @timtrautmann.com · May 5 Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade, Portland, Oregon, US

The Portland skyline emerges from forested hills in soft afternoon light, its modern towers and distinctive architecture casting perfect reflections across the rippling surface of the Willamette River. Shot from the Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade, this composition captures the city's downtown core bathed in warm, golden hour luminosity with layered clouds stretching across the horizon. The water's gentle movement creates abstract patterns of light and shadow, while the silhouetted urban landscape transitions from glass and steel high-rises to the natural tree line beyond.

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Fujifilm Fujinon XF16-55mmF2.8 R LM WR

f/7.1 · 1/125s · ISO 160

Portland Skyline Reflects in Willamette River

Portland's downtown skyline reflects in the Willamette River during afternoon light, viewed from the Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade. https://archive.timtrautmann.com/photo/8FBFB0EC56FB49FEA249E0888D677DFD

The Portland skyline emerges from forested hills in soft afternoon light, its modern towers and distinctive architecture casting perfect reflections across the rippling surface of the Willamette River. Shot from the Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade, this composition captures the city's downtown core bathed in warm, golden hour luminosity with layered clouds stretching across the horizon. The water's gentle movement creates abstract patterns of light and shadow, while the silhouetted urban landscape transitions from glass and steel high-rises to the natural tree line beyond.

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