Astoria, Oregon in B&W

Now for a substantial change in both location and style. A few months ago, a friend and I drove to Astoria, Oregon, about two hours from Portland. It's a historic town, at the mouth of the Columbia River, near where the Lewis and Clark expedition reached the Pacific Ocean. (It's named for John Jacob Astor, who based his fur trade there.)

The weather was cool and overcast, and there's not a lot of color in Astoria in any case, so I decided to photograph using a rather dark monochrome. For the next week or so I'll be posting photos from this trip.