This photo is another from my vacation on the oregon coast. It is using a tilt and shift lens, but more in the manner that the lense is intended rather than to get the miniature effect. I was able to keep the f-stop around 2 and yet get the large rock in the distance and the close up wall with holes in focus. Its a really nice lens. It doesn't have auto focus and in tilting and shifting it makes the in camera light meter inaccurate. I actually like both of those aspects as it forces me to be a bit more traditional about how I shoot. You definitely lose something letting the computer do all the thinking for you.

The holes in the foreground rock were birds nests, thought there were no occupants.

This is another shot I took of the factory down by the riverfront here in portland. I found the dust catching the sunlight, while the facility was shadowed by the highway 405 bridge interesting.

This picture is of the Fremont Bridge in Portland from the riverbank below. Its a really cool industrial area down there.