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Tacoma's beautiful 11th Street bridge reflects wonderfully in the Thea Foss waterway.
One of the tall ships from the Tall Ships Tacoma festival during a sunset cruise in Commencement Bay.  The overcast that hung overhead during the day had broken just in time for a wonderful sunset.
Reflections of Mt. Sacajawea, Mt. Howard, and Mt. Joseph in Wallowa Lake in Oregon.
The sun sets over Lake Wakatipu New Zealand.
A fisherman is all alone on Commencement Bay at sunrise.
This image was taken for a photo class that I'm taking.  This week we're studying line.  Notice how your eye follows the path of the dock, that's what I'm going for here.

This photo was deemed one of the class photos of the week!
Docked tall ships from the Tall Ships Tacoma festival.
One of the ships that is here for the Tall Ships Tacoma goes for a sunset cruise of Commencement Bay.
A group of people are fising off of a pier on Ruston Way in Tacoma.  Vashon Island is in the background.
Tacoma's beautiful 11th Street bridge reflects wonderfully in the Thea Foss waterway.
Tacoma's beautiful 11th Street bridge reflects wonderfully in the Thea Foss waterway.
Tacoma's beautiful 11th Street bridge reflects wonderfully in the Thea Foss waterway.
See photo in original gallery.