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A Walk at the Smith and Bybee Wetlands

I went on a walk at the Smith and Bybee Wetlands in North Portland yesterday. Overcast skies and red duckweed covered lakes presented scenic views with scattered wildlife in pleasant weather.

A landscape featuring a reddish-brown wetlands area with sparse vegetation. In the background, there are leafless trees and distant hills under a cloudy sky. A great blue heron is visible standing on the wetlands.
A garter snake camouflaged among dry leaves and green moss on the ground.
Bare trees with moss-covered branches stand in a pond covered in red duckweed, with two ducks in the water.
A wooden walkway covered with moss leads to a small shelter surrounded by bare trees in a swampy area.
A cloudy sky with a flock of birds flying in formation above bare trees.
View from a wooden structure overlooking a body of water with red duckweed and distant trees. Power lines and pylons are visible against a cloudy sky.
A marshy area with bare trees, reddish-brown water covered in floating duckweed, and scattered dead plant stems. A log is partially submerged in the foreground.

These were taken with the recently acquired Leica M-Rokkor 90mm f/4 lens (used) on my Leica M10. This is a much longer focal length than the ones I’ve been using primarily for years, although shorter than the 135mm lens I used briefly on a walk a few years ago. It was refreshing because I’ve basically only used 35mm and 50mm for two decades 😆. We shall see if this sticks.