If Portland can be summed up with a single image, I feel this one can do it. The rich colors of a timeless rose, photographed in the city's Rose Garden, under a softly overcast sky define Portland. Flowers are among the few subjects that are almost always photographed in color, because that is how they usually proclaim their identity. The configuration of the petals may play a big role as well, but we cherish flowers because of their coloration. This image celebrates that color – both in the pink of the rose itself and in the reds of the buds emerging from the dark green leaves behind it.