This is how Portland looks in the November light

A woman jogs down Free Street in Portland on Monday. The temperature touched 60 degrees in the city. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

A woman jogs down Free Street in Portland on Monday. The temperature touched 60 degrees in the city. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

November days are short. The sun never gets very high. It’s like an all-day sunset. After a long weekend, following a seemingly endless election week, I hit the pavement on foot today looking at the light and the people moving through it.

This is what I saw.

Abstract art objects atop poles catch the afternoon light on Congress Street in Portland on Monday. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

Abstract art objects atop poles catch the afternoon light on Congress Street in Portland on Monday. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

A construction worker helps lay a floor on a building at the corner of Center and Free Streets in Portland on Monday. It's the site of the famous "Portland" graffiti mural. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

A construction worker helps lay a floor on a building at the corner of Center and Free Streets in Portland on Monday. It’s the site of the famous “Portland” graffiti mural. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

Pedestrians traverse a skywalk over Congress Street in Portland on Monday as the sun sets before 5 p.m.Troy R. Bennett | BDN

Pedestrians traverse a skywalk over Congress Street in Portland on Monday as the sun sets before 5 p.m.Troy R. Bennett | BDN

A woman reads a notice board outside Geno's Rock Club on Congress Street in Portland on Monday. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

A woman reads a notice board outside Geno’s Rock Club on Congress Street in Portland on Monday. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

One squirrel chases another in Deering Oaks Park in Portland on Monday. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

One squirrel chases another in Deering Oaks Park in Portland on Monday. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

A piece for street arts adorns a building on oak Street in Portland on Monday. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

A piece for street arts adorns a building on oak Street in Portland on Monday. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

The Heidi & Heather pulls away from a Portland wharf on Monday afternoon. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

The Heidi & Heather pulls away from a Portland wharf on Monday afternoon. Troy R. Bennett | BDN

Troy R. Bennett

About Troy R. Bennett

Troy R. Bennett is a Buxton native and longtime Portland resident whose photojournalism has appeared in media outlets all over the world.