I am, at best, a point and shoot photographer, but I took my camera out to test out the new batteries I bought for vacation (ie, make sure they're going to last more than 30 minutes like the last set I got), and actually had some fairly decent shots turn out.
My apartment is about 4 blocks from the water so I went down there the other evening.
A new "Sculpture Park" AKA: A way for Seattle to try and be trendy just opened up on the water about a month ago. They close the silly thing at 6pm on weekdays so I haven't been able to see much of it, but there are some you can get a good view of from the paths outside the park.
Over the weekend I found a seemingly forgotten plaza downtown with a very lovely firefighter tribute statue.