> Storm clouds gather menacingly overhead, matching the equally menacing smokestacks of the old Seaholm Power Plant. This is the same building as featured in this photo.

I think this is my favorite of all the photos I have taken.
 > Downtown Austin as seen looking northeast from the Town Lake Hike and Bike Trail.

Getting off of work early is always a treat. This particular day, I decided to grab my camera, wolf down some food, and drive down to the hike and bike trail. The clouds were fascinating on my drive down, but sadly enough died town to a much less interesting view by the time the sun set. I stuck around until dusk, when the reflections of the downtown buildings popped right out of the Town Lake waters.
 > The full moon rises over downtown Austin, 10/07/06

This is an HDR. I only take these when conditions are bad enough that I get frustrated at every other result, or when I envision the scene specifically as an HDR.
 > Downtown Austin at dusk. The lights of the buildings match the last illumination from the setting sun.
 > Downtown photo
 > The crowd mills about the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge, waiting for the July 4th, 2006 fireworks show to begin. Meanwhile, the lack of cloud cover to the west allows the glorious last rays of the sun to brilliantly illuminate the buildings of downtown, and cast the entire scene in warm tones.
 > Underneath the 1st Street bridge, looking North. The monochromatic glow of sodium vapor lamps illuminates everything in orange-yellow. I composed this photograph to attempt a frame-within-a-frame looks.
 > The lights of downtown Austin reflect brilliantly off the water. One thing I had not noticed until now is the symmetry in the heights of the buildings from this vista of the skyline.

The tricky part about these sorts of shots is getting the light balance correct. You don't want to have a featureless black void for a sky, but at the same time, you don't want to blow out the lights of the city too much (Which tends to happen to the frost tower in the center).
 > Looking westward at Town Lake. Visible in the left-middle is the decrepit but soon-to-be-revitalized Seaholm Power Plant.
The full moon rises over downtown Austin, 10/07/06

This is an HDR. I only take these when conditions are bad enough that I get frustrated at every other result, or when I envision the scene specifically as an HDR.
 > The full moon rises over downtown Austin, 10/07/06

This is an HDR. I only take these when conditions are bad enough that I get frustrated at every other result, or when I envision the scene specifically as an HDR.
The full moon rises over downtown Austin, 10/07/06

This is an HDR. I only take these when conditions are bad enough that I get frustrated at every other result, or when I envision the scene specifically as an HDR.
Photo by: Ryon (Skorz) • see photo in gallery

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