Austin > popular all-time > The sun sets over lake Austin, the orange glow of the streetlamps matching the last rays of the sun as they reflect off the water.

Sadly, the christmas-type lights strung across the bridge's arches have been off for the past few months. I plan on recreating this shot when someone gets around to fixing them.
Austin > popular all-time > The grey concrete is cast in the green of mercury vapor while the metal garage door is given an orange cast by sodium vapor.
Austin > popular all-time > 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.
Austin > popular all-time > 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).
Austin > popular all-time > Looking westward at Town Lake. Visible in the left-middle is the decrepit but soon-to-be-revitalized Seaholm Power Plant.
Austin > popular all-time > Downtown photo
Austin > popular all-time > Downtown photo
Austin > popular all-time > Downtown photo
Austin > popular all-time > Downtown photo
The sun sets over lake Austin, the orange glow of the streetlamps matching the last rays of the sun as they reflect off the water.

Sadly, the christmas-type lights strung across the bridge's arches have been off for the past few months. I plan on recreating this shot when someone gets around to fixing them.
 > The sun sets over lake Austin, the orange glow of the streetlamps matching the last rays of the sun as they reflect off the water.

Sadly, the christmas-type lights strung across the bridge's arches have been off for the past few months. I plan on recreating this shot when someone gets around to fixing them.
The sun sets over lake Austin, the orange glow of the streetlamps matching the last rays of the sun as they reflect off the water.

Sadly, the christmas-type lights strung across the bridge's arches have been off for the past few months. I plan on recreating this shot when someone gets around to fixing them.
Photo by: Ryon (Skorz) • see photo in gallery

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