Not at The Right Place at The Right Time

Late last Saturday I was traveling to the edge of downtown Houston for a stroll through Sawyer Yards, a creative community of artists' studios and galleries. On the eight lane Katy Freeway I could see the setting sun was providing sensational lighting for the downtown skyline. But, I could not get out of the car to take the perfect shot from the perfect vantage point! We continued to our destination and parked the car. I darted out of the car, ran around the complex and settled on the ONLY relatively clear view of Downtown. I took a couple of shots, desperate to capture the light. As you can see, there are not so lovely elements in this photo. I did the best I could with with what I had to work with on very limited time. As always, though, I had my camera.

David, I think you got a really nice shot. Great lighting and I don't really mind the warehouse with graffiti in the foreground. Of course, it makes it not a pristine cityscape but it's its own kind of photo, one capturing the contrasts of the urban environment. Maybe it makes it a little more documentary than fine art or "landscape" per se, but I think you did a nice job given your limitations and the instincts you had for what you were seeing.

Your shot reminded me of a shot I have in my archives. I had the liberty of spending a few hours in Brooklyn Battery Park one day a year or so ago and actually purposely got some different angles on the Manhattan skyline, some more focused on just the skyline and view and some that included some foreground contrasts. Here are a couple I came up with.

David, I think you got a really nice shot. Great lighting and I don't really mind the warehouse with graffiti in the foreground. Of course, it makes it not a pristine cityscape but it's its own kind of photo, one capturing the contrasts of the urban environment. Maybe it makes it a little more documentary than fine art or "landscape" per se, but I think you did a nice job given your limitations and the instincts you had for what you were seeing.

 

Your shot reminded me of a shot I have in my archives. I had the liberty of spending a few hours in Brooklyn Battery Park one day a year or so ago and actually purposely got some different angles on the Manhattan skyline, some more focused on just the skyline and view and some that included some foreground contrasts. Here are a couple I came up with.

 

 

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Thanks for sharing! Nice lighting this time of the year. Perhaps we need a forum titled :Cityscape"

Perhaps we need a forum titled :Cityscape"

Funny, though I think these kinds of photos are fine in the "landscape" forum, I actually wondered if we could be posting them in the "street" forum. Doesn't matter. Categorization only takes us so far.

Cheers! :)

Socked in at the top by Tom Yin, on Flickr

After a grueling 4+ hour hike up the mountain, it started sleeting and blowing when we got to the top of the base of the towers at Torres Del Paine, Chile

Mt Rushmore in early spring blizzard

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May 9

This is an example of The Right Place at the Wrong Time!

Not at The Right Place at The Right Time

If you'd driven into the mountains in a blizzard, you'd know darn well that it was the wrong place.

The time was sure wrong too.

o_O

I never did find out why they had a bust of Lenin at the site;)