davidrosen Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 (edited) 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. Edited December 3, 2018 by davidrosen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shadow Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 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. 2 There’s always something new under the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidrosen Posted December 3, 2018 Author Share Posted December 3, 2018 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. [ATTACH=full]1273770[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1273769[/ATTACH] Thanks for sharing! Nice lighting this time of the year. Perhaps we need a forum titled :Cityscape" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Shadow Posted December 3, 2018 Share Posted December 3, 2018 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! :) There’s always something new under the sun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tcyin Posted December 5, 2018 Share Posted December 5, 2018 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 3 www.neurotraveler.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Mt Rushmore in early spring blizzard May 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidrosen Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 Mt Rushmore in early spring blizzard [ATTACH=full]1274399[/ATTACH] May 9 This is an example of The Right Place at the Wrong Time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 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;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Pederson Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 Ummmmm, that is a bust Gutzon Borglum, Mount Rushmore NM sculptor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDMvW Posted December 25, 2018 Share Posted December 25, 2018 :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn McCreery Posted December 26, 2018 Share Posted December 26, 2018 Six months too early or too late 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonsignore_ezio Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 On a permanent snow field at 2,000m+ plus - most definitely the wrong place and the wrong time for a poor viper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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