Some cool photo blog images:
Union Station, Kansas City
Image by Jim Nix / Nomadic Pursuits
I spent the early part of this week in Kansas City, and after hours had some free time to shoot around the downtown area quite a bit. It's really nice. I hadn't been to KC in many years, and never with a camera. One of the first places I went off to explore was their Union Station, an updated and renovated train station downtown. It's fabulous. I love places like this. Since it was about 6pm, there weren't very many folks inside, which is good for me. I only had to wait for the occasional person that was wandering around to wander back out of my way. I spent a lot of time in and around Union Station, shooting architectural shots like this, as well as checking out some of the trains out back. It was awesome and I am looking forward to processing some more shots! I took about 400 shots in KC! In this shot, I really like the orange glow of the large clock in the distance.
This is a 7 exposure HDR taken at f/14, with exposures ranging from -4 to +2. They were merged in Photomatix to create the HDR file, and then I made some adjustments in PSE, Topaz Adjust, and Aperture. Topaz Adjust allowed me to bring out some of the details and textures that you see here. Enjoy! Look for more KC shots coming soon!
View it large if you have a minute!
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Cherish the silence
Image by Jim Nix / Nomadic Pursuits
I frequently find myself at this bridge when I am downtown in Austin with camera in hand. In this case, I had it to myself. It was my bridge, at least for some quiet moments. There is a silence that exists in busy towns, but you can only find it when you are up and moving about early on a weekend. I never seem to experience it at other times - it's elusive like that. I was happy to find it the morning I took this shot. Usually Lady Bird Lake is full of folks in boats of one sort or another, but not on this morning. It was weird, but I liked it.
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Soldiers and Sailors
Image by Jim Nix / Nomadic Pursuits
I took a trip to Indianapolis not too long ago, and was happy to return there for the first time in over a decade. It’s a nice town. I like it. There are a lot of interesting places to shoot there, like Monument Circle for example. It’s a huge circle in the center of town and in the middle of it sits this wondrous (and huge!) monument and fountain. From the web:
The Indiana Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is a 284 ft 6 in tall neoclassical monument in the center of Indianapolis, Indiana that was designed by German architect Bruno Schmitz and completed in 1901. The monument was erected to honor Hoosiers who were veterans of the American Revolution, territorial conflicts that partially led up to the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the US Civil War, and the Spanish American War.
So, I took lots of shots from various spots, and could never get it all in one view, so I opted to piece it up and HDR it from a few different angles. I will drop those in sometimes and hope you enjoy them! Thanks for stopping by!
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