Dallas

Fran and I left Lubbock last Friday, headed to see her family in Dallas for a few days. I made sure to take my camera because I've been wanting to fool around with some extended exposure photography, and with a city skyline at my disposal, I thought this weekend would be a great opportunity.

Monday night Fran and I headed to the city with the intention of finding a decent spot to shoot some night skyline shots. What we ended up with was a parking spot atop the courthouse parking garage at the southern end of the city. With the exception of some ambient light pollution from some billboards and some street lights, I managed to find a decent line of sight and get a couple good shots from the garage:

After leaving the garage, on advice that I found on the web, we headed to the berm that runs along the Trinity River Greenbelt Park to try to shoot the skyline. If you've ever been to that part of the Dallas area, you probably know that it's not the greatest neighborhood. Since it was midnight, the road was closed, and we were parked on the side of the road we decided to shoot rather quickly and just settle for whatever we got. I managed to get a couple shots that I thought were decent, but none that were ideal. Regardless, here is one of the night shots of the skyline that I got.