Fountains

My outside thermometer reads -2 degrees F. Brrr! So, here's a Watery Wednesday photo from a warmer climate: Las Vegas: the Fountains at the Bellagio.

The fountains run every half-hour until 7 p.m. and every 15 minutes after that until midnight.   I believe that they played Elvis' Viva Las Vegas while I watched.  The fountains are in a $40 million, 8.5 acre lake outside of the Bellagio casino.  If you're ever in Las Vegas, the fountains are a must see.

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Avalanche Creek

This is Avalanche Creek in Glacier National park somewhere along the Trail of the Cedars. I was surprised at how wet Glacier National park is. Apparently, it's considered to be western most extreme of the Pacific Northwest's temperate rain forest.

A couple of days before this shot, we hiked up to Avalanche Lake (in the dark) to grab some sunrise shots. On the way back down, I saw this creek and knew that I had to return when there was more light. It looked like a perfect opportunity to use HDR, or High Dynamic Range, techniques. I took 6 different shots from EV -3 to EV 2 (i.e. very underexposed to very overexposed). At home, software is used to combine the images into this.

I'm still very much a novice using the software. It has lots of controls to tweak in order to adjust the image. To be truthful, I'm not sure that I like this result. I hope to have time to go back an play with other versions and see if I can get something better.

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Rowing on Town Lake

Rowing on Town Lake in Austin, Tx at dusk.

Not many words today. I'm (barely) awake early enough for the sunrise, but sadly, I'm not able to take any photos of it. Instead, I'm about to have a meeting with some folks in Bangalore, India. My life would be easier if the whole planet was in the same time zone! Who's idea was it to make the planet round?

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