Friday Fog Pictures - Town Lake

It was a gorgeous and ethereal morning when I woke up so I took a few pictures on the way to work as the grayness was inspiring. It was a wet, muddy, grainy and tiring ride this morning (still haven't recovered completely from the cold of last week) but I just love days like this. I'm not the greatest of photographers but there should be enough in the pictures to get an idea of what the fog was like. I was kind of upset on how the first picture turned out as when I got on the bridge, there was nobody in front of me and it made for a very surreal view. But by the time I had pulled out the camera from the backpack, people had caught up and passed me as well as the oncoming walkers started materializing. Better luck next time, I suppose!

The second picture caught my eye when I looked back from on top of the hill and saw that great, lonely tree framed by the urban, beat-up columns. That along with the "tunnel" of the columns leading to the bridge looked like it would make a good picture.

The last picture I put up because I was so surprised at how many colors were actually in the shot. Just standing there taking the picture, it seemed fairly bleak. Once I pulled the shot and balanced the levels in The Gimp, I was struck at the reds, greens and browns that I didn't see this morning. Anyway, Austin in the foggy morning at Town Lake can be a real pretty place (until you hit Red River heading north and you're back in traffic again... ).

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Added: 12/30/06 - Added a black and white rendering of the top photograph as someone requested it on an "art" site. Figured I'd put it up in this post as well in case anyone wanted it. Not doing too badly in the downloading department on that site, I might say (over 1000 downloads on the 3 sites I uploaded it to).