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Image by Incase.
Photo by: A Horse With No Name Photography
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Oct 28
Industrial Storage in Houston
Image by Stuck in Customs
On the drive back from Houston to Austin, I pulled over to a small town just outside the sprawl. One of them had a bunch of old industrial tanks, pipelines, towers, chutes, and other mysterious bits and pieces. The light was getting just about right, so I started walking around to explore it with my tripod. I set up here and fired away.
from the blog at www.stuckincustoms.com
Oct 22
Where the Secret Texas Illuminati Meet
Image by Stuck in Customs
This is shot from the backside of the Texas capital. Austin-area photographers know the spot well!
I don’t really believe in government conspiracies because it really requires a large group of very intelligent well-coordinated people to carry off a conspiracy. I just can’t think of enough people in the government that could pull something like that off!
We ended up over here during our Photowalk last month… I saw a few people over in this direction shooting away, and some of these shots showed up in the post-photowalk sharing. Thanks again to everyone that came out to that deal! 
from the blog at www.stuckincustoms.com
Oct 19
No Statik 6.4.11 – 35
Image by elawgrrl
No Statik plays Cheer-Up Charlies for Chaos in Tejas, Austin, TX – June 4, 2011.
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Oct 16
The Continental Club on South Congress in Austin
Image by Stuck in Customs
Here is the next in the series of my collection of the classic spots around Austin. I actually shot this on the same night that I took the Austin Hotel shot. You can probably see a similarity in the deep blue sky that we had just after dusk that evening.
People always look at me suspiciously when I set up the tripod for a major shooting event. I’m sure that if you use a tripod that you end up with the same reaction. It’s typically 90% confusion and 10% wonder. Either way, I tend to just ignore everyone, like I’m playing a game and they are NPCs milling around.
from the blog at www.stuckincustoms.com
Oct 13
Hydrosonic on Lake Travis feat DJ Jason Jenkins, Mexican from Mars, Toddy B, and others 090708
Image by MarkScottAustinTX
Oct 10
waiting for her entrance
Image by clickykbd
a roll of 3200 it took me forever to finish and then process, a few worthy (all be it naturally grainy) websize scans to share.
during Ballet Austin’s Nutcracker 2007.
Canon A-1, 50mm 1.4, Ilford Delta 3200
Oct 10
Hamilton Pool near Austin, Texas
Image by DaveWilsonPhotography
At last, the final version of this image (until I learn some new tricks)! Hamilton Pool is one of the best kept secrets in Central Texas. It took me 10 years to find it but I’m very glad I did. The place is a spectacular circular swimming hole half covered over by the massive remains of the previous cave’s roof. It’s pretty tricky to photograph and this image is actually a composite of 4 shots taken with different exposures.
I spent a day last week at a fabulous Photoshop seminar by Ben Willmore during which he spent the time talking about various post-processing techniques. Armed with these new tricks, I got back to this image and have now got it to a point that I am happy with it.
For those interested in what’s changed, I’ve added a play-by-play account on my blog here.
Now all I need is to find a cloud that isn’t burned out and drop that in…..
EDIT 1/25/11: OK – I couldn’t leave that sky alone. You can find the next (dare I suggest "final"?") version here.
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Oct 09
Heart of Satan – What it looks like when fireworks explode inside of a storm cloud over a river
Image by Stuck in Customs
If you want to see how I made this (and how you can too!), visit my HDR Tutorial. I hope it gives you some new tricks!
This is not like me! I normally never publish a second photo from a very similar location that is also close in subject matter to the first. This one is taken from the same vantage point as the other fireworks shot here in Austin. Ever since I took that first shot, I’ve returned to this location to see if something else amazing will happen.
On this particular night, there was one of those looming thunderstorms, when the clouds are alarmingly low to the ground and black/green in color. They launched the fireworks from the same spot as usual, but they would actually explode inside the cloud. The lower half would burst downward, carrying a trail of fire behind it. The scene reminded me of a giant electric jellyfish of sorts.
The main shot from which this was taken was shot at 17mm (although later cropped), f/5.3, ISO 100, and -1 EV. The exposure was 2 seconds.
This is from www.stuckincustoms.com – I have a tutorial people keep asking me about at stuckincustoms.com/?p=548
from my daily photo blog at www.stuckincustoms.com
Oct 07
Stevie Ray and the Austin Skyline; 2011
Image by Visualist Images
I’ve photographed the Stevie Ray Vaughan statue in Austin Texas several times & every time I’m there someone has left a gift for Stevie on the base. Last time there was a red rose, this time it was a guitar pick lying at his feet.
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