Jan 12
The Deep River in Austin
Image by Stuck in Customs
This spot is about 5 minutes from my house. Why don’t I go up here every night for sunset? I don’t know. I really don’t have a good excuse, because every time I go up there, I come away with something different.
On this night, I walked up there with my son right after the sun dropped below the horizon and we watched the day turn to night together. One of the planets was brightly lit (Venus?) and appeared right above that cool-lookin tree that sits atop. People from Austin know the one I’m talkin’ about. 
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Tagged with: Austin • Deep • river
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
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Tagged with: cloud • explode • Fireworks • Heart • inside • like • looks • over • river • Satan • storm
