Golden hour on the 4th of July

This is the second shot (out of 4) of a mini-series of the W Austin Hotel taken from an adjacent high rise in downtown Austin on the 4th of July.  The fireworks show was excellent and the view was stellar.  The first shot was a full sunset shot and this one is what I would call post-sunset or golden hour.  In reality they were taken only about 15 minutes apart.  The sun had just dropped over the distant hills but there was still a nice warm light all around.  The clouds were doing some cool stuff, and were very colorful, so I was quite happy to have them hanging around.  The next shot coming in the series is a slightly different composition (this one and the first are nearly identical) - I turned to the right a bit to capture some more clouds, which were a brilliant pink color.  That shot is coming next week, so please come back again!  Thanks for the visits and support!

This is a 6 exposure HDR taken at f/10, with exposures from -3 to +2.  They were merged into an HDR in Photomatix and adjusted in PSE and Aperture.


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