Downtown's Backside

Happy Sunday, where ever you are today.  I’m going to be lazy.  I planned on doing a bunch of yard work, except its been raining at my house.  So I’ll pivot to a more relaxing agenda.  Today’s photo is one I took on a past photo walk with Dave, and Brad from the back side of downtown Pittsburgh.  Most view and photograph Pittsburgh from the river side, which is the iconic view you always see.  This is why I think this perspective is so unique.

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President Hotel

This photo probably won’t be of much interest to anyone else….it’s one of those “you had to be there” photos.  This is a photo of the pool (sort of looks like Pac-Man) at the President Hotel in Cape Town South Africa.  I was captivated by this pool area.  So I went out after sunset one evening to capture this photo with my drone looking down towards the back of the hotel. 

They have a water shortage in Cape Town.  Therefore, the hotel pumps water into the pool right from the Atlantic Ocean.  They keep the water for a few days and then drain it back into the ocean and start all over again.  So the water is super cold, since the Atlantic Ocean is freezing this far south in the Southern Hemisphere.  Somehow that didn’t stop me from spending an hour in the water one evening.    

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Vacation Blue Hour

Here is a photo from our last Mexico trip.  I took this after sunset, during the blue hour.  This is the Ocean Coral and Turquesa Resort near Puerto Morelos.  What a great resort, great vacation and wonderful experience.

Ocean Coral & Turquesa Resort

Mexican Blue Hour

Here is another photo from the Ocean Coral Resort in Puerto Morelos, Mexico.  This is one of five pools at the resort.  I took this photo right before we had dinner at the restaurant on the left side of the photo.

Ocean Coral Resort

Alcoa Headquarters

Here is another picture from my photo walk last week with Dave, Brad and Blair.  This is the Alcoa Headquarters building on the north shore area of Pittsburgh.  We had a great “blue hour” that night and this is just another example of the great lighting we had that night. 

Have a great Sunday.

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Pittsburgh Twilight

Last week, Brad Truxell and I met up after work to capture some images from the Liberty Bridge.  We got a great sunset and some good photos in the Blue Hour.  This is a 7 exposure auto-bracketed HDR image from the bridge.

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Pittsburgh Blue Hour Skyline

Today’s photo is from a photo walk I did with Brad and Dave Truxell last fall.  We were checking out the Pittsburgh Convention Center, when we came upon this view.  I liked the perspective of the office buildings and the composition with the plants in the foreground. 

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Harpa Concert Hall And Conference Centre

This is a beautiful concert hall in the harbor of Reykjavik Iceland.  It held it’s opening concert in May 2011 and is home to both the Iceland Symphony Orchestra and The Icelandic Opera. 

I took this picture at about 1am in the morning when the sun was still setting in the harbor.  It was a perfect blue hour, except the blue hour lasted about 6 hours…because the sun doesn’t ever set during the summer in Iceland.  It’s an amazing example of beautiful modern architecture put in perfect place to make the entire project wonderful.  When you see it, you can’t help but be drawn towards it.