Downtown Skyline Photos by Ric Rosow

Submitted by Ric Rosow

You can see more of my work at #ricrosowphotography and #TresLechesArt.

Winter Sunrise

I awoke early on December 19th. I saw a red sky foretelling the sunrise and steam clouds near and far. That is what attracted me to the scene. But there is so much more to look at. There are the pink and red tones on buildings and the bike trail leading to the tunnel under 35W. Then there are the light trails from cars on 35W and from one car on West River Parkway. Then there are the tire tracks which look like ice crystals on the parking lot of CenterPoint Energy just below 35W. I normally wait to post at least a day after editing a photograph to determine if anything in the image needs more work. Maybe I'll find something tomorrow, but right now I just want to share this beautiful sunrise scene. Interestingly, it does not feature the sun, which is behind the clouds in the upper right of the image.

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The Setting Moon

The moon was setting in the morning on December 8th after the Full Moon of the prior evening. Technically it is not a full moon, but an hour later when the moon set below the sunset it was at 99.9% of a full moon, a Waning Gibbous Moon. I worked on this image on and off for five days. The image is a composition of two exposures, one exposure for the moon and the other exposure for the foreground, sky and rest of the photo. Though it proved to be challenging I like the result. I love the way the sun, not in the scene, but rising in the east lights up the Carlyle and that it was still early enough for the lights of the sign to be on. The electric transmission tower and lines make clear this is an authentic City Skyscape. There are software tools to use to remove electric line from fine art photos. In this photo removing the transmission lines made no sense. There would be no reason for the tower if there were not transmission lines. And this is part of the downtown cityscape. The absence of the lines would have been obvious and serve no purpose.