looks like there might be a cloud op tonight...

[hue-e]

The clouds have been awesome this week. BUT... every time I head to my spot to go shoot them at sunset, they've already broken up and are totally gone.

the sky looks rad right now.. hopefully I can add a shot to my sky/cloud bank tonight.

If you're in austin, look west, it's pretty sweet.

[hue-e]

oh, and I guess I can share this with you guys. it's right by my house. this church is on top of this hill. just before you enter the parking lot, there's a nice grassy area where you get nothing but a straight horizon and nothing but sky for almost 180 degrees.

austin - Google Maps

even though I didn't get a great sunset/cloud shot... the sunset is pretty amazing from this spot.

[kamekaze]

That's my old neck of the woods, I was a manager at the HEB across the street there for a few years. There is another great location on the other side of william cannon on top of a hill by westgate. I look forward to seeing how your shots come out

[merock]

I'll probably be attempting a downtown skyline shot tonight... keeping my fingers crossed for a good sunset!

[hue-e]

you know, speaking of skies... the mornings have been spectacular lately. I work downtown and get to park on a parking garage on the west end of DT... i just wish it was a tad further south so I could get the frost and austintonian in the shot just right.

[brewercm]

Well, the clouds you saw to the west finally made it down here to San Antonio. Nice thunder going on outside, now if we could get some rain out of it.

[regal89cdk]

Just talked to my brother a bit ago that lives south of Austin. He said the lightning is quite nice down there. All I'm getting here is blurs in the clouds.

[hue-e]

yeah, I got some ok shots of that storm blowing by, but I didn't get any rimlight at all. I might end up processing what I got this weekend and post it, but it's not exactly what I was looking for.

[merock]

I too was hoping for a better sky... and then waited for the storm to come in, but didn't get any lighting.... such is photography....



p.s. We got some rain down South Austin!

[hue-e]

just got up... it's been raining all night.

I actually like that shot you took... could probably tweek on it enough to make them clouds pop more.

where were you exactly for this shot?

[merock]

Trade secret... can't tell ya....

jk. It was at the Austin Clubhouse near Zilker.

[hue-e]

right on, thanks... I was driving south on 360 and there's a great view of downtown between two big hills. I'm not sure if there's a decent spot to park or anything, but if I figure one out, I'll let you know.

[hue-e]

here's one from friday after the day's rain finally broke. I have a few others from the afternoon I started this thread, and actually later from this sunset, but I need to sift through then and do a quick raw conversion.

[hue-e]

this one ended up turning out pretty cool.

[hue-e]

here's an alright one from the afternoon I started this thread. wasn't exactly what I was looking for, but it was cool to catch this storm as it started blowing by.