Urge

Urge, a photo by hdvegas on Flickr.

Lately, the light conditions in Las Vegas have been terrible for photography. Finally, we had a cloudy day with some scattered thunderstorms and the 4th of July holiday allowed me to fulfill my urge to make some landscape pictures. I headed to Red Rock NCA and made this HDR image. The light conditions were not that harsh and I did not have to make an HDR. But again today was all about fulfilling my photographic urge…I rarely try HDR and have never made an HDR image of the Red Rocks. I did go a little overboard with my processing but I again had an urge to make a cliché HDR image.

Happy Independence Day!

Cliché

is what I say when I make photographs of the Las Vegas Strip. Probably the reason behind that is I live here. Additionally, it is overly photographed and I believe that it belongs to the tourists. Or maybe I just take it for granted.

Well, I lived in India for my first twenty years, and I never photographed the city I lived in. Today, I am all excited about making photographs of my city whenever I take a trip to India. So what has changed? Maybe I do not take it for granted any more.  It has suddenly become an exotic location.

This is a lesson for me and I should change my attitude towards making photographs of the Las Vegas Strip. You never know…someday I may not belong here.

Christmas Lights and Decorations

                                                          Christmas Tree Lights, a photo by hdvegas on Flickr.

Las Vegas Bowl

Went to see Las Vegas Bowl yesterday at Sam Boyd Stadium. This was dad's first experience watching a football game live. We (especially he) had a great time. Shout out to my buddy Nakul who arranged the tickets.

Monsoon Sky

Over the past couple of weeks clouds have been hovering over the valley. This has resulted in some spectacular sunrises and sunsets. I was able to make some time last Monday evening and was able to capture this beautiful sunset.

I was able to also make few panoramic pictures of the Las Vegas Strip during sunset. This particular one is made by stitching 5 images in Adobe Photoshop.