West Loop condo infill

West Loop North Heading South, originally uploaded by bilbao58.

With all the condo blocks rising in the West Loop, even the mighty Williams Tower has to strain to look over them. bilbao58 caught this great scene on the Southbound West Loop North.

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Implosion

diagnostic center implosion, originally uploaded by *lauren.

*lauren seems to show up at all the implosions, doesn't she? This is the Diagnostic Center being turned to dust.

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You think your job sucks? Pucker up!

Lemonade stand from RCT3, originally uploaded by fmulder21.

Spending eight hours inside a fiberglass lemon is probably not how most people would want to spend a warm summer day. fmulder catches the absurdly lit and colored lemon contrasting with its dismal and more realistic surroundings.

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Merging skylines

view from towers motor hotel, originally uploaded by *lauren.

*lauren shows us what Houston might look like if the Medical Center and Downtown skylines met. Just 80 or 90 high rises, and it could happen!

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Big wheel keeps on turnin'

IMG_0247, originally uploaded by fmulder21.

Sure, it takes a little time for the cars of a ferris wheel to climb into the sky, but fmulder21's perspective in this shot captures the lights shooting straight into the sky.

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Urban decay - inside out

brunson theater, originally uploaded by *lauren.

There are lots of places to see urban decay in Houston from the outside. *lauren shows us what it looks like from the inside -- it's actually full of pretty pastel colors.

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Adkins RR Xing

Adkins RR Xing, originally uploaded by kshilcutt.

Kshilcutt captures an interesting juxtaposition between the safety of home and the danger of an oncoming freight train.

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A Baytown landmark

bay theater, originally uploaded by *lauren.

It's always nice to see pictures from the surrounding area. *lauren brings us this one of the old Bay Theater in Baytown.

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The light of God

To me, what stands out the most about telwink's photo of Saint Paul's Methodist Church is just how crisp the illuminated tower is.  Shooting at night is hard.  Getting the light right without blurring and chromatic aberration takes a lot of skill.  Congrats to telwink for getting the shot.

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Of Vultures and Ducks

Vultures and Ducks, originally uploaded by kshilcutt.

No matter what you think of oil companies, there's a foul for you at the BP America complex. kshilcutt points out that both ducks and vultures live there.

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A window on the world

Telwink does it again -- another great picture that takes an average suburban day and gives it compelling visual interest.  That's what photography is all about.

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Little house on the Katy Prairie

A fantastic image of the modern American dream.  Great job, telwink!

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Stealth monolith

Ceci n'est pas un bâtiment, originally uploaded by bilbao58.

Another great picture from bilbao58. An office tower reflects the sky around it and hides in the process like some kind of stealth building.

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Williams Tower

Transco Tower, originally uploaded by bilbao58.

Houston's favorite beacon splatters its pattern across the night sky. Looks like a giant movie projector!

Thanks to bilbao58 for this one.

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1 Shell Plaza, Houston, Texas

1 Shell Plaza, Houston, Texas, originally uploaded by Artefaqs.

I like this one because you can see the slight ripples in the pattern of the windows that are really there on the facade. It's a detail that a lot of people don't notice when they walk by.

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Fisheye in the Metro Rail

Fisheye in the Metro Rail, originally uploaded by J-a-x.

You mean it's not just derelicts and freaks who ride public transit? Normal looking business people and students use it to get around? Inconceivable!

Thanks to jax for this one.

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Market Square II HDR

Market Square II HDR, originally uploaded by J-a-x.

Market Square -- all cleaned up an neighborhoody- lookin'

Thanks to jax for this one.

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1500 Louisiana, Houston, Texas

1500 Louisiana, Houston, Texas, originally uploaded by Artefaqs.

This is my current favorite Houston photograph. Mostly because it's so light at the bottom and dark at the top, and it looks like a cartoon until you get close and see the details. And there's no HDR used at all!

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Discovery Green HDR

Discovery Green HDR, originally uploaded by J-a-x.

Annunciation Church announces itself. One of the city's oldest buildings remains prominent from the city's newest greenspace.

Thanks to jax for this one.

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Houston Tilt-Shift

Houston Tilt-Shift, originally uploaded by dog food sugar.

This is how buildings are supposed to be photographed -- with fancy hardware, not fancy computers. Google tilt-shift lens to find out why this picture looks different from what you're used to seeing on the intarweb.

Thanks to dog food sugar for this one.

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big balls

big balls, originally uploaded by sozavac.

A creative use of balls as bollards where they're entirely bezols.

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Discovery Green & George R. Brown

Discovery Green & George R. Brown, originally uploaded by nip2655.

The GRB in a reflecting pool -- what could be cooler than that? Makes Houston almost seem seaside!

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The Jesse H. Jones Library

The Jesse H. Jones Library, originally uploaded by nip2655.

Dawn in downtown Houston. The light can do strange things to buildings you thought you knew.

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Webster from the air

Aerial photo I shot from a helicopter above Webster Texas. The medical center district., originally uploaded by colorblindpicaso.

We don't see pictures of Webster very often, and certainly not from the air. Great to see this rare pic in the HAIF pool.

Thanks to colorblindpicaso for this one.

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Formerly Red Door

Red Door, originally uploaded by kshilcutt.

If you keep painting over the old paint, eventually you get art!

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Pennzoil Place

Pennzoil Place, originally uploaded by bilbao58.

A perfect crystal reflection helps bring out the lines in what is a very difficult building to photograph.

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McMansion pic

DSC02586, originally uploaded by kshilcutt.

Praise or raze? Like them or not, McMansions are part of the Houston landscape. I wonder how we'll all look at them 40 years from now.

Thanks to kshilcutt for this one.


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