Washington Avenue

Washington Avenue, originally uploaded by bilbao58.

I'm a sucker for city scenes, and this one from bilbao58 shows us a little slice of Washington Avenue.

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Medical Center construction panorama

It took a lot of work, but telwink managed to put together a six-photo high dynamic range photograph of construction in the Texas Medical Center.  

Go see the original here.

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Opposing Sides

Opposing Sides, originally uploaded by bilbao58.

Bilbao58 looks up and notices repeating patterns. Good job catching the light so that not only is there a luminance contrast on the right side of the photo, but a hue contrast on the left.

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Water Fountain-HDR

Water Fountain-HDR, originally uploaded by I-SEEN-IT.

Running water and a canopy of bamboo (?) give this scene a tropical feel. Thanks to I-SEEN-IT for adding it to the HAIF Flickr pool.

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Still Life With Freeway

Still Life With Freeway, originally uploaded by bilbao58.

Again, bilbao shows us how to use an absence of color to draw attention, much like advertisers use white space.

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All Askew

All Askew, originally uploaded by bilbao58.

Bilbao58 uses light and position to bring out more angles than are naturally in the scene. The jutting of the Hobby Center roof points toward the Bank of America Center downtown.

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The beauty of rust

Bleeding Freeway, originally uploaded by bilbao58.

Bilbao58 shows us how highlighting specific colors can turn an eyesore into a work of art. His picture Bleeding Freeway will have you looking twice when you're stuck in traffic.

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OK, everybody move in closer

Photos of individual skyscrapers are great.  But sometimes you need a grouping to really bring showcase them.  This is telwink's photo Standing Tall which shows the Wedge International building backed up by what used to be Enron and Enron II.  Great contrast between Wedge's stone and the glass shooting up from Smith Street.

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Going whole Hogg

Once again, telwink is gracing the HAIF Flickr pool with his HDR goodness.

This time it's the Hogg Palace in all of its red brick glory, with nice green accents from the nearby palm trees.

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Nothing to be Humble about

The old Humble Tower is one of the better recent examples of old downtown Houston buildings getting new life.

Thanks to telwink for managing not only to capture the building, but also the sun on a gorgeous Houston afternoon.

Gray and the grid

I've Looked At Clouds..., originally uploaded by bilbao58.

The members of the HAIF Flickr group have been very busy over the last few weeks, and they've posted some really impressive work.

This one comes from bilbao58, who takes a gloomy day and still manages to turn it into a work of art.

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