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Historic Mason County Courthouse

If you have not heard, Yesterday On Feb 5th the 111 year old historic Mason County courthouse was burned down.  The courthouse was being prepared for renovation and all the county records had been previously removed, according to the Texas Historical Commission. This was the third Mason County courthouse and also sadly the third one to burn down. I’m glad we were able to photograph it when we were out chasing bluebonnets last spring.  I read this morning that a suspect is in custody for suspected arson of this historic structure.

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Mason County Courthouse Side View : Prints Available

Mason County Courthouse Side View – The Historic Mason County Courthouse side view of the courthouse building located in Mason, Texas

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Mason County Courthouse : Prints Available

Mason County Courthouse – The Mason County Courthouse is located in Mason, Texas

UT Tower 2020 Graduation

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UT Tower 2020 Graduation Sunrise : Prints Available

UT Tower 2020 Graduation Sunrise –  A capture of the UT Tower in Orange in downtown Austin right as the sky was lighting up before sunrise. You could see the bright orange tower from a long distance away this early morning. The tower was in full color of burnt orange this morning due to graduation for 2020. It not often you see the tower in full color in this image we choose to show this landmark building before sunrise as they turn the lights off at sun comes up. The UT Tower can be seen from many locations in downtown Austin. UT Austin is a flagship school know for it research in science and medicine along with advance educational opportunities. Austin UT campus covers over 40 acres and maintains a large student population. The UT Tower is located in the center of campus and is the tallest building at 307 feet so it can be seen from many locations.  This years graduation was different than most due to the covid pandemic so they kept the tower lite for two days.

Fall Colors at Austin Pennybacker Bridge

Fall Colors at Austin Pennybacker Bridge – Another aerial capture of the Austin 360 bridge as the bald cypress display their fall colors along the waters edge. In the distant view you can see downtown Austin.

 

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Fall Colors at Austin Pennybacker Bridge – Another aerial capture of the Austin 360 bridge as the bald cypress display their fall colors along the waters edge. The Austin Pennybacker bridge or Austin 360 bridge as many call it, as it crosses Lake Austin as it join the area to north and south together. This area is consider the beginning edge to the Texas Hill country. You can see the orange to red colors in the bald cypress along the lake as the still waters allow their reflections back into the water. Through out the hill side you a pop of colors as the red oaks start to display their colors against a backdrop of the ash junipers which are green year round. You can see the Austin skyline in the distance view.

Triptych split prints

We offer Triptych (3) split prints, this is an example of a Triptych print with one of our fav images of the longhorns and bluebonnets with the baby long horn in the middle.

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Longhorn and bluebonnets triptych print : Prints Available

This is what one will look like over your couch at 60″x40″ over all size. We create the Triptych print by spliting the original image into 3 panels of equal sized. In the above example each panel is 20″x40″ to make the 60″x40″ print. We can print them on Canvas or Metal and they are ready to hang on your wall out of the box. We offer sizes starting at 48″x32″ and up. Contact us for more info and pricing. Most every image in our collection can be made into a Triptych print.

Austin Skyline Boardwalk Night Pano 19

Austin Skyline Boardwalk Night Pano 19 – This is the latest Austin skyline from the boardwalk location with all the latest buildings for 2019 in view. This austin skyline slightly after sunset after dark and you can still see a little pink color in the clouds. This image contains all the latest high rise buildings of 2019, including the Independent or Jingle building which for now is the tallest in the city, plus our second tallest the Austonian, along with the new Fairmont Hotel and many others. Austin is a fast growing city with all of it sky-scrapers built in the last ten year so it is has a modern cityscape in downtown and is constantly changing for good or bad. Much of the growth of the city growth has been the large number of high tech companies which have move here to the city in the last five year or so. Austin is also the state capital and it is home to a major school the University of Texas. The city contines to draw tourist and people wanting to vist or live in this lively modern city with it well know night life being the music capital of the world and it great life style. However with that said I must mention the draw back from the increase traffic which can be a complete night mare at time.

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Twilight Austin Skyline Boardwalk Pano 19 : Prints Available

Twilight Austin Skyline Boardwalk Pano 19 – This is the latest Austin skyline from the boardwalk location with all the latest buildings for 2019 in view after dark. This Austin skyline taken slightly after sunset you can still see a little pink color in the clouds left from earlier in this nighttime capture. This image contains all the latest high rise buildings of 2019, including the Independent or Jingle building which for now is the tallest in the city, plus our second tallest the Austonian. along with the new Fairmont Hotel and many others. Austin is a fast growing city with all of it sky-scrapers built in the last ten year so it is has a modern cityscape in downtown and is constantly changing for good or bad. Much of the growth of the city growth has been the large number of high tech companies which have move here to the city in the last five year or so. Austin is also the state capital and it is home to a major school the University of Texas. The city contines to draw tourist and people wanting to vist or live in this lively modern city with it well know night life being the music capital of the world and it great life style. However with that said I must mention the draw back from the increase traffic which can be a complete night mare at time.

Bluebonnet Sunset Through the Fence

Bluebonnet Sunset Through the Fence – A cedar wood fence with bluebonnets, and an oak tree at sunset make a nice texas Hill country landscape. The bluebonnet were growing in front of this wonderful old oak tree as the sunsets cast its ray through the cedar fence giving a hint of light over the wildflowers. This is what it looks like in the Texas hill country in springtime or we call it bluebonnet season. Spring is here and the bluebonnet is the first sign that it is here. We have traveled thousand of mile over the backroads of the hill country always searching for good locations and today we found another good spot for the perfect texas bluebonnet landscape. In Texas the lupine or bluebonnet along with other wildflowers start coming out in the southern part of the state around Feb and slowly move north through May. Then we have the summer Texas wildflowers that start popping up but most consider the bluebonnet as the main attraction if we can find other wildflowers that even better, but we gotta see the blue bonnets or we feel empty without it. In any case this was a great catch for a traditional texas bluebonnet landscape, its been a pretty good year so far but it fading fast in the hill country all good things must come to and end. Well at least till next year!

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Bluebonnet Sunset at the Fence : Prints Available

Bluebonnet Sunset at the Fence – A cedar wood fence with bluebonnets, and an oak tree at sunset make a nice texas Hill country landscape. The bluebonnet were growing in front of this wonderful old oak tree as the sunsets cast its ray through the fence giving a hint of light over the wildflowers. Spring is here and the bluebonnet is the first sign that it is here. We have traveled the backroads of the hill country always searching for good locations and today we found another good spot for the perfect texas bluebonnet landscape. In Texas the bluebonnet along with other wildflowers start coming out in the southern part of the state around Feb and slowly move north through May. Then we have the summer wildflower that start popping up but most consider the bluebonnet as the main attraction if we can find other flowers that even better but we gotta see the blue bonnets or we feel empty without it. In any case this was a great catch for a traditional texas bluebonnet landscape, It been a pretty good year but it fading fast in the hill country all good things must come to and end. Well at least till next year!

Llano River Bridge Sunset Pano

Llano River Bridge Sunset Pano – The Llano bridge pano in the Texas Hill Country as the sunset in the west. The Llano river runs through this small town in the heart of the Texas hill country with a lot water dam. This popular place has a lot of tourism from its bluebonnets along the roads, to hunting and fishing and other recreation in the area. The Llano river has seen a lot of flooding over the years since it was built in 1930 and just recently another flood occured and the waters went to the bottom of the bridge but it withstood the stress but a bridge futher downstream in Kingsland collapsed from the October 2018 flood.

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Llano River Bridge Sunset Pano : Prints Available

Llano River Bridge Sunset Pano – The Llano bridge pano in the Texas Hill Country as the sunset in the west. The Llano river runs through this small town in the heart of the Texas hill country with a lot water dam. This popular place has a lot of tourism from its bluebonnets along the roads, to hunting and fishing and other recreation in the area. The Llano river has seen a lot of flooding over the years since it was built in 1930 and just recently another flood occured and the waters went to the bottom of the bridge but it withstood the stress but a bridge futher downstream in Kingsland collapsed from the October 2018 flood.

San Pedro Creek at Christmas

San Pedro Creek at Christmas – The Frost Tower seen from the San Pedro Creek in San Antonio during Christmas time. We like the colorful art tile mural that tell the story of Pedro Creek and its history along the new boardwalk in San Antonio. This was during Christmas time and the boardwalk street lights were wrapped in colorful lights and the water had these ribbons of light changing colors along with other seasons holiday lights all along the creek. This is considered a linear park and the main focus is on the creek’s natural beauty, the rich and colorful story of its own history, the cultural identity and traditions of the community around it, while ensuring protection for a growing urban downtown. This board walk has the first phase completed there are still other sections yet to be completed.

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Christmas Along San Pedro Creek : Prints Available

Christmas Along San Pedro Creek – The Frost Tower seen from the San Pedro Creek in San Antonio. We like the colorful art tile that tell the story of Pedro Creek and its history along boardwalk.. This was during Christmas time and the boardwalk street lights were wrapped in colorful lights and the water had these ribbons of light changing colors along with other seasons holiday lights along the creek.

Pennybacker Bridge at Sunrise

Pennybacker Bridge at Sunrise – Pennybacker Bridge at Sunrise just before the sun came up. Many people also refer to this as the Austin360 Bridge. In this image you can see the crescent moon and Venus in the sky along with the pre-dawn glow and the light trails of the cars as they drive across the bridge. You can also see the downtown skyline in the distant view. The bridge was name after Percy V. Pennybacker jr. in Austin, Texas, The bridge is an iron arched bridge that was meant to blend into the hill side at loop 360 or Capital of Texas Highway. as many refer to it. The road is widely considered one of the most scenic urban drives in Texas, in large part due to this arched weathering-steel bridge and the rolling hills that flank the road. The bridge is heavily used and has more than double the number of cars since early 2001. The Austin 360 bridge is a landmark and many tourist, locals visit this site to climb the cliffs and try and capture a photo from here. It is one of the top places to visit when you come to Austin. This is also the beginning of the Texas Hill Country.

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Pennybacker Bridge at Sunrise – Pennybacker Bridge at the first Sunrise of the year just before the sun came up. Many people also refer to this as the Austin 360 Bridge. In this image you can see the crescent moon and Venus in the sky along with the pre-dawn glow and the light trails of the cars as they drive across the bridge. You can also see the downtown skyline in the distant view. It been a few years since we captured images from here it has become such a popular spot that it hard to get a photo with out a lot of people in the scene, so we tried to come at a less popular time well there really isn’t a good time.  

The bridge was name after Percy V. Pennybacker jr. in Austin, Texas, The bridge is an iron ached bridge that was meant to blend into the hill side at loop 360 or Capital of Texas Highway as many refer to it and sits 100 feet over the lake Austin. The Capital of Texas Highway is widely considered one of the most scenic urban drives in Texas, in large part due to this arched weathering-steel bridge and the rolling hills that flank the road. The bridge is heavily used and has more than double the number of cars since early 2001. The Austin 360 bridge is a landmark and many tourist, locals visit this site to climb the cliffs and try and capture a photo from here. It is one of the top places to visit when you come to Austin. This is also the beginning of the Texas Hill Country.

Sunset windmill

While on the way back from the far reaches of the Texas Hill Country chasing fall colors we came across this windmill just as the sun was setting. I have been looking for a windmill with a sunset for along time and finally caught one at the right time and place. We took a different route back from taking images of the fall colors and had seen many nice windmills on the way but they were in the wrong direction. Most had wires or were too far from the road and such. On the way up the last hill before the highway I saw this windmill but it appeared to be on the right side of the road as the sun was setting with a beautiful sky but at the last turn it ended up being to the west as we drove by. I wiped a u-turn pulled off the road jumped out of the truck grabbed the tripod and camera and ran over to the fence just in time to capture this image of the windmill in silhouette as the sun was setting.

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Texas Windmill at Sunset – Texas landscapes canvas and prints –  As we were leaving Garner State Park area we came upon this great big wind mill with it water tank just at sunset. The blades on this windmill were more than twice the size of the ones near our home So of course we stopped and captured this silhouette of this windmill and water tank in a Texas landscape as the sun last twinkle shines through at the bottom before it went below the horizon. Wind mills in this area are much bigger than other areas, the blades were more than twice the size of others we have seen near our home, I don’t know but I suspect they have to be larger to bring up the water at a greater dept or to generate electricity in the Texas Hill Country than else where, only a guess.  Windmills are a symbol of Texas landscapes everywhere you go you can find windmills in Texas.