Ryon (Skorz) > Meditation
Ryon (Skorz) > Driving down Mopac.
Ryon (Skorz) > Taken by my good friend Victor while playing around with colored flash gels and multiple flash setups.

Illuminated with Rosco gels on remote flashes, pink to my right, lavender to my left.
Ryon (Skorz) > The crowd mills about the Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge, waiting for the July 4th, 2006 fireworks show to begin. Meanwhile, the lack of cloud cover to the west allows the glorious last rays of the sun to brilliantly illuminate the buildings of downtown, and cast the entire scene in warm tones.
Ryon (Skorz) > 2004-06-13: Tai Chi Today at Texas Parks and Wildlife photo
Ryon (Skorz) > Taken somewhere on the 1300 block of Grant Ave. in San Francisco. Again, the camera exposed for the blue sky, leaving the building and fire escape woefully underexposed. Without masking (which I am loathe to do), the building cannot be brought out of shadow without blowing out the sky. 

The moral here is that photography is in many ways a science. Applying known principles to predict certain results is key to success. Wandering around snapping photos in crappy light guarantees failure, with the only success brought through luck alone.
Ryon (Skorz) > Taken just nine minutes after the first photo of this subject, the glow in the sky fades and the lights' reflection in the water grows stronger, and the orange of sodium lights begins to dominate the scene, except for the lone out-of-place mercury/florescent lamp in the middle of the bridge. The smaller aperture and longer exposure used in this shot increases the smoothness of the water's surface.
Ryon (Skorz) > The sun sets over lake Austin, the orange glow of the streetlamps matching the last rays of the sun as they reflect off the water.

Sadly, the christmas-type lights strung across the bridge's arches have been off for the past few months. I plan on recreating this shot when someone gets around to fixing them.
Ryon (Skorz) > Sometimes I wish I was still there.
Meditation
Ryon (Skorz) > Meditation
Meditation
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