Austin Skyline on Lady Bird Lake
by John Maffei
Title
Austin Skyline on Lady Bird Lake
Artist
John Maffei
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
This is an image that I took on the shore of "Lady Bird Lake" in Austin Texas.
Here is a brief summary of information about the lake:
Lady Bird Lake is a major recreation area for the city of Austin. Its banks are bounded by the Lady Bird Lake Hike and Bike Trail, and businesses offer recreational watercraft services along the lakefront portion of the trails. Austin's largest downtown park, Zilker Park, is adjacent to the lake, and Barton Springs, a major attraction for swimmers, flows into the lake. Much of the landscaped beauty of the parks surrounding Lady Bird Lake can be credited to the former First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson, who, in the 1970s, focused her attention on the Town Lake Beautification Project. The City of Austin prohibits operation of most motorized watercraft on Lady Bird Lake. As a result, the lake serves as a popular recreational area for kayaks, canoes, dragon boats, and rowing shells. Austin's warm climate and the river's calm waters, nearly 6 miles (9.7 km) length and straight courses are especially popular with crew teams and clubs.
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June 1st, 2012
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Comments (22)
David Norman
that is really great!! congrats!! i have been wanting to get over by there to capture some shots. Great job
Dave Bosse
Nice HDR effect... now IF the water had just been still to give you more of a reflection... but then the sky wouldn't have been as good. Can't have it all... but it sold so congrats!
Matt McClendon
Hey John, Great work. Would you mind if I used it as my facebook cover photo?
John Maffei replied:
Matt, thanks for your kind words. All of my images are licensed as Creative Commons, which means you can use them for non-commercial use with attribution. For a facebook cover photo I realize it's hard to give attribution, but what you could do is like my facebook page at www.facebook.com/apogeephoto and make a post on your news feed about the image. You can download the hi-res image at my portfolio site at: http://www.apogeephotography.net/Portfolio/Austin/12305321_QC63jQ#!i=1879548920&k=7LzZdp4
John Maffei
Wow! My first sale!!! and I wouldn't have even noticed if your nice comments about the sale hadn't been posted. Thank you Elaine, Phyllis, Bill, Amalia and Teshia!!
Teshia Art
Love the effects on this image of Lady Bird! wow--what effects do you use?! Very cool. Wonderful work & congrats on your sale, John :) ~Teshia