Week 5 – Ten Shots

ByNancy Jones November 11, 2021August 12, 2024

These shots were also from our Houston trip back in February, but it’s taken till now to get my site working well. The amusement park on the boardwalk on Galveston Island lends itself to shutterbugging anyway, but we pretty much had the place to ourselves because — well, February. The idea behind this technical exercise was to get ten shots and publish the best one. I liked more than just one, so here they are. These were all taken with my Canon PowerShot because it was just too cold to carry my larger, heavier camera around.

long shot of the midway — Looking down the midway, nearly deserted

black and white of midway — Removing the color from the shot really shows it to be a desolate experience.

Ferris Wheel on Pleasure Island — The large ferris wheel on Pleasure Island boardwalk

Yes, the sky really was that color, it was every bit as cold as it looks. This was the weekend just before the huge snowstorm hit Texas in February of 2021. We left on Monday morning, and that evening it got super cold, and the snow blew in.

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