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The Capital of my once proud country

I was one of those invaders for about 5 years. Well it stretched out over more like a 15-year period, but I had 5 solid years there.

Just look at all those cranes. Statistically, you have to think one has to come down calamitously. But that attitude comes from my days in NYC. I'll sooner trust a drunk to stay upright more than a crane.
 
Just look at all those cranes. Statistically, you have to think one has to come down calamitously. But that attitude comes from my days in NYC. I'll sooner trust a drunk to stay upright more than a crane.
Cranes never look very stable to begin with, top heavy as they are or seem to be. I don’t trust them either and don’t like to be close to them. They do sometimes fall.
 
Austin Texas the Capital of my Country. But ruined and invaded by enemies foreign and domestic. Sad. I don't go there as much anymore. Did a lot in high school and college
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Nice image. I hear some people moved to Texas from California and raised the average IQ of both states.
 
Lets keep the comments photography based and stay away from insults shall we. Hate to see this thread locked.
 
Come on people, let's not get nasty. I think Jack meant it as a joke, just as when in Texas we say to people moving here from California "Don't California my Texas!" It's meant in fun, let's keep it that way.
 
Cranes never look very stable to begin with, top heavy as they are or seem to be. I don’t trust them either and don’t like to be close to them. They do sometimes fall.
For as many cranes there are around the world, I'm amazed that they don't fall more often. Here in Dallas we had one fall a few years ago but it turned out to be operator error. They forgot to put it into feather mode before a thunderstorm. I agree though, they don't look as if they should be standing. :-)
 
For as many cranes there are around the world, I'm amazed that they don't fall more often. Here in Dallas we had one fall a few years ago but it turned out to be operator error. They forgot to put it into feather mode before a thunderstorm. I agree though, they don't look as if they should be standing. :)
This year we had one crane falling and one crane tipping over because one of its legs sunk into the ground so it was literally wobbling. This was in a street and people were evacuated. A second crane was brought in to stabilise it and it was taken away, so this one ended well. But I remember more accidents with these cranes in previous years.

Cranes are like a tripod boom set-up. They’re not the most stable.
 
Unless you're more than 179 years old, the capital of your country is about 1500 miles (2500 km) to the northeast. I know that online forums attract a lot of retired folk (like me), but most of us are still shy of that benchmark.

I believe the original slogan, about 50 years ago, was "Don't Californicate Oregon".

Back to photography: I wonder if LR/ACR dehaze would help. But given how blue the background is, I think it might take some substantial work to get rid of the color cast afterwards.
 
Unless you're more than 179 years old, the capital of your country is about 1500 miles (2500 km) to the northeast. I know that online forums attract a lot of retired folk (like me), but most of us are still shy of that benchmark.
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Yeah I don't understand Austin being the capitol of the United States either. It is the capitol of the state of Texas, though. Maybe that's what the OP meant.

Or maybe he was not using the word "country" synonymously with "nation".

I would appreciate an explanation from the OP so that I can better understand exactly what he meant and why he worded his post the way he did.

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Back to photography: I wonder if LR/ACR dehaze would help. But given how blue the background is, I think it might take some substantial work to get rid of the color cast afterwards.
Color cast can be quite easy to eliminate. This method works well for me restoring old pictures where the negative has picked up a color cast.
load the image and create a copy in a new layer.
In the copy layer, under filter do a blur average. Then under "image->adjustments" invert the image.
Set the copy layer to 50% opacity and the blend type to "color". The image should look monochrome.
Create a adjustment layer selecting "hue/saturation" Bump up the saturation until the color comes back. And there it is, color cast is gone.
 
I can't speak for the OP, but Texas would secede from the nation if it could.

Its economy is in the top ten worldwide. And Texas--no doubt because of its fierce independence and infinite wisdom--has severed its electricity grid from the two major national grids to avoid federal regulation. That's fine if you have a reliable grid.

But in Feb. 2021 a rare winter storm struck Texas causing a crisis when its power grid failed. Since most of Texas was cut off from any ability to borrow energy reserves from across state lines, millions went for several days or even weeks without power at the most vulnerable time (most Texas homes are heated with electricity, and I'll add the homes are not insulated nearly as well as they are in the north). This is to say nothing of frozen pipes, water boil requirements, and the ability to traverse roads. Some two hundred plus deaths have been reported--a number I believe to be grossly understated at best.

I know because I was there.

I'm not remotely impressed by the attitude of the governor, the legislature, and the ERCOT board, who through gross negligence, tried to kill me and my friends.
 
I wonder, do folks still watch the Bats take flight from under the Congress Avenue bridge in Austin?
It is such a spectacular sight!
 
Come on, let the Texas bashing go. There is no goodness there.
 
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