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diskojoe Dec 21, 2010 8:34 PM

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Houston down low by >Dave<, on Flickr

diskojoe Dec 21, 2010 9:03 PM

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Houston, TX by kla4067, on Flickr

diskojoe Dec 21, 2010 9:10 PM

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Houston, Texas by Surrealplaces, on Flickr

SouthByMidwest Dec 28, 2010 8:25 PM

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Originally Posted by diskojoe (Post 5030953)
http://th04.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/...oe-d31f5zq.jpg

this one is not a skyline shot but its from houston and i think its amazing :)
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...oe-d31f5iw.jpg

I was there!

diskojoe Dec 29, 2010 6:34 PM

:previous:

you were?:shrug: :haha: :cheers:

diskojoe Feb 10, 2011 10:08 PM

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DSC00648 noir peaks by DiskoJoe, on Flickr
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DSC09932_3_4_5_6_tonemapped bw edit by DiskoJoe, on Flickr
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DSC09761_tonemapped edit by DiskoJoe, on Flickr
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DSC09743_tonemapped by DiskoJoe, on Flickr
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DSC07775_tonemapped by DiskoJoe, on Flickr

diskojoe Mar 9, 2011 8:48 PM

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http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5295/...3f49a2c2_b.jpg

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5180/...faefde69_b.jpg

Dr Nevergold Mar 9, 2011 9:15 PM

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Originally Posted by diskojoe (Post 5101078)

Nice pics!

BTW, this photo in particular I found interesting. For a center of a metropolitan region of nearly 6 million that downtown seems kind of small... I was expecting more urban or highrise growth from the aerial.

diskojoe Mar 9, 2011 9:31 PM

there are lots of highrises in the uptown area (aprox 15 from dt). but on the whole houston has fewer highrises then most would think due to houses being really cheap. there is a lot of lowrise stuff that you cant really see in that aerial either.

wulaishiwo Mar 10, 2011 3:39 AM

grand view!!! the impressive landscape in cities is always created by human beings while that in rural areas is more natural. They offer options for people when they want to spend holidays in a wonderful land.

AusHou Mar 10, 2011 6:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Brandon716 (Post 5193537)
Nice pics!

BTW, this photo in particular I found interesting. For a center of a metropolitan region of nearly 6 million that downtown seems kind of small... I was expecting more urban or highrise growth from the aerial.

At ground level it doesn't look small at all. Also, there are multiple satellite skylines around the city. For example, Uptown's skyline is larger than those of many cities. Please don't judge based on a single photo taken from the air.

If you start at the beginning of this thread, there are many photos showing the skylines of this city.

Bailey Mar 11, 2011 12:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brandon716 (Post 5193537)
Nice pics!

BTW, this photo in particular I found interesting. For a center of a metropolitan region of nearly 6 million that downtown seems kind of small... I was expecting more urban or highrise growth from the aerial.

That's a bad photo for showing density, the plane blocks a bunch of buildings This one gives you a better idea, and this photo doesn't even show Uptown or Greenway.

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...Aerial2010.jpg

AusHou Mar 11, 2011 3:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Bailey (Post 5195751)
That's a bad photo for showing density, the plane blocks a bunch of buildings This one gives you a better idea, and this photo doesn't even show Uptown or Greenway.

http://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x...Aerial2010.jpg

I think one thing to note is that the downtown buildings are much taller than any aerial shot can show, even this one, which is pretty good. I don't know where I saw it, but I saw a listing of talls in U.S. cities, and Houston had more than most. Seems like it might have had the third most "really talls" at one time, behind NYC and Chicago. Not sure if that is still true considering explosive growth in places like Miami. It would be interesting to find current stats.

Tumbleweed_Tx Mar 11, 2011 4:59 AM

I took some B&W shots a few months ago...




http://aminus3.s3.amazonaws.com/imag...cc6b_large.jpg

http://aminus3.s3.amazonaws.com/imag...b4b5_large.jpg
(that's the future site of 5 Allen Center)

http://aminus3.s3.amazonaws.com/imag...a12a_large.jpg

http://aminus3.s3.amazonaws.com/imag...5c89_large.jpg

http://aminus3.s3.amazonaws.com/imag...a412_large.jpg


and...

uh huh... this is in Houston.
http://img.aminus2.com/image/g0015/u...1aa9_large.jpg

KevinFromTexas Mar 11, 2011 5:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brandon716
Nice pics!

BTW, this photo in particular I found interesting. For a center of a metropolitan region of nearly 6 million that downtown seems kind of small... I was expecting more urban or highrise growth from the aerial.

There are a lot of skyscrapers of course. That photo is looking southeast. Most of Houston's skyscrapers outside of downtown are on the west and south sides of town. So in this short the camera was looking away from them.

htown11 Mar 13, 2011 1:48 AM

AMAZING thread Houston really does fly under the radar IMO I love living in Houston, love the skyline, love the sports, and love how culturally diverse the entire city is.

These pics make me want to get in my car and look at the city from different perspectives, I have lived here all my life and cant believe what I see in some of these pics.

Great job by the talented photographers, and props on exposing these all in one thread, worth showing skyscraper fans the wonderful city of Houston.

SouthmoreAve Mar 13, 2011 6:01 PM

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The Legal District, Downtown Houston by telwink, on Flickr

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Med Center Pano1 by shitdiggler, on Flickr

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Houston from the South by HOFRIJOLES, on Flickr

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DSC_0619 by SaifAliMaster, on Flickr

Big Tex Mar 13, 2011 7:17 PM

I really like this one. Really shows the density of downtown.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5203/...2cbaec0a_b.jpg
Houston Skyline by intrigue139, on Flickr

diskojoe Mar 25, 2011 3:49 PM

a new one from me that has been getting good feedback on flickr.

http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5139/...d6352a56_b.jpg
color fog by DiskoJoe, on Flickr

diskojoe Mar 25, 2011 3:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by htown11 (Post 5198349)
AMAZING thread Houston really does fly under the radar IMO I love living in Houston, love the skyline, love the sports, and love how culturally diverse the entire city is.

These pics make me want to get in my car and look at the city from different perspectives, I have lived here all my life and cant believe what I see in some of these pics.

Great job by the talented photographers, and props on exposing these all in one thread, worth showing skyscraper fans the wonderful city of Houston.

dude, get you a camera and get out and explore. there is so much to houston but you have to go find it.


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