#light trials

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Light Trails On M65

How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.

Took a trip to Austin, Texas the other night, to visit some friends. I had planned on getting some star photography from atop Mount Bonnel(great view of downtown Austin and it's pitch-black at night). But mother nature thought otherwise; it was thick with clouds all weekend. But I persevered and after getting some decent long exposures at Mt. Bonnel I proceeded down to Auditorium Shores and walked along Lady Bird Lake up to the South Congress Ave Bridge and got the shot you see here. At the end of the street, where the light trails seem to emanate from, is the Texas State Capitol Building. Title quote is from The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare.

If there be light, then there is darkness; if cold, heat; if height, depth; if solid, fluid; if hard, soft; if rough, smooth; if calm, tempest; if prosperity, adversity; if life, death.

Underneath the majestic Sam Houston Tollway(Beltway 8), and Interstate 10(not pictured). I love light trails, I've been wanted to do this long before I got my first and current DSLR. Can't wait to do it again. The layout of Houston's highways, specifically it's inner(Interstate 610) and outer(Beltway8) loops have become a popular metropolitan highway design for other large metro areas around the world. Tittle quote by Pythagoras.