Downtown Houston Texas Skyline
This is the iconic downtown Houston Texas skyline. This was photographed near Sam Houston Park.
The colors of the sky reflect onto the buildings nicely and I emphasized their shine as much as possible, to help recreate the feeling you have standing in front of it.
It's a big feeling and it's amazing to see them come together. Modern cities full of skyscrapers have an effect on you when you're there, and that's something I try to translate.
A couple of the many notable buildings include the JPMorgan Chase Tower on the very left, second row back. That skyscraper is the tallest in the city at 1002-feet tall.
On the very right, you'll see the mirror like oval building.
That's the old Enron building, which has since been renamed to 1400 Smith St.
It has a small twin tower and there's a walkway tunnel that links them in the air.
In the middle of this skyline, you'll notice the wide satin shining building with the pyramid shaped designs at the top.
That's the 53-story Heritage Plaza. Directly behind it is a very tall and mirror like semi circular behemoth that stands at 992-feet tall.
That's the Wells Fargo Plaza. WFP is almost tied for the tallest building in Houston.
It's gone through a couple of name changes over the years. It was previously called First Interstate Bank Plaza and also the Allied Bank Plaza.
These buildings have a lot of history in Houston.
In the above photo, is another beautiful view of downtown Houston Texas. In this picture, you can see busy afternoon traffic flowing in and out of the city.
A yellow cab dates the image a bit. Nowadays, you don't so much see cabs of any kind as personal transport businesses handle most of that.
On any given day, meetings are happening, appointments, and trips to and from several airports, mostly Bush Intercontinental and Hobby.
This is near Allen Parkway and Memorial Drive, right next to Buffalo Bayou. This is a wider view than the first photo.
From this angle, you can see some of the buildings hidden behind the giant skyscrapers.
One notable skyscraper you can see better from this view is the 1415 Louisiana building, aka Wedge International Tower.
It's the one near the twin mirror-like (formerly Enron) buildings on the right side.
On the left side, you'll see the 101-floor tower which has different triangular shapes at the top.
That's the Bank of America tower on Capitol street. Down and to the left of that is the Houston theatre district.
The skyline really shines in this amazing photo. The overcast sky helped me to have nice and even lighting.
