AUSTIN | Photos & Videos Thread

[gillynova]

Originally Posted by Riverranchdrone

I remember years ago many of our SSP posters would always get harrassed by just taking pictures from the top of parking garages

YEARS ago I actually experienced this in Dallas haha. But I think now photos/videos and just content creating in general is more accepted by the public

[sewaneetigers]

Originally Posted by gillynova

YEARS ago I actually experienced this in Dallas haha. But I think now photos/videos and just content creating in general is more accepted by the public

Years ago, I think on this forum when I was in 5th grade (2001 maybe), I used to do city v. city polls. I did one on Dallas v. Austin - posted some cool pics of Austin that I pirated off google images, and then for Dallas I posted a corn field and a DQ.

[SproutingTowers]

Photo taken from the Long Center where the the Travis appearing very nicely.

[Riverranchdrone]

[IMG]DJI_0017-HDR-Pano by Jason Luebbe, on Flickr[/IMG]
[IMG]DJI_0981-HDR-Pano by Jason Luebbe, on Flickr[/IMG]

[randalls]

Went to Violet Crown downtown this wknd. Snapped this pic on my way out:






Also, nice drone shots below of West Campus @riverranchdrone!

[Urbannizer]

[Riverranchdrone]

Not my photo but from the leader of the Austin drone group I am in. From Carlos Austin

[drummer]

^ I feel like anyone who has a drone and takes photos around the city should be required to post on SSP if they want to join that drone group. Just sayin'.

[bobbywest87]

Nice view of the skyline on one of the KXAN cams today. Put a (very) quick edit together of maybe what the skyline will look like once all under construction are completed. Sadly, 44 East didn't make the cut.

[bobbywest87]

And one from a couple of years ago for comparison.

[gillynova]

Can kinda see Paseo here

[H2O]

The first (and fifth) photo makes Austin look like a proper city.

[Riverranchdrone]

GillyNova Thanks for the massive photo update. Very impressive.

[bobbywest87]

Originally Posted by gillynova

If it weren’t for the cars, if you had told me this was a city in Asia I probably would have believed you.

[Mopacs]

Originally Posted by bobbywest87

If it weren’t for the cars, if you had told me this was a city in Asia I probably would have believed you.

It's a pretty stunning 'reveal' of the city as you round that bend on 35 at Riverside. You see hints of the skyline in the distance, but them 'BAM" there it is.

Are there any comparable approaches to a city skyline in the US? The most dramatic one I can think of is in Pittsburgh as you exit the Fort Pitt tunnel.

[The ATX]

Originally Posted by Mopacs

It's a pretty stunning 'reveal' of the city as you round that bend on 35 at Riverside. You see hints of the skyline in the distance, but them 'BAM" there it is.

Are there any comparable approaches to a city skyline in the US? The most dramatic one I can think of is in Pittsburgh as you exit the Fort Pitt tunnel.

After Rainey jumps out at you while driving in from the south, a look down the river towards the western side of downtown really pops with the Sail and Independent and surrounding towers.

Pittsburgh is the only other U.S. city that I could think of with the "bam effect". But I'm sure there are others.

[gillynova]

I really can't think of another spot. This one I took in SF and it's usually my favorite "bam effect" but it's not as close as Rainey

[wwmiv]

Originally Posted by The ATX

After Rainey jumps out at you while driving in from the south, a look down the river towards the western side of downtown really pops with the Sail and Independent and surrounding towers.

Pittsburgh is the only other U.S. city that I could think of with the "bam effect". But I'm sure there are others.

Some that are definitely worth mentioning beyond those and San Francisco:

Portland: the southern approach of I-5 as you elevate onto the Marquam Bridge.

Seattle: the eastbound exit from the East Portal after you round the curve.

Nashville: northbound on the Silliman Evans Bridge as you continue onto I-24 from I-24/I-40.

San Antonio: southbound on 281 as you round the curve at Stadium Drive.

If Chattanooga, Birmingham, and Asheville had bigger skylines, they have bam worthy approaches as well.

Sam Francisco, Pittsburgh, and Austin are better than them all, though, with more imposing and larger skylines and/or at a much closer distance in that “first moment” of being seen.

[IluvATX]

Atlanta has some good ones, being so hilly you can’t see the skyline in spots that are extremely close by. Then, Bam!

[wwmiv]

Originally Posted by IluvATX

Atlanta has some good ones, being so hilly you can’t see the skyline in spots that are extremely close by. Then, Bam!

Ehhhhhh. I’ve spent a lot of time in Atlanta and although the skyline is amazing it has so many bam-ish moments at the top of every ridgeline from 100 miles away, by the time you reach the actual bam it is kindof underwhelming. I was trying to keep the list to those cities where there’s an approach that has a sudden reveal and not much before that at all.

That said: Austin’s got a NUMBER of great sudden bam moments on all of its highways, except southbound 35. Even 360 (CityView) and 183 (Colorado Bridge) have a single very specific “bam” moment:

https://maps.app.goo.gl/zBS8Pb81UTM5a2nt5?g_st=ic
https://maps.app.goo.gl/9QjxY4NnnTeG4C6NA?g_st=ic