On my last night in Vegas I wanted to make sure I caught the fountains at the Bellagio Hotel. After watching a couple of the shows, I found a good vantage point with both the Bellagio and Caesar's Palace in the background.
While in Vegas a couple of friends rented a car and invited me to join them for a trip to Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The scenery was stunning and it's hard to convey how huge, and wide open the area is. The first panorama is four photographs stitched together in post-processing.
As the sun started to set the colours started to change and the desert began to take on a golden hue. EDIT: To see high quality versions of the panoramas, click HERE and HERE. I was out walking the Vegas strip after dinner taking some photos and while I was in the middle of setting up a shot tis young lady struck a pose in front of me. Even though the camera wasn't even pointed at her, she insisted that take her photo and would not move (she may have had a beverage or two by that point in the evening). In an effort to appease her I tilted the camera down and took a quick picture before going back to framing the original photo. This was the result.
I haven't had much of a chance to take photos for the last few months as I had been preparing for my first marathon. Last weekend was the race in Las Vegas, and while I didn't fare so well running I was able to get out with my camera. On the Saturday my friend and I took a day trip out to the Hoover Dam.
It was a little grey and cloudy for most of the trip and with about 15 minutes left before the bus was scheduled to leave the sun peaked out and hit the mountains in the distance, painting them a spectacular gold colour. |