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Luling, Texas - The entire series can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/normlanier/sets/72157632025756161/

Luling, Texas - The entire series can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/normlanier/sets/72157632025756161/

Luling, Texas - The entire series can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/normlanier/sets/72157632025756161/

Luling, Texas - The entire series can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/normlanier/sets/72157632025756161/

Luling, Texas - The entire series can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/normlanier/sets/72157632025756161/

Luling, Texas - The entire series can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/normlanier/sets/72157632025756161/

Luling, Texas - The entire series can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/normlanier/sets/72157632025756161/

Luling, Texas - The entire series can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/normlanier/sets/72157632025756161/

Luling, Texas - The entire series can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/normlanier/sets/72157632025756161/

Luling, Texas - The entire series can be seen here www.flickr.com/photos/normlanier/sets/72157632025756161/

Neon Sign Museum - Las Vegas

Neon Sign Museum - Las Vegas

Neon Sign Museum - Las Vegas

Neon Sign Museum - Las Vegas

Neon Sign Museum - Lasvegas

Neon Sign Museum - Las Vegas

Neon Sign Museum - Las Vegas

Neon Sign Museum - Las Vegas

Neon Sign Museum - Las Vegas

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Jackson Square looks great at any time but I really like it at night.

The night has just begun on Bourbon Street.

I think New Orleans is the only town where you can walk around with white powder on your face and no one will think you're a druggy.

Home of the Hurricane.

Bourbon Street is wild anyway, but on Haloween...

I noticed when we were on Bourbon Street that with parking being so bad in the French Quarter that most employees biked to their jobs. Thanks in advance for comments and Favs

Every night's a party on Bourbon Street

Strangely enough this photo strikes me as kind of creepy.

Great place to watch the revelers go by.

This looks like a scene from a movie

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The Woodlands

The Woodlands

The Woodlands

The Woodlands

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The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center is a luxurious hotel located in the heart of The Woodlands, Texas near fine dining and shopping. This Woodlands Waterway hotel offers easy access to entertainment venues. 1601 Lake Robbins Drive The Woodlands, TX 77380 (281) 367-9797

The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center is a luxurious hotel located in the heart of The Woodlands, Texas near fine dining and shopping. This Woodlands Waterway hotel offers easy access to entertainment venues. 1601 Lake Robbins Drive The Woodlands, TX 77380 (281) 367-9797

A little work in photoshop with a desaturation layer to selectively pull all the green tinge out of Bear Mountain.

These structures are so much fun and look great at night.

California Adventure Entrance

California Adventure Entrance

A different perspective with my utra-wide angle 7.5mm

Poor Francis, it's tough being a male ladybug so I HDR'ed him to give him a grittier look.

Manny the Great and Mysterious Magician of the PT Flea Circus Troupe. A Bug's life at California Adventure.

Over on Paradise Pier this carney welcomes everyone. To get this shot I figured out that the perfect spot to get this spot was behind the register, so I asked, the answer was yes. You can't be afraid to ask if you aim for the best.

Cool by day - amazing at night.

Everyone has got to get one of these shots if your in Cars Land late.

A shot I grabbed after the park had closed. This is an HDR shot composed from 5 exposures in Photomatix. I then did a little cleanup in Photoshop to reduce some lens flares I didn't like by masking back in some elements from one of the exposures.

I set my tripod up to do multiple exposures and on the last and the longest a log went down the shoot and the flash went off for the photo you can purchase at the end of the ride. I was quite surprised when I looked at the screen to see how cool it was that their flashes light up the scene so perfectly. 5 shot HDR run through Photomatix. A little photoshop to remove my brothers large head from the bottom of the photo. Thanks Gary for getting in the way.

The Disneyland Matterhorn Bobsleds in the background with the Yeti footprint in the foreground. 5 exposure HDR run through Photomatix.

So this is a little gem I'm sure most visitors miss. So I ran upon this spot just as the little light show went off. I stood there and stood there waiting and nothing so I got some shots of the Astro Orbiter and then left to get some other shots. Came back right at the end again. Finally figured out it went off every 15 minutes and was able to get this shot.

What you get isn't always what you end up with. To see where I started take a look here www.flickr.com/photos/85864407@N08/8045489196/in/photostream

There's something I really like about this shot that I can't put my finger on. Maybe it's the way the street looks wet but it wasn't. Or maybe it's the blue glow and the way it contrast with the warm lights. Anyway I think it's a keeper.

This an HDR shot from the train station. I left remove ghosting off and love how the multiple exposures blended together to create movement in the shot.

Shot with my Rokinon 7.5mm on my Olympus PEN E-P3

Photographically there is nothing special here, it's just a cool-ass lamp that helps make Port Royal Curios and Curiosities an awesome store.

Photomatix is great for combining exposures for eye-popping HDR but for me it's just the beginning. Once Photomatix has done the hard work I finesse the shot by impotying it back into Photoshop with other layers and using layer mask and paint back in other exposures to get the final image where I want it.