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LBJ Library Director Mark Updegrove shares the beautiful view of the University of Texas and the Austin skyline with President Jimmy Carter on the balcony of the LBJ Library Feb 15, 2011
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Photo by David Valdez
Friday evening I took my friend and daughter to the University of Texas campus for a short photowalk. We got a parking space right by the Littlefield Fountain and it became our first stop for pictures. On a personal note, as soon as we stopped in front of the fountain we were face-to-face with my sister-in-law. She's a visiting professor in the business school for the spring semester and just happened to be headed home for the day…great to run into her like that. Seeing our cameras she commented on how someone is *always* taking a picture of the fountain. Sure enough -- all sorts of people stopped to take pictures while we were there.
Littlefield Fountain is a World War I memorial created by Italian sculptor Pompeo Coppini and financed by George Washington Littlefield.
For photographers in Austin playing with HDR, Littlefield Fountain seems to be one of those required shots -- analogous to the required elements in figure skating or gymnastics. The State Capitol and a skyline shot along Lady Bird Lake are among the other "required elements".
The water is full of algae, resulting in the rather obtrusive green color seen in this image. I frankly don't care to ever see green water but I'll be nice and say that it "adds to the image". There are many great perspectives and angles to be had around this fountain but I'm presenting a "safe" and standard shot here.
The University of Texas recently unveiled its Landmarks Public Art Program in September. This sculpture by Donald Lipski, entitled "The West" (1987), is one such piece of art. It no doubt opens up unintended--or perhaps not--avenues for interpretation. Here is the web site with a more official picture.
What an awesome experience, witnessing the UT tower glowing burnt orange, surrounded by fireworks, celebrating my middle son's graduation. Yay!
In the early morning after a football victory in Austin, the University of Texas Tower glows orange. In this image, it is seen reflecting in a pool near the LBJ library on the east part of campus.
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Golden Glow Over Austin Skyline - This pre sunset image captures the Austin skyline down Lady Bird Lake with this afternoon glow with all the latest high rise buildings along the shore line like the tallest high rise the Independent to the second tallest the Austonian. This aerial image was taken near the area of the hike and bike trail, along barton creek and Lou Neff Point which captures the lamar bridge, the pedestrian bridge, First street bridge all the way down to the congress bridge. We like the fact that you can also see the UT tower in the photo which is a good distance away. It was a lovely golden hour capture with some nice reflections and capital curise boat and sups capture on the water. This is a two to one aerial panorama skyline over Austin taken with a professional 42 mega pixel camera with exceptional resolution.
UT Tower after Rose Bowl National Championship victory - Texas 41, Southern California 38 -- January 10, 2006
Copyright, 2006, Steve Hopson, www.stevehopson.com.
The Austin Texas skyline as seen from the Austonian building, July 6, 2009. The Austonian is the tallest building in Austin.
Photo Copyright 2009, Steve Hopson.
The East Mall Fountain on the campus of the University of Texas. Behind it, the tower of the Main Building in the early morning light.
Continuing the movement of images over from my old account...
The University of Texas tower is lit orange for the graduation ceremony and surrounded with fireworks.
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On March 27-28, the view from our condo (unit 2010 in the 360 Condominiums building) revealed that The University of Texas Tower was lit orange with a white ''1'' on each side. When the tower is illuminated with orange lighting, it typically signals a UT sports win or some other celebratory event. In this case, the orange and ''1'' were in honor of the UT Men's Swimming and Diving 12th National Championship. (Apologies for the poor/grainy quality of this pic; my iPhone doesn't take very clear nighttime photos, and I shot this one through a window.) I was disappointed about the new Aspen Heights apartment tower obstructing our view of the UT Tower; but if viewed from the leftmost side of our north-facing window (instead of from our balcony), we still have a partial view of the tower...
Cleverly placed "ART" sculpture at the UT tower in Austin, Texas... They had to have known...right???
After visiting the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin, Mike and I walked across the campus to visit the Turrell Skyspace at the Student Activity Center. Along the way, I paused to take a few photos of one of UT's iconic scenes -- the Littlefield Fountain with The University of Texas Tower in the distance, at the opposite end of the South Mall.
The fountain's sculpture was created by Italian-born artist Pompeo Coppini, and it was unveiled in 1932. It was funded by Major George W. Littlefield to commemorate UT students and alumni who died in World War I. The UT Tower was designed by Paul Cret of Philadelphia and completed in 1937.
While peering through our bedroom window (unit 2010 in the 360 Condominiums building) on Saturday, February 25, 2017, I noticed that the University of Texas Tower was lit up orange. The university maintains a web page that highlights the reason for the tower lightings; I discovered on this particular evening, the UT Tower was lit fully orange in honor of the UT Men's and Women's Swim Teams Big 12 Conference Championship.
The old University of Texas tower, made famous in 1966 by Charles Whitman, seen from near downtown Austin.
Taken from the roof a parking garage on Henderson, next to Duncan Park and near 5th Street and Lamar.
From the top of the UT Tower in Austin, overlooking the building boom in downtown. How many condos does one city actually need?
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The views of Austin from our condo are constantly evolving as new high-rises are erected throughout the downtown area, so I've gotten in the habit of taking photos of our ever-morphing panoramas to show the changes over time. I took this north-facing shot from our balcony (unit 2010 in the 360 Condominiums building) on February 29, 2016.
We once had a clear view of the University of Texas Tower, but the new Aspen Heights apartment building has sadly blocked that view. If you look closely to the left of the crane and to the right of the black Dobie Center tower, you can just about make out the top of the UT Tower in the background. The price of progress, I suppose...
On Tuesday, November 17, I stepped out on the balcony of our condo (unit 2010 in the 360 Condominiums building) when I noticed that the The University of Texas Tower was lit orange yet again. When the tower is illuminated with orange lighting, it typically signals a UT sports win or some other celebratory event. In this case, it was lighted orange in honor of UT professor Dr. John B. Goodenough sharing in The Eric and Sheila Samson Prime Minister’s Prize for Innovation in Alternative Fuels for Transportation. (Apologies for the poor/grainy quality of this pic; my iPhone doesn't zoom very well...)
On the evening of Wednesday, October 19, 2016, I glanced out the bedroom window of our condo (unit 2010 in the 360 Condominiums building) and saw that The University of Texas Tower was lit orange with a white ''JJ'' on each side. When the tower is illuminated with orange lighting, it typically signals a UT sports win or some other celebratory event. In this case, the orange and ''JJ'' initials were in honor of Distinguished Alumnus Joe Jamail, who would have celebrated his 91st birthday that day. (Apologies for the poor/grainy quality of this pic; my iPhone doesn't take very clear nighttime photos, and I shot this one through a window.)
While peering through our bedroom window (unit 2010 in the 360 Condominiums building) on Thursday, September 15, 2016, I noticed that the University of Texas Tower was lit up orange. The university maintains a web page that highlights the reason for the tower lightings; I discovered on this particular evening, the UT Tower was lit fully orange in honor of UT's 133rd birthday.
While peering through our bedroom window (unit 2010 in the 360 Condominiums building) on Saturday, February 25, 2017, I noticed that the University of Texas Tower was lit up orange. The university maintains a web page that highlights the reason for the tower lightings; I discovered on this particular evening, the UT Tower was lit fully orange in honor of the UT Men's and Women's Swim Teams Big 12 Conference Championship. (I stepped out on our balacony and tried to zoom in for a closer view of the tower, but my iPhone doesn't take very clear nighttime or zoom photos.)