Nashville Skyline (2008) - 26 minutes after sunset

2 barges going opposite directions had just gone through causing the water to be choppier making the reflection less glasslike and more frosty looking.

Checkerboard Picnic Table at Riverfront Park

Over the last few years, downtown Nashville's Riverfront Park has expanded to the Ascend Amphitheater. Close to the amphitheater are some outdoor ping pong tables and colorful picnic tables with painted board for checkers or chess.

Nashville Skyline at Dusk 2014

Every time I decide to take a photo of the Nashville Skyline, there seems to be a subtle change. The most notable difference I see is that the CVS/Caremark building is now the Baker Donaldson building.

While I was taking this long exposure still photo, I had a second camera setup to take a time lapse video. See it here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GT_DhuMkNA

Technical details: This photo was taken on 2/1/2014 when sunset at 5:13 pm. This was at 5:50pm, 30sec., f/22 ISO100

Nashville Skyline - 17 minutes after sunset

This photo of the Nashville skyline was taken about five years ago on a twilight with a colorful sky.

At&T Building at Dusk#1 - 9 Minutes after Sundown

Near the beginning of 2008, Nashville's most prominent skyscraper, the Bellsouth Building had been renamed and re-logoed the At&T building. With the two spires at top, it has been locally dubbed as the Batbuilding. Maybe I'll call it the Bat&tbuilding.

This is Nashville's tallest skyscraper at 617 ft and 33 floors. It was built in 1994. Another logo in this view has changed about the same time as the at&t logo. The Red CVS Caremark was just a white Caremark.

The Traditional Nashville Skyline view (taken in 2006)

In the 7 years since this photo was taken, there have been plenty of changes. First, a skyline wouldn't be complete without the Pinnacle on the left. Also, the Bellsouth building is now the AT&T building. Also Caremark has CVS added to it.

The Batbuilding at Springtime

The Batbuilding, or as I like to call it now, the batt&tbuilding, is seen as a downtown tree starts to bloom for the spring. With a colder March this year, the blooming seems to be a little bit later than last year, when this photo was taken on Mar. 29.

At&T Building at Dusk

As of the beginning of 2008, Nashville's most prominent skyscraper, the Bellsouth Building has been renamed and re-logoed the At&T building. With the two spires at top, it has been locally dubbed as the Batbuilding. Maybe I'll call it the Bat&tbuilding.

Until the Signature Tower gets built (which may never happen), this is Nashville's tallest skyscraper at 617 ft and 33 floors. It was built in 1994.

AT&T Building at Dusk

As of the beginning of 2008, Nashville's most prominent skyscraper, the Bellsouth Building has been renamed and re-logoed the AT&T building. With the two spires at top, it has been locally dubbed as the Batbuilding. Maybe I'll call it the Bat&tbuilding.

Unless the Signature Tower gets built, this is Nashville's tallest skyscraper at 617 ft and 33 floors. It was built in 1994. Another logo in this view has changed about the same time. The Red CVS Caremark was just a white Caremark, and that change was made in late 2007.

AT&T Building at Dusk

As of the beginning of 2008, Nashville's most prominent skyscraper, the BellSouth Building was renamed and re-logoed the AT&T building. With the two spires at top, it has been locally dubbed as the Batbuilding. Maybe I'll call it the Bat&tbuilding.

Until the Signature Tower gets built (which may never happen), this is Nashville's tallest skyscraper at 617 ft and 33 floors. It was built in 1994, very briefly using a South Central Bell logo. Another logo in this view has changed. The Red CVS Caremark was just a white Caremark, and that change was made in 2007.

Nashville Skyline at Dusk

The skyline has actually changed a little bit since I took this photo in January of 2008.

If you want a good skyline view of downtown Nashville, there are two places you can find photographers on a dry Friday evening. First, the Shelby Street pedestrian bridge has a nice observation deck where you can get a good view. Second, not far from the Coliseum, are some stairs that lead down to the Cumberland River. Sometime around 2000, the Opryland people thought it would be a good idea to have river taxis run from their hotel to downtown. Those river taxis eventually were unsuccessful, but the dock remains on the east bank. If you're not careful, you could walk strait into the river, but if you back up a few steps and bring a tripod you can get a view like this.

If you go at dusk, on a clear night you can get a nice blue hue to the background. Then on nights where there are a few clouds, the setting sun casts vibrant colors on the clouds.

This is a rare photo of mine where no post-processing was done on this picture (and it wasn't because I didn't try - I just thought that I spent the time getting the colors the way I wanted them while taking the picture and then no enhancement I tried made me any happier with the result.)