Sunset illuminating College Housing

At the end of a cloudy day the sunset diffused across the sky

 and gave everything a brilliant blazing hue. I quickly got my 

camera and got pictures of the first (albeit random) thing I

 could find- the orange bricked college housing at 

Washington University in St. Louis.

St. Louis

Taken in July 2012

Yellow Flowers in Forest Park

Yellow flowers were all over the forest in Forest Park. While walking

 to the art museum last night (they were screening a James Bond movie
 on the lawn) I stopped to get some shots.

The very low depth of field really gave the large quantity of 

flowers an otherworldly effect where the flowers themselves 

become a forest. Their bright color almost acts like a bokeh

 when out of focus.

St. Louis

Taken in July 2012

Water Lilies and Birds in Forest Park

Along the way to the St. Louis Zoo the other day I took pictures 

of various interesting plants and animals. I had my telephoto lens 

with me, so most of them were pretty far away-- the egret was on

 a waterfall and the water lilies were under a bridge-- and I had to 

think of some creative way to take their picture. Ironically

 enough I just learned about Monet and Impressionism in an art 

history course I'm taking, so I tried to get a luminous perspective of

 the water lilies and their reflection in the water.

St. Louis

Taken in July 2012

The Arch and the Mississippi River

We went on a trip to the St. Louis Arch yesterday, and as soon as

we got there--being the explorer that I am-- I wandered over to the

riverfront and took landscape shots of the rusty bridge and

industrial structures; things that I've begun to hold an

increasingly fascination with ever since I first took a cross-

midwest road trip. In some of the later photos of the bridge

and the tunnel, I used a flash so that I could include

those photos in an assignment I have for a

photojournalism course I'm taking.

St. Louis

Taken in July 2012