I was in Texas last week for a business meeting. I was only there for one full day after flying in, and the last day was to fly out. The meeting ended about 4:30 in the afternoon. There was a camera store within about 20 minutes from the hotel and I wanted to stop there to browse and see if I needed anything. It was a nice little camera store in Arlington, Texas. They stayed open a few minutes after closing to allow me to buy what I wanted - a tripod and a remote shutter release. Neither of which I used on this trip, but I needed them anyway. After leaving the camera store I turned left on the main street and figured if I drove far enough south, I would hit “rural Texas”. I had no idea what I wanted to take a photo of but I knew that something would hit me when I saw it. This was my first official photo outing since my health problems started to turn around, so I would have been happy with any photo. After about 90 minutes of wandering in my rental car, I turned down a small side road that felt like it hadn’t been repaired in about a hundred years. I was looking for some rural scene that would spark my photo bug. I drove by this transmission tower with nothing else around, and went to the end of the road to make sure I wasn’t going to find anything better. I turned around and stopped in front of this scene. I knew right away that this was a black and white pano. I took two series of about 20 shots each. No tripod, just handheld vertical shots doing my best to stay level. I didn’t have my pano head so there was no use using my tripod. I didn’t know if the shot was “stitch-able” since I shot it handheld. I didn’t really care, I was out having fun with my camera. After I got home, to my amazement Lightroom did a decent job of stitching. I had to fix a few minor issues, and you see the result here. Is it a good shot? I rated it as “meh”. I thought it was good enough to post. Since I am fighting my way back to life, I decided to write this blog post along with it to help my mind get back into the swing of things. The shot is cropped to a 3-to-1 aspect ratio and is just under 20k pixels wide. A nice sharp file that will print great. I shot it with my 24-70 @ 70mm.
Venus Texas
| Tag Name | Data |
|---|---|
| Title | Venus Texas |
| Image Description | I drove for about an hour and didn't know where I was going. I was looking for something rural. I had no idea what I was looking for and knew that I would know when I saw it. I turned down a small side road in Venus, Texas, and stopped when I saw it. I immediately pre-visualized the shot in black and white. |
| Keywords | 6x17, black and white, clouds, electrical tower, electricity, field, panorama, power, power transmission lines, prairie, sky, stitched panorama, sunset, texas, transmission lines |
| Copyright | Copyright ExpertPhoto.com All Rights Reserved |
| Artist | ExpertPhoto.com |
| Make | Canon |
| Camera Model Name | Canon EOS R |
| Lens Model | EF24-70mm f/2.8L II USM |
| Focal Length | 70.00mm |
| Shutter Speed Value | 1/320 second |
| Aperture Value | 8.00 |
| ISO | 400 |
| Date/Time Original | Monday September 22, 2025 06:28pm |
| City | Venus |
| State | Texas |
| Country | United States |
| GPS Altitude | 200 meters (656.2 feet) above sea level |
| GPS Latitude | 32.4246133333333 |
| GPS Longitude | -97.0717866666667 |
| Map | Google Map Link |