Another trip to Houston, another attempt at a dramatic San Jacinto Monument. This monument is not too far from Hobby Airport, my usual airport when flying from Dallas to Houston. I keep coming here to practice with an increasingly more familiar subject.
I drove almost straight from the rental car lot (a quick stop at a convenience store for water, snack and mosquito spray - very important). The sky was cloudy but the sun was promising to break through for the last 30 minutes or so.
I was fairly happy with this result, but I also knew that a better sky was possible. I only had this one night to shoot as my flight back to Dallas was an hour before sunset the next day. And, true enough, after a day of thunderstorms, I saw a beautiful, dramatic sunset - from my window seat on Southwest Airlines.
As they say, there's always next time.