Although The Bridge Girders ARE MUCH BLURRED By The Speeding Bus ….. THERE IT IS!!
The Ohio River & Lining the River Shore: The Hint of The Big Sky Scrapers of Louisville KY,!!

Twenty seven minutes, and 46 shots of the Centro’s loud “Kerr-Klick-Whackkk”, and we’re OVER the Ohio River, and practically into Louisville, KY!!

As you see here, when we are on the Ohio River Bridge, there are too many big girders attempt a photo shot when the bus is moving: Thus I have to wait for the but to stop in “just the right spot”, to pose the camera for a photo view between those big black hunks of Blackened Steel !!!


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Sunset Over the Calm, Peaceful, and BIG …. Ohio River!!
Suzanne and I have family in, and around Indianapolis, even Suzanne’s Cousin In Louisville: Thus "Coming Up North" to see them, we’ve driven our car over Ohio River “many-a-time”: Each crossing, I try to “catch a good view of the River”, but the pressure of hi speed traffic behind me, mostly prevents me from any satisfactory view, and I miss feeling the Power And Majesty Of The River.

But this time, the 5:32 PM rush hour stopped traffic, fortunately allows me time to “catch”: many-a-river-vista on my Centro, thus what you are looking at!!.

But AGAIN I can't get the feeling the Power And Majesty Of The River!! :-(.

Even though I now have plenty of time, it's the camera bringing pressure: Concentrate ... Watch what's in the frame ... Steady now ... Catch it NOW ... BUT Press don't jerk ... Be sure to save ... etc!!!

Power And Majesty Of The River Is GONE!!

(Note: The two white areas at the top, are not the sun, but most likely reflections off the bus window.)


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As Seen Through a Clutter of I-75 Bridge Girders …. There It Is …. Down Town Louisville!! We’re in Kentucky Now!!!
To get this shot, I had to turn the camera as such an angle that, at the photo's left, you can see both of a car’s red stop lights through two of the bus’s windows, well in front of me.


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A Few More Girders Slide By, and the Big Downtown Louisville Buildings Come Into View! .
The Bright Red Above Hand Rail (left center) Is From Car Tail Lights, of Traffic Following a Right Curve & Into An Underpass. By the river edge, be sure not to miss the Sight-Seeing Cruse Boat, and To It’s Left a Smaller One.
In lower left of photo you will see two rectangle ghost like images. Probably window reflections. Moving down, I think the grey top of a circular trash can, somewhat beyond a bridge girder. Moving down, is the hair of the bus passenger, I’m leaning over, to catch this view!! Sorry good friend!!

The Metadata for this pix, says photo taken at 5:34 PM: We've been stalled in rush hour traffic for some 5 min, since our river arrival.

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PROBLEM: IT DOESN’T REALLY WORK … BUT YOU GIVE IT A TRY ANY WAY: As the result of a stroke of inspiration, I made a panorama composite: The Previous Down Town Louisville Photo, Has Been Stitched To 3rd Previous Photo, Titled “Sunset Over the Calm, Peaceful, and BIG, Ohio River”.

Please Click On Photo To Get Largest View, use mouse to slide this composite Left < & > Right, then email me what is so wrong???

What’s the problem? The two scenes joined have a big difference of lighting, hence the “Big Jolt at the joint”!! The fact that the bus also moved, didn’t help.


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Under the Glow Of Sunset, The Louisville Waterfront, With Several Sight-Seeing Boats, and a Line of Street Lights, Stretches Into the Distance.
A peaceful, quiet, static scene, except the mottling effect on the water’s surface, belies the mighty currents beneath.

Remember this view: It will help you understand the next photo.



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Cont: Under the Glow Of Sunset, The Louisville Waterfront, With Several Sight-Seeing Boats, and a Line of Street Lights, Stretches Into the Distance.
We’re Looking West, Over the Louisville Waterfront Area: On Right and Left Is East River Road, respectively, West & East Going, In Center, Dark & Obscured, Must Be I-64 Expressway, which runs along Louisville Waterfront. Lights Appear U-Shaped Because I’ve Been Jerking the Camera, in my anxiety to “catch-it-right-quick.

At Lower Right, You can see the red tail lights of cars going West, on . Plus on the Left, you can see, way into the distance, the headlights of cars coming East. Between is a high elevated …. What’s It??

Close scrutiny shows white strips of lane markers, and two cars looking like their lights are off. Big Light In Center must be an on-a-poll-roadway-illuminator … Since there is a lightened road way area under it.?? You can see these roads in this area more clearly in the Google Map, click on Satellite View: But neither of Google’s Marvelous Views, didn’t help clarify my what was seen in my above photo. 
https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&q=Louisville+KY+Map&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x88690b1ab35bd511:0xd4d3b4282071fd32,Louisville,+KY&gl=us&ei=g3fmUO3BFu-Q0QGSlIGYDg&ved=0CDUQ8gEwAA


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We’ve Just Come Into An Area Where, In The Last Twilight, the Buildings On the Right (West) Are Too Close & Dark to get a useful photo: Looking East, the skyline is illuminated by the dying sun behind me. Catching my attention, is this Interesting Structure: Complimented By the White Swoop Triangular Roof at right, It's "Worth a Click".


It’s 5:38 PM now, and we are out of the traffic jam ... getting dark & look'n around I'm seeing diminished Photo Op's. And besides I’ve overworked the patience of my fellow bus riders, with a me leaning all over them to position my way too many noisy Centro Pix Clickxx’s, having blasted out 46 loud “Kerr-Klick-Whackkk”!!

Thus, we say goodbye to Louisville KY:
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Do you know the name of these two structures? If so ... Please send email. I’ve studied the Google Satellite Photo (link prev photo), quite a bit and have struck out!!!

David Musser (more re him at end) emails the answer::
“ … my friend Curt (founding director of Shakespeare Behind Bars, which is pretty cool) lived in Louisville for many years. So I asked him. His reply:
The taller of the two buildings is an apartment/condo building, and the triangular shaped building is an office building for an investment company called Blue Equity. The father Blue [is well known because he] owned a scrap metal business along the Ohio [River] that was purchased by the city so the riverfront could be developed back to nature.

Googling for “The Blue Equity Building”, I found the Google Map, link below, clicked on Satellite View, and indeed found the Triangle Roof Building, but was confused, as you see in my email back to David =>

“Thanks for the info about the Apartment Building and Blue Equity Building!! I’ll add this to the caption, with credits, of course!! Link below does indeed show a triangle roof, BUT Goog Map (link second below) shows Blue Equity to the West of I-65, and I’m pretty sure my photo shows found the Triangle Roof Building, to the East: That is what I remember, plus look at the illumination of the sun and shadows, various places: Also says East. Thus I’m very puzzled: Could you ask again, and if possible ask for Goog Map Link?? … Again, many thanks. … Sincerely …. Henry

To which David answered: “On the google map set at the Blue Equity Building at 333 E Main St. in Louisville you can see both the buildings in your photo. Looks to me like you are on I-64 west of Joe’s Crab Shack (on the map) looking southeast.”

So ….. I looked again …. AND after exploring the Google Map, discovered The Clark Memorial Bridge, : a SECOND BRIDGE over the Ohio River!! It is quite similar to the I-65 bridge I assumed we were on, since I thought we were still on I-65. But exploring the Satellite View more, discovered the River Boats exactly were my photos showed them, hence I was on Rt 31 in Louisvelle, on our way to the Louisville Greyhound Bus Station. AND yes indeed, the Apartment Building and Blue Equity Building of my photo, are to the East of my location at 5:38 PM. NOW I suddenly remember, from here, we are almost at the Bus Station!! And despite all our time stopped in the traffic jam, we are essentially on time, since my bus ticket print-out, says we are due to arrive at the station at 5:35 PM !!
https://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF-8&q=contact+US+Blue+Equity,+LLC+333+East+Main+Street,+Suite+200+Louisville,+Kentucky+40202&fb=1&gl=us&hq=contact+US+Blue+Equity,+LLC&hnear=0x886972c7554bc645:0xca8872b6e04791b5,333+E+Main+St+%23200,+Louisville,+KY+40202&cid=0,0,2384362380579534723&ei=KxjpULGfDqnO0QHayYCIAQ&ved=0CIIBEPwSMAM

Compared To My Photo Above, You Can Get FAR BETTER **OH WOW** Views of the Apartment Building and Blue Equity Building, and the Waterfront Area of Louisville, By Typing In to Google 300 East Witherspoon Street, Louisville, KY 40202.
If you are lucky, you will be able to Click On Street View, at upper left, and then use you moues to rotate the view, magnify, de-magnify the view. You can even follow the arrows Street View shows on the pavement, to “Drive” along the same road, as did the camera vehicle that originally took these photos.

If the above does not work for you, click the link next below, and when the Google Map comes up, click on the A Icon at center, try clicking around and zooming in close Satellite View, and try to click around till you can click on blue words => Street View.
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=north+Preston++East+Witherspoon+Street+Louisville,+KY&ie=UTF-8&ei=uxnuUMqXCvS30AHCuICgBw&sqi=2&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAA

You will recall similar Google Map Sattelite and Street View abilities, when you were reading my photo description here:
http://ww2.usca.edu/ResearchProjects/ProfessorGurr/gallery/album16/Photo_112012_009_007_005_003ByGIMP?full=1
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David Musser's Eastern Kentucky Heritage Monument -A Proposal-for three 100 ft higy sculptures of Gutar, Banjo, and Violin, to honor Music of Kenutcky.
http://www.appalachianheritagealliance.org/mon-prop.html
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A Typical Medium Size Sisal Plant That Happens To Be Along the Road To Our House.
I’m in Aiken SC now, Driving to our house, I see this Sisal Plant, remembering the my “Poor Little Fella” sisal plant photo (pix 31/75), I stop to photograph this rather normal specimen, shown in this and the next two photos.

Sisal is a member of the Agave Family, and similar to the Yucca Plant, and growing wild, is fairly common in our part of SC.


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