Your Texas Photos

The Alamo

Photograph by Raymond Choo, My Shot

Taken just before sunrise to avoid crowds at the Alamo. The blue color of the twilight sky provides good contrast to the illuminated Alamo building. A light breeze provided some nice movement to the Texas state flag.

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Windmills

Photograph by Terry Cullender, My Shot

As I left Forestburg one evening and passed through Montague going south, the sun was setting behind a ranch museum, and I quickly snapped two shots with my wife's digital camera before the light changed. A Texas-ranch-country shot.

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West Texas

Photograph by Kim Draper, My Shot

West Texas sunset, Marfa

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Window Trail

Photograph by Ashley Dias, My Shot

This photo was taken in Big Bend National Park on the Window Trail. It was late in the day near the Chisos Basin campground of the park.

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Ferris Wheel

Photograph by Tyler Cleveland, My Shot

Lovers Esteban Armenta and Jessica Clark kiss while riding the Ferris wheel at the 60th annual Stock Show and Rodeo in San Antonio, Texas.

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Lightning Storm

Photograph by Shannon Middlebrook, My Shot

Storm over an old church in West Texas

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Dust Devil

Photograph by Charlie Stout, My Shot

Texas experienced record-setting heat and drought in the summer of 2011, making conditions right for the spawning of dust devils throughout the plains of the Llano Estacado.

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Congress Avenue Bridge

Photograph by Chad Fife, My Shot

One of the most amazing sights in Austin takes place every evening from March to early November, when 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats emerge from their roosts under the Congress Avenue Bridge. This photo was taken with a point-and-shoot camera off of a dock on Lady Bird Lake at sunset. What the photo doesn't capture is the added touch of a saxophone player in the background.

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South Padre Island

Photograph by Chase Fountain, My Shot

The endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) is found in the coastal waters and bays of the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic Ocean. Each summer, from April to August, Sea Turtle, Inc., located on South Padre Island, patrols the beaches for nesting Kemp's ridley turtles. The eggs are incubated in a corral, and the hatchlings are then released back into the Gulf of Mexico.

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North Padre Island

Photograph by Belinda Benavidez, My Shot

Kemp's ridley sea turtle hatchling release on North Padre Island, with 93 hatchlings released. Witnessing the cycle of life was truly a celebration.

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Swimming Hole

Photograph by Doug Podd, My Shot

Spring-fed swimming hole in central Texas

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Dallas

Photograph by Melanie Huff, My Shot

Sunrise

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Enchanted Rock State Natural Area

Photograph by Roy Niswanger, My Shot

Taken at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area in central Texas. This is a 20-second exposure at f/2.8 and ISO 1600. The moon was rising behind me from the east as I faced the northwest. The sky was beautiful! This was during my son's Boy Scout climbing merit badge weekend.

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Wildflowers

Photograph by Sarah Baker, My Shot

Flowers are still in full bloom despite the drought and fall season. This picture, taken in southeast Houston, captures the natural beauty of the area just outside the city.

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Cowboy Boots

Photograph by Maryanne Gobble, My Shot

My friend's baby received some red cowboy boots as a gift. Here they are taking them for a spin.

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Tumbleweed

Photograph by Gaylon Wampler, My Shot

A tumbleweed speeds past me down a road in West Texas.

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Wildfire

Photograph by Frank Cianciolo, My Shot

On the night of April 17, 2011, the waxing gibbous moon provides illumination of a terrifyingly beautiful scene as wildfires, backfires, and burn-off fires nearly surround the dome of the University of Texas McDonald Observatory's Hobby-Eberly Telescope. The bright line of fire above the dome is a line of wildfire about to meet a backfire set to stop its advance. Fires to the left and in the valley to the right were burn-off fires set to starve the wildfire of fuel for further advance.

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Mission San Juan Capistrano

Photograph by Eduardo Macias, My Shot

The sun sets behind Mission San Juan Capistrano in San Antonio, Texas. Mission San Juan is one of San Antonio's four missions.

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Rodeo

Photograph by Norberto Villanueva, My Shot

The cowboys seem to talk very casually right before riding a bull. They do seem to have nerves of steel.

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Houston

Photograph by Ronnie Bennett, My Shot

This is a photograph of downtown Houston, Texas, with the Sabine Street Bridge crossing over the famous Buffalo Bayou. I find myself looking at this image and wondering what it must have been like to float up this bayou before all this was here and if the pioneers of this great city are able to see what I see now. Who knows, maybe there are a few of them sitting on that empty bench below, admiring the same view as me.

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Thunderstorm

Photograph by Matthew Spaulding, My Shot

A thunderstorm passes across a Texas landscape during a summer evening. This photo was shot during a cross-country road trip from Maryland to California. Watching lightning strike on the horizon was a highlight of the drive through Texas, and when we came across a long line of power cables, I knew it was time to take a break from driving and set up the camera.

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Rio Grande Basin

Photograph by Sara Myers, My Shot

A view from the Rio Grande basin along the Santa Elena Canyon Trail located in Big Bend National Park, Texas.

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Gulf Coast

Photograph by Irene Quiroga, My Shot

Ibis soaring against the rising sun on the Texas Gulf Coast

Marble Falls

Photograph by Brynn Lee, My Shot

Taken when the bluebonnets were at their most vibrant, just north of Marble Falls, Texas, in April 2010

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Big Bend National Park

Photograph by CJ Daniels, My Shot

Road going through the mountains at Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas

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State Fair

Photograph by Scott Fischer, My Shot

Walking down the midway at the Texas State Fair back in October

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Night Sky

Photograph by Ben Hamilton, My Shot

A faint glow behind the Mule Ears in Big Bend National Park caught my eye while I was taking photos of the Milky Way. This was a 30-second exposure and amazingly captured both the encroaching light and brilliant desert night sky!

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Rodeo Parade

Photograph by Bassel Almoughraby, My Shot

The Rodeo Parade on Memorial Drive kicks off the Annual Houston Rodeo and Live Stock Show.

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Texas Longhorn

Photograph by Rajendra Tipparaju, My Shot

The Texas longhorn is a breed of cattle known for its characteristic horns, which can extend to 7 feet (2 meters) tip to tip for steers and exceptional cows, and 36 to 80 inches (0.91 to 2.0 meters) tip to tip for bulls.

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State Capitol

Photograph by Ameet Agnihotri, My Shot

Austin

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San Antonio

Photograph by Raymond Choo, My Shot

The Riverwalk area in San Antonio is one of the major tourist spots in Texas. Here, the area along the river canal is lit for the Christmas holidays.

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San Jacinto River

Photograph by Michael Beswick, My Shot

The last in a series of nine images captures an osprey after a dive and a successful catch for an early morning breakfast on the San Jacinto River in southeast Texas.

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Rower

Photograph by Adam Souter, My Shot

During my recent trip to Austin, Texas, I saw that rowing and kayaking are a huge way of life. Living in Sydney next to the ocean my whole life, water sports such as bodyboarding have been a huge influence in my life. Seeing people still connected to water activities even in Texas is really great. I took this shot at sunrise and instantly knew it was great.

Hill Country

Photograph by Zai Aragon, My Shot

The Hill Country, in the heart of Texas, is the land of horses and cowboys.

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South Padre Island

Photograph by Sarah Groman, My Shot

I took this at South Padre Island, Texas. The size of the clouds compared to the size of the people in the picture amuses me.

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Gulf Coast

Photograph by Irene Quiroga, My Shot

White pelicans on the Texas Gulf Coast

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Galveston Bay

Photograph by Mimi Wang, My Shot

I took this picture in January 2012 at a small opening in Galveston Bay, Texas. It was a cold day just after it had rained.

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Dell Valley

Photograph by Matthew Idler, My Shot

A farmer irrigates his crops in Dell Valley, Texas.

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Rio Grande Valley

Photograph by Katie RobertsHull, My Shot

A farmer's crops in Edcouch, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley

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Austin

Photograph by Joseph Nerlfi, My Shot

Austin diners anticipating and enjoying an American classic: fried chicken

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Pasture

Photograph by Danielle Dupree, My Shot

Cows head in for the evening as the sun sets over this Texas pasture.

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Caddo National Grasslands

Photograph by Nathan Campbell, My Shot

Picture taken while at work at the Caddo National Grasslands in Texas. The Grasslands are managed by the U.S. Forest Service.

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Caddo Lake

Photograph by Grisel Cambiasso, My Shot

This shot was taken in Caddo Lake during my visit there in summertime. Caddo Lake is located on the border between Texas and Louisiana. A magical place.

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Eagle Mountain Lake

Photograph by Andrew Newton, Your Shot

Fireworks launched from a barge in Eagle Mountain Lake in Texas for a Fourth of July show for the Fort Worth Boat Club.

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