Indianapolis from Crown Hill
Canon PowerShot S95
2011
This is the view from the highest elevation in Indianapolis. This spot is inside the sprawling Crown Hill Cemetery — indeed, this spot is atop Crown Hill itself. That’s where Indiana’s poet, James Whitcomb Riley, is buried.
Indianapolis’s skyline isn’t as rich as that of more major cities, but it is distinctive. The tallest building is Salesforce Tower, previously Chase Tower, previously Bank One Tower, originally American Fletcher Tower.
Lovely perspective.
I’ve shot this a whole bunch of times with a bunch of different cameras, and this is the time the Indy skyline came out best.
It’s rewarding to shoot the same subject in different lighting. I love to see the way something can change with the light.
I got lost in here driving to find the three statues from the old courthouse (two are easy, and one is placed randomly). After a couple of hours of wandering and running perilously low on gas, I called the office. “Hi, I’m…lost…inside the cemetery. Send help!”
The trick is to follow the signs to the Riley site, and then follow the line on the road out of the cemetery!