We had a leisurely two-hour buffet dinner, and it was dark when we left the hotel. Although the walk from the Las Vegas Strip to the Palms Casino Resort seemed long, we opted to walk back. We thought it prudent to burn off some of the calories we ingested.

The return trip seemed closer for a couple of reasons. It’s shorter when you’re familiar with the area, so we had that going for us. Also, photographically, for me, the night was more visually attractive.

I framed the Gold Coast Casino similarly at night as I did during the daytime, which I posted two days ago. Neither are great photographs, but they document a worthwhile contrast between day and night.

The Rio was noticeably more interesting at night. The marquee featured impressive neon that stood out along the sparsely built road. Unlike the Strip, where the hotel jostled to compete with visual queues, it’s quiet out here.

Even the Rio Tower looked better than the daytime view I posted a couple of days ago.

We needed to cross over Interstate 15, and here’s the view on the way back. The nighttime allowed me to create a hand-held long exposure motion blur at 1/4 of a second — more interesting than during the day. I was forced to shoot through the chain link fence. However, this added an urban element and increased texture.

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