Queen Anne
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The Space Needle at Christmas
Made by papalars
The Space Needle is a tower in Seattle, Washington. It is a major landmark of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and the symbol of Seattle. Located in Seattle Center, it was built for the 1962 World's Fair, during which time nearly 20,000 people a day used the elevators — 2.3 million visitors in all for the World Fair. The Space Needle is 605 feet (184 m) high and 138 feet (42 m) wide at its widest point and weighs 9,550 tons. When it was completed it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi River.[1] It is built to withstand winds of up to 200 mph (320 km/h) and earthquakes up to 9.5 magnitude (which would protect the structure against an earthquake as powerful as the 1700 Cascadia earthquake) and has 25 lightning rods on the roof to prevent lightning damage. The Space Needle features an observation deck at 520 feet (160 m), the SkyCity restaurant at 500 feet (152 m), and a gift shop.[1] From the top of the Needle, one can see not only the Downtown Seattle skyline, but also the Olympic and Cascade Mountains, Mount Rainier, Mount Baker, Elliott Bay and surrounding islands. Photographs of the Seattle skyline often show the Space Needle in a prominent position, even appearing sometimes to tower above the rest of the city's skyscrapers. This occurs because the Space Needle sits roughly four-fifths of a mile (1.3 km) northwest of these skyscrapers, and photographers must capture the city with the Space Needle in the foreground in order to include both it and the rest of the tall buildings. (This angle offers the added bonus of affording a view of Mount Rainier in the background.) At 60 stories it is not remarkably tall, and it is not as close to the cluster of downtown skyscrapers as one might think judging only from the typical angle from which the skyline photographs are taken. Visitors can reach the top via elevators that travel at 10 mph (16 km/h). This trip takes 43 seconds and some tourists wait in hour-long lines in order to ascend to the top of the tower. It was designated a historic landmark on April 19, 1999.[2] It is now owned by the privately held Space Needle Corporation.
Clear Skies
Made by Ar'alani
Perhaps everyone who lives in Seattle and enjoys landscape photography has something similar to this shot. It is an AMAZING view up on Queen Anne Hill at the little park, and I always get lens envy. I spoke to a young man in fits of ecstasy as he tested his new 70-200mm 2.8 IS lens. If he hadn't been so charming, I might have been tempted to bop him on the head with my Pentax and steal his lens. ;-) Okay, maybe not. Despite this being a usual spot for photographers, it is unusual to be able to see the mountain so clearly. Most days, you'd have no idea it was there. Clouds, smog, etc. get in the way all the time. But this particular day, the wind was blowing everything away from the mountain. Shot with a Galen Rowell 3-step GND filter.
Dusk Skyline (HDR Detail Enhanced)
Made by RyanWelshPhotography.com
A shot of the Seattle skyline at dusk, shot on July 4th, while waiting for the fireworks to begin. The sun setting on Mt. Rainier can clearly be seen in the background to the left. This is a 5-shot bracket of exposures shot at ISO100, processed in Photomatix. The end result has been touched up in post with Photoshop to remove a lens artifact from the upper-left sky. Also used Noise Ninja to smooth out some graininess. This was a version using the Details Enhancer mode in Photomatix's tone mapper. I couldn't decide if I liked this version or the better. I've been thinking about Photoshopping out the cranes. I don't know - I'd like to hear you Flickrites' feedback on that idea.
up and over
Made by poopoorama
Jan 4, 2006: I made #15 on for Dec 30, 2005. Jan 5, 2006: Woo-hoo! It's at #10! LOMO LC-A / Kodak Elite Chrome 200 / cross-process
emerald city
Made by wildpianist
HDR rendition of the downtown seattle skyline with the space needle best viewed Canon EOS 10D Canon EF 100mm 1:2.8 USM @ f/8 eight exposures combined in photoshop to get this one HDR image
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