Seattle's Air Traffic

dseidman

Hey everyone, I'm new here and this is my first image post. I'd love to know what you think!

This is about an hour's worth of air traffic over Seattle, WA.

Richard

Very cool shot. Post some more.

justME

Outstanding.

squirl033

interesting shot! how'd you keep the city lights from blowing out on such a long exposure?

doingcool

outstanding shot!!

dseidman

Thanks everyone for stopping by!

squirl033 wrote:

interesting shot! how'd you keep the city lights from blowing out on such a long exposure?

I have gotten this question a lot so I wrote up a description that can be found here. This is a composite image with about 120 stacked layers.

Darren Troy C

Oh that's just kewl!

Awais Yaqub

Wow ! great job

Elaine

Very cool and well done!

Candid Arts

That is pretty damn cool. Great idea and execution.

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Elliot

Oh man, I just posted my first shot too and yours is way better than mine! Nice work.

piercingperceptions

Amazing shot! Great idea. And I LOVE IT because that is my home and I miss it so! Great work! thumbthumb

clemensphoto's

Very cool

shadreo

Wow! That is fantastic! My sister is an Air Traffic Controller near Seattle, I am going to send her a link to this!

coscorrosa

Probably the most photographed location in Seattle and you got a unique shot! Awesome! Great idea and execution.

p27rpy

great shot! i love it

coldclimb

This is awesome, very nice work! Blow it up and sell it to the airport, or something.

grimace

Welcome to the form. Wonderful shot!!

AngryRed

Wow I said wow when I saw this shot. Great job!

NeilL

t.h.a.n.k.y.o.u.f.o.r.y.o.u.r.m.e.s.s.a.g.e.o.f.w.e.l.c.o.m.e

ET


Seriously, the technique is cool. I think I was expecting to see the sky scribbled all over. Maybe a relatively quite night?

dseidman

shadreo wrote:

Wow! That is fantastic! My sister is an Air Traffic Controller near Seattle, I am going to send her a link to this!

Thanks!

dseidman

coldclimb wrote:

This is awesome, very nice work! Blow it up and sell it to the airport, or something.

That's not a bad idea. I just may give it a try.

dseidman

NeilL wrote:

t.h.a.n.k.y.o.u.f.o.r.y.o.u.r.m.e.s.s.a.g.e.o.f.w.e.l.c.o.m.e

ET


Seriously, the technique is cool. I think I was expecting to see the sky scribbled all over. Maybe a relatively quite night?

It was a little quieter than I expected. I was sure to show up just after sunset, as I felt this would be the busiest time night. The reason it's not overly chaotic is there are two airports that lie just south of the city and most of the planes that came into view were already in a landing pattern. The diagonal path that passes just over the top of the Space Needle is actually made up of at least 20 planes that were almost perfectly overlapped.

dseidman

Thanks to everyone for the kind words! I really appreciate it.

DanniFanni89

amazing!
this is soo cool!!
lust

ront

Really nice!!

Ron

Roaddog 52

A really unique take on a classic Seattle skyline image. Well conceived and executed.

greenpea

Amazing shot! I've shot that location countless times and seen many many images taken from that location, but this is probably the coolest shot I've seen from that location! Thanks for sharing!

annnna8888

Amazing! I had a look at your tutorial and it seems like a great idea. I'll have to try it some time.

Ana

Tharhawk

Great work! I love your perspective of the city and the ocean, both in contrast to what I normally photo...the mountains and the snow. Thanks for inspiring me.

dseidman

Wow, you guys keep coming. Thank you very much for all these comments!

Tharhawk wrote:

Great work! I love your perspective of the city and the ocean, both in contrast to what I normally photo...the mountains and the snow. Thanks for inspiring me.

I took a look at your galleries. You have some great stuff.