More Seattle shots

dseidman

Here are a couple shots I took of the Seattle skyline last night. This is a little different from the typical views of the city. Enjoy!

hawkeye978

Very different angle and interesting light. I had to look twice because at first I thought the mountains were just clouds. Nice set!

coscorrosa

Those are great, I really like the clouds above the Olympics! Very dramatic.

Where were these taken? Obviously east of the city, but depending on the focal length you used, that could be anywhere

Awais Yaqub

Wow ! amazing photos !
City is beautiful !

Tharhawk

Great. I like these. Your compositions in both of these is great. So many photos from Seattle and area. A lot of us must live in the same area?

Nacho

Danny, gorgeous skylines, if we want to call them that, I think they are wonderful mountainscapes also! The outline of the mountains and the clouds give it such a wonderfully inviting feel to it.

Thanks, great colors also,

N

dseidman

coscorrosa wrote:

Those are great, I really like the clouds above the Olympics! Very dramatic.

Where were these taken? Obviously east of the city, but depending on the focal length you used, that could be anywhere

With it being so overcast lately, I got pretty lucky with this sunset last night. I missed getting something even cooler in that first shot but I was just a couple minutes late for the real show. Right as I was pulling up, there were some nice diagonal sun rays shining down in front of the buildings. Oh well.

These were taken atop somerset hill. I recommend you get up there and check it out sometime. As you can see, the views are spectacular.

Oh and the telephoto was used in the first image with the intention of making it look like the city is right at the base of the Olympics (due to the compression). The first was taken at 263mm and the second was at 164mm.

dseidman

Tharhawk wrote:

Great. I like these. Your compositions in both of these is great. So many photos from Seattle and area. A lot of us must live in the same area?

I've noticed this with most landscape forums I've looked at. It always seems like half the members live in the Seattle area. I suppose it's a pretty good place for pictures.

dseidman

Thanks for all the comments!

dustin32

Really neat shots. I don't think I've ever seen the Seattle skyline so mountainous before, way to capture the old in an interesting way!

dseidman

dustin32 wrote:

Really neat shots. I don't think I've ever seen the Seattle skyline so mountainous before, way to capture the old in an interesting way!

I was thinking people might start getting tired of the standard Kerry Park pictures if I didn't mix it up a little. There are some other nice angles to get of the city but some of those may require a ferry ride, which I'm not up for.

grimace

Beautiful job Danny. Looks like you had some great dramatic skies.

dseidman

grimace wrote:

Beautiful job Danny. Looks like you had some great dramatic skies.

Thanks. Yes, I was rather fortunate in getting favorable conditions.

Digital Illusions

Great shot. I usually dont see images looking west accros the city. usually it is looking east toward Mt Rainier. Great job.

dseidman

Digital Illusions wrote:

Great shot. I usually dont see images looking west accros the city. usually it is looking east toward Mt Rainier. Great job.

And I'm plenty guilty of contributing to the pool of images from Kerry Park.
I'm glad you like the change!

coscorrosa

dseidman wrote:

I was thinking people might start getting tired of the standard Kerry Park pictures if I didn't mix it up a little. There are some other nice angles to get of the city but some of those may require a ferry ride, which I'm not up for.

Don't worry about the cliche and/or mediocre Kerry Park photos, I've been posting those about once a month for a year and they haven't banned me yet

kdog

#1 really knocks my socks off. Great job here!