Monday, February 24, 2014

Space Needle/Seattle Center (Part 2) - Seattle, WA

From 7/17/2013 to 8/2/2013, I took a road trip from the SF Bay Area to Vancouver, BC, Canada. Half of the trip was spent driving up the west coast. On my trip, I visited many famous places such as Seattle, Butchart Gardens, Mount Rainier, and much more. Obviously I got many coastal shots and many places that isn't as famous. The reason I am posting it now is because the high amount of photos I took equaled a high amount of processing time. I took a bit over 2000 photos on the trip. After stitching the panoramas, compositing the HDRs, and picking out photos from the repeats, I have a bit over 1000 photos to show you guys. The photos will be split into parts. I will link you to the previous and next parts on each post just like I did with my Death Valley National Park photos and my Yellowstone/Grand Teton National Park photos. Hope you enjoy viewing this chain of posts!

Full Resolution Photos and Prints: If you want to see full resolution photos or buy prints of any of the photos you see, they are up on my portfolio for viewing. To view my best Seattle, WA photos, use this link. To view all of my day 12 photos, use this link.

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Today I have part 2 of the photos from Seattle Center and on top on the observation deck of the Space Needle. I split these photos into 2 parts. If you want to see part 1, go to the previous post. Hope you enjoy viewing these photos.

A photo from the observation deck during sunset. Here are the other tourists also there. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 47 37 13 N 122 20 57 W  

Another photo of sunset from the observation deck and the tourists. 

HDR composition of the sunset. 

The sun dips below the horizon. 


As you can see, the shot from the same angle from the previous post have very different lighting. Off in the distance you can see Mount Rainier. 

Two long exposures in the indoor part of the observation deck. 


I return to the bottom of the Space Needle, back to Seattle Center for some dusk and night photos. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 47 37 13 N 122 20 57 W  

Two long exposures at the same spot near Seattle Center. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 47 37 12 N 122 20 56 W  


A long exposure of the water fountain in front of the Space Needle. The next few photos of the Space needle was all shot near the fountain. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 47 37 12 N 122 20 57 W  

I decided to do a few night long exposure of the Space Needle. Very beautiful at night. 


Guess what this is? It is the water fountain from above. Decided to do a bokeh shot of it. 

Another photo of the Space Needle and the water fountain. 

I got back to the street for another long exposure. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 47 37 12 N 122 20 56 W  

I take out my telephoto lens and got a shot of the top of the Space Needle. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 47 37 12 N 122 20 57 W  

These are all the photos for today and for day 12. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Next time I will continue with photos from Mount Rainier National Park. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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