Friday, February 21, 2014

Space Needle/Seattle Center (Part 1) - 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 photos from Seattle Center and on top on the observation deck of the Space Needle. I will be splitting these photos into 2 parts. Hope you enjoy viewing these photos.

First off is a photo of the Space Needle from near its base.
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 47 37 12 N 122 20 58 W

Reflection of the EMP Museum at the Seattle Center. I thought the reflection made a cool abstract shot. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 47 37 16 N 122 20 56 W

Always love to do a black and white process of an abstract shot. :)


Here is a photo of the EMP Museum. You can see where those colorful reflections come from. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 47 37 17 N 122 20 56 W

A panorama of the EMP Museum area with the Seattle Space Needle on the right. Sadly the panorama stitching cut off the Space Needle a little bit. Shot from same location as above. 

A photo of the Space Needle with the reflections of the EMP Museum below. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 47 37 17 N 122 20 55 W

A photo from the water fountain area of Seattle Center. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 47 37 20 N 122 21 07 W


A photo from the base of the Space Needle. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 47 37 14 N 122 20 58 W

Photo of the visitors lining up to go to the Observation Deck. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 47 37 15 N 122 20 58 W

I lined up to head to the observation deck. Here are a few photos from when the Space Needle was getting build. 


It was just in time for sunset when I got to the observation deck of the Space Needle. Off in the distance is Mount Rainier. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 47 37 14 N 122 20 57 W

I spent my time on the observation deck photographing the city and the sunset at different angles. 


The view of the sunset from the observation deck. Mount Rainier is off in the distance. 

Here is what the observation deck looks like. 

Another sunset shot from the observation deck. Mount Rainier is off in the distance. 

These are all the photos for today. I hope you have enjoyed viewing them. Next time I will continue with photos from Seattle Center and the observation deck of the Seattle Space Needle in Seattle, WA photos. 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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