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One of the Wizard of Oz scenes from The Great Movie Ride in Disney's Hollywood Studios. I bumped up some of the individual colors to try and make the scene pop. It just looked kind of washed out beforehand.
The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed primarily by Victor Fleming. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, but there were uncredited contributions by others. The lyrics for the songs were written by E.Y. Harburg, the music by Harold Arlen. Incidental music, based largely on the songs, was by Herbert Stothart, with borrowings from classical composers
I really must tell all of you that Seattle has been having some of the most amazing sunrises and sunsets I have seen since I moved here.
It would be folly not to share it with all of you. This is Seattle *in between* the days of showers and thunderstorms. Isn't it marvelous? Please enjoy this view, my friends!
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A series of fashion portraits inspired by the costume design of the Emerald City Oz characters from the Broadway play Wicked, during the song "One Short Day"
Model: Jamie Auld
Make Up: Bri Trischitta
Hair: Bri Trischitta
Styling: Bri Trischitta and Danni Siminerio
Photo: Danni Siminerio
Fire Station 2 in the Belltown District of Seattle, Washington. It was originally built in 1921 and is the oldest working fire station in Seattle.
Build up I say.
Sometimes I wonder what it would have been like to encounter some of the first tall steel buildings at the around the late 19th and early 20th century. Staring up at them from the bottom wondering how something like that could ever be built. And how did they entice people to live and work in them? With slogans like ‘work in the clouds’ or ‘sleep near the stars’ perhaps?
The Museum of Flight is a private non-profit air and space museum in the northwest United States. It is located at the southern end of King County International Airport (Boeing Field), in the city of Tukwila, just south of Seattle. It was established in 1965 and is fully accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. As the largest private air and space museum in the world, it also hosts the largest K-12 educational programs in the world. The museum attracts over 400,000 visitors every year.[citation needed] The museum serves more than 140,000 students yearly through both its onsite programs: a Challenger Learning Center, an Aviation Learning Center, and a summer camp (ACE), as well as outreach programs that travel throughout Washington and Oregon.
Yup, even I have a photo from this spot. Considering the events of this weekend, with the Seahawks advancing to being one win away from the Superbowl I figured an image from Seattle was only appropriate.
I was born and grew up in Seattle, so I have more than a little affinity with the Emerald City. Of course I have been a lifelong 'Hawks fan, though the last game I saw in person was played in the Kingdome. Mostly I am excited for them because my dad is excited for them. He says seeing the Seahawks win a Super Bowl is on his bucket list of things to do before he dies. Considering his shaky health over the last ten years, hopefully they don't wait too much longer to get it done.
The Space Needle standing tall like someone's favorite trophy! The sky was playing tricks on me this night. I was on my way out of town when I figured I'd stop for a quick sunset shoot. Because of where I was headed and traffic, I decided to stop on capitol hill. I checked out a few lookouts and a friendly gardeners back yard, nada! So I made my way to a spot I'd been before in hopes to get some good colors.
During the set, the sky was opening up with a blanket of haze covering the sun. When the sun finally reached the horizon I was greeted with a short but colorful show! I didn't have time to stay too long as I imagine blue hour probably looked very cool.
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I was only in Seattle for a couple of hours on my way back from Portland. It was a really bright and cloudless day. Not exactly the best weather for taking photos. I ended up just taking touristy snapshots. Very few turned out well.
I am planning to return to Seattle this fall sometime, and hopefully meet up with some of the many Seattle photographers I know.
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-Sony a300 w/ Tamron 10-24 lens
-Handheld
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-ISO 100
-1/160 exposure
-F10
-Tonemapped in Photomatix Pro 4.0 using one Raw exposure.
-Contrast adjustment, vibrance boost, unsharp Mask, and noise reduction in Photoshop CS5
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The Space Needle is a tower in Seattle, Washington and is a major landmark of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and a symbol of Seattle. Located at the Seattle Center, it was built for the 1962 World's Fair, during which time nearly 20,000 people a day used the elevators, with over 2.3 million visitors in all for the World Fair. The Space Needle is 605 feet (184 m) high at its highest point and 138 feet (42 m) wide at its widest point and weighs 9,550 tons. When it was completed it was the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River. It is built to withstand winds of up to 200 miles per hour (89 m/s) and earthquakes of up to 9.1 magnitude, which would protect the structure against an earthquake as powerful as the 1700 Cascadia earthquake. The tower also has 25 lightning rods on its roof to prevent lightning damage.
The Space Needle features an observation deck at 520 feet (160 m), and a gift shop with the rotating SkyCity restaurant at 500 feet (150 m). 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 to tower above the rest of the city's skyscrapers, as well as Mount Rainier in the background. This occurs because the tower, which is equivalent in height to a 60-story building, stands more than a kilometer northwest of most downtown skyscrapers.
Visitors can reach the top of the Space Needle via elevators that travel at 10 miles per hour (4.5 m/s). The trip takes 43 seconds, and some tourists wait in hour-long lines in order to ascend to the top of the tower. On windy days, the elevators are slowed down to a speed of 5 miles per hour (2.2 m/s). The Space Needle was designated a historic landmark on April 19, 1999 by the City's Landmarks Preservation Board.
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Digging way back in the archives to my last trip to Seattle in 2006 (There's a special place in my heart for this city). Had some interesting shots that I wanted to just have some fun with and really just experiment with some alternative processing methods. Nothing super special here, nothing too serious, just playing around and trying things I think work well and letting how the photo makes me feel be my guide.
I happened to spot this through the window of a business while walking home one night. They were closed and dark inside, but I was at least able to get a rough snapshot from the sidewalk. After a lot of cleanup (removing reflections and other bits of stuff) and an orientation flip, it immediately brought to mind a certain Greek mythological figure. I later learned that this is actually a Chihuly glass sculpture. I'd love to visit the museum in Tacoma one day.
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Location: Queen Anne, Seattle, Washington, USA
A fascinating collection of metal public art sculptures along the edge of Salmon Bay. This is actually two separate sculptures, but if you stand juuust so...
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC
Locale: Chittenden Locks and Dam in Ballard, Seattle, Washington, USA
Explored: Jan 23, 2012 - No. 312
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Digging way back in the archives to my last trip to Seattle in 2006 (There's a special place in my heart for this city). Had some interesting shots that I wanted to just have some fun with and really just experiment with some alternative processing methods. Nothing super special here, nothing too serious, just playing around and trying things I think work well and letting how the photo makes me feel be my guide.
Gleaming, the wash of the evening sun falls on the Emerald City in the Pacific Northwest. After hard rains, the light and color is sharp and stunning.
Enjoy a special, Halloween-themed episode of "Emerald City Infinity".
This is only a teaser. To see the whole video, please visit my newly relaunched channel on YouTube.
This episode was inspired by the novel "Something Wicked This Way Comes" by Ray Bradbury. This story was later produced as a motion picture by Disney Studios in the early 1980s.
As a child, I will never forget the ominous scene -- accompanied by such eerily menacing music -- when the locomotive carrying the circus rhythmically approaches the small town in the middle of the night, thus foreshadowing a most frightful nightmare upon all the unsuspecting townspeople.
This episode features footage of multiple scenes around Seattle. If you're a resident of the Emerald City, try to see how many locales you recognize -- and try not to get too scared in the process!
"Emerald City Infinity" (or "ECI") is a timelapse video series produced by TIA International Photography (TIA). ECI was created from hundreds of timelapse videos recorded between March 2021 and the present date.
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This is Episode 2 of the third season of TIA International Photography's Seattle timelapse series.
This episode features footage of the University of Washington's cherry blossoms, Seattle's sports arenas, the SoDo district, downtown Seattle, and a late summer Duck Dodge boat race on Lake Union.
"Emerald City Infinity" (or ECI) Season Three ("Coup of the Detractors") takes the series in a different direction. Each episode's introduction features satirical skits of withering complaints from or between cranky Seattleites. These skits are meant to be humorous. Most of the dialogue is based on actual comments made by Seattle natives.
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I finally got a chance to mess with those two captures in Photoshop to stitch them two into this panorama even though it was very hard since they were shot w/o tripod and captures did not align well at all. But I think I managed to make it somewhat ok. What do you guys think? This looks much better in my 16 bit PSD format...
This is the night 30 second exposure capture of my beloved city of Seattle from Alki point or beach as some call it. Seattle has a nickname of Emerald city since it's always green! I shot this a while back when I was in Seattle. Almost a year ago!
Seattle skyline night cityscape reflections downtown panorama
At GoGo's Concert, Emerald City Night Club, Cherry Hill, NJ. c.1981. This is the last of the series.
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Some late night urban roaming in Seattle's eastlake district.
Explored: July 10, 2011 - 185
Camera: Nikon D90
Lens: Nikkor 18-105mm f/3.5-5.6G VR
Location: South Lake Union, Seattle, Washington
I have the Emerald City on the brain lately. Well ok, I have a lot on my brain lately. Summer is like that. Busy. Hot too, but I am not going to get into that.
I have several trips north planned in the moderately near future, and most likely even more that are not yet planned.
Most notably, I am part of another gallery showing in Burien. Yes I know, not technically a part of Seattle per se, but close enough, you can put away the atlas now. ;-) I will be showing with three other photographers, two of them established and two emerging. I guess I am considered one of the emerging photographers, which is fine by me. The show opens on August 7th, which is a Friday, at 7pm. The location is as follows:
Burien Arts
421 SW 146th Street
Burien WA 98166
Their website is here.
I realize this is a bit far for many of you to make it, nonetheless, any of you who have three hours to kill and want to drive up, it is always reassuring to see familiar faces. Then again, I always enjoy meeting new ones too.
In other Seattle-related news, a good friend of mine just moved up there today, most likely to begin an exciting new portion of his life. So I wanted to take a moment to wish you luck Aaron. I am sure you will be the cause of many as-of-yet unplanned trips up north for photo expeditions. I look forward to seeing your adventures unfold through your photography.
Phew, now that it is pressing on towards midnight here I had better wrap up. That alarm clock goes off early enough as it is. I took this shot earlier this year on a trip up to Renton to visit my grandparents, and give them another visit with their great-grandson. On the way back to Portland, we decided to do the one hour ferry ride across to Bremerton. I have been on this ferry before, but I was a bit over four years old at that time, and in the middle of moving from Seattle to Yacolt, Washington myself. While I have done the ferry crossings a number of times in this area since, this was the first time I had been back on this particular route. Photographically, I made the most of it. But even without the cameras, I have always loved the ferry rides around the Sound. There is certainly something quietly exhilirating, romantic, and for me, nostalgic about the whole affair. I took this shot off the back of the ferry as we were pulling out of downtown Seattle.
I layed on the ground for about 10 minutes to get this shot. I was shooting handheld and probably looked like and ass hole in the middle of the sidewalk.
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Settings
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-Sony a300 w/ Tamron 10-24 lens
-Handheld
-10mm
-ISO 100
-1/160 exposure
-F10
-Tonemapped in Photomatix Pro 4.0 using one Raw exposure.
-Contrast adjustment, vibrance boost, unsharp Mask, and noise reduction in Photoshop CS5
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The Space Needle is a tower in Seattle, Washington and is a major landmark of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and a symbol of Seattle. Located at the Seattle Center, it was built for the 1962 World's Fair, during which time nearly 20,000 people a day used the elevators, with over 2.3 million visitors in all for the World Fair. The Space Needle is 605 feet (184 m) high at its highest point and 138 feet (42 m) wide at its widest point and weighs 9,550 tons. When it was completed it was the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River. It is built to withstand winds of up to 200 miles per hour (89 m/s) and earthquakes of up to 9.1 magnitude, which would protect the structure against an earthquake as powerful as the 1700 Cascadia earthquake. The tower also has 25 lightning rods on its roof to prevent lightning damage.
The Space Needle features an observation deck at 520 feet (160 m), and a gift shop with the rotating SkyCity restaurant at 500 feet (150 m). 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 to tower above the rest of the city's skyscrapers, as well as Mount Rainier in the background. This occurs because the tower, which is equivalent in height to a 60-story building, stands more than a kilometer northwest of most downtown skyscrapers.
Visitors can reach the top of the Space Needle via elevators that travel at 10 miles per hour (4.5 m/s). The trip takes 43 seconds, and some tourists wait in hour-long lines in order to ascend to the top of the tower. On windy days, the elevators are slowed down to a speed of 5 miles per hour (2.2 m/s). The Space Needle was designated a historic landmark on April 19, 1999 by the City's Landmarks Preservation Board.
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Not for profit bloggers are welcome. I can always use the free publicity.
I do not use Getty Images. If you would like to use any of my photos, please contact me by flickrmail, or e-mail.
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'There's No Place Like Home', Wizard of Oz, the Emerald City, the Yellow Brick Road, Poppy field....Hickory Bench Series.
This is by far one of my favorite ornaments! It is supposed to be able to plug into the tree and it recites a line from the "Wizard of Oz" where the wizard says, "I am the great and powerful, Wizard of Oz! Who are you? WHO ARE YOU?!", but for some reason I haven't been able to get it to work with the tree I currently have. My old one worked fine, and it was so cute listening to it!
The newest one I have is one from "Gone With the Wind", where Rhett Butler is about to walk out the door on Scarlet, and it has a sound clip from that scene where he tells her "Frankly, my Dear, I don't give a d___n.". I was a little disappointed because it wasn't Vivian Leigh's or Clark Gable's voices, but this one from the iconic "Wizard of Oz" does seem to be a clip directly from the movie, though I might be wrong, since it's been so many years since I've actually heard it.
My other all time favorite is one of Bing Crosby sitting in a cozy arm chair and singing, "White Christmas"! Both that one and the "Gone With the Wind" one have a button you push to make it talk. I wish this one did, too!
I hope everyone is having a great week before Christmas! I will probably be posting for the next couple of days, but not much after that. Just in case, I'd like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas!