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Seattle, Washington, USA.
Light trails flow seamlessly on Interstate 5 south of downtown Seattle. Along the left side of the frame, one can see CenturyLink Field -- previously Qwest Field (2004-2011), and previously Seahawks Stadium (2002-2004) -- which is home to the Seattle Seahawks football team.
Last month, I permanently deleted by Facebook and Instagram accounts (without remorse). I discuss the reasons in my latest, and probably most personal, blog article: "Divorcing the King & Queen of Social Media: Facebook & Instagram."
Kansas City Chiefs Opening Day Flyover, Arrowhead Stadium
This week the Chiefs host the Pittsburgh Steelers for a Divisional Playoff Game. Fingers crossed for some good luck for the Chiefs.
Mike D.
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I decided to mix it up a bit and post something a bit outside my norm, in fact, you could say it's almost the exact opposite of the peaceful, calm, people-free landscapes I typically post. Football season is upon us and I was able to go to the Seattle Seahwaks home opener at Qwest Field a few weeks ago. Rather than bring my super long telephoto like all the other photographers at the stadium, I decided to bring my wide angle lens and see just how wide it could get. Combined with the full frame of the D700, I was blown away at how much I was able to get in with the 14mm wide angle lens. I thought this perspective was rather interesting as not only did it really show how large the stadium is, but it also really led your eye to the city skyline backdrop in the distance. Here's a fun fact, though Seattle is known to get it's fair share of rain, both of the sports stadiums are open-air (though the baseball stadium, SAFECO field, does have a roof that closes).
About the shot, this was a 9 shot HDR that was hand-held. This was very tricky without a tripod and I had to set my ISO up higher than I'm usually comfortable with in order to be able to take the shot. I was surprised at little noise there was but still did give it a quick pass in NoiseWare. Then just some standard post processing for levels and contrast to balance out the image. Definitely need to view this one stadium size to appreciate the detail. Hope you all have a wonderful week!
With the start of another NFL season, I'm sharing this photograph of AT&T Stadium at sunset taken a few months ago during our anniversary road trip. As I'm sure many can figure out, the Dallas Cowboys are my favorite team and have been since I was a child and old enough to pick one. While I have had the opportunity to see them play live in person on two occasion (both in Tennessee at the Titans stadium), I have never gotten the chance to see a game in Texas on their home field. And, while this still was not a "game", we did take time to do the stadium tour while in Arlington and see parts that would not be accessible on a game day anyway. It was very cool and worth my time and money to experience parts of the stadium that I would not have seen any other way but an actual "game" is still on the bucket list...
-- Technical Information (or Nerdy Stuff) --
‧ Camera - Nikon D7200 (handheld)
‧ Lens – Nikkor 18-300mm Zoom
‧ ISO – 640
‧ Aperture – f/9
‧ Exposure – 1/40 second
‧ Focal Length – 34mm
The original RAW file was processed with Adobe Camera Raw and final adjustments were made with Photoshop CS6.
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