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The Top of the Rock at Rockefeller Center in New York is a great place to get an overview of the city and Central Park. The sunsets are also great from here!
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Cityscape of Bangkok and Chao Phraya River view from King Power Mahanakhon, in this scene: Icon Siam, Le Bua at Satate Tower, The River Condominium and more
Osaka, Japan
By the time we reached Osaka in the late afternoon via our fourth Shinkansen journey, we were both beginning to feel a bit "citied out" and the thought of site seeing in Japan's second biggest city seemed somewhat tiring. But we may never have the opportunity to revisit Japan again and so after finding the hotel, which was conveniently situated over the subway line although it took over half an hour to find it, we reviewed our itinerary and headed for the hotel bar and restaurant and an early night.
The following morning we were both up with the larks and out of the hotel and heading for yet another new subway network. First tick on the list was the Umeda Sky building - a very quirky design skyscraper that is the 19th tallest building in Osaka at 173m (568 ft), but doesn't even make the top 50 in Japan, but that's not the main reason for visiting. I'd read about it before going to Japan and was surprised that Mrs R had included it in our itinerary for I know she would be freaked out by its "interesting" features.
The building consists of two 40-story towers that connect at their two uppermost stories, with a glass bridge midway and a pair of escalators that cross the void from the 35th floor of the west tower up to the 39th floor of the east tower. Now as much as I like my architecture this building simple tries too hard for the wow factor. The escalators were the most memorable part of the visit as the observation deck and rooftop circuit can't hold a light to the Orizuru Tower in Hiroshima in my opinion. In my posting you can see the external glass elevator between the white and red sculptures and the two escalators at the top. If you don't like heights, then this might be one to give a miss as Mrs R would have done in hindsight. You'll see what I mean in the next upload...
Mori Tower, Roppongi Hills
I've often wondered when looking at panoramas and epic vistas, do they really convey a sense of scale to the viewer, especially an unfamiliar scene. My own thoughts are they do not unless there are recognisable points of reference that we might personally know to bridge that void.
To re-iterate my point, we've all seen images of the Grand Canyon, but to my mind these never live up to the reality, after all you are looking at a limited image size, maybe in a book, magazine or computer screen. Nothing ever conveys the scale until you visit these places for yourself and I've been lucky enough to stand on the rim of the Grand Canyon as well as on top of Uluru and wonder at my own insignificance within those landscapes, so I feel this will have little effect on most of you but let me try and explain.
My lasting impression of Tokyo is the overwhelming size of this city and that nearly 40m people can function and live in harmony there. I had hoped that the view from the Skytree would convey this point but as I mentioned in a previous post a decent panorama is hard to shoot on account of the windows and framework.
However, the Sky Deck at Mori Tower in Roppongi Hills does its damndest to compensate and is by far the better view in my opinion. This was originally an 8 frame panorama that actually stitched together very well but I've cut it down to just 6. The view is just the north west quadrant of Tokyo with the dominant and most recognisable structure in the city - the Tokyo Tower (a communication and observation tower painted white and international orange) in the middle. However, if you look to the left on the skyline you can make out the Skytree - the second tallest structure in the world, second only to the Burj Khalifa. To give you some sense of scale, from where I am standing on top of the Mori Tower the Tokyo Tower is 1.5km away and from there to the Skytree is another 8.2km measured directly. Both these structures are deemed to be within the inner city of Tokyo but the accompanying image will hopefully give you an idea of just how big metropolitan Tokyo is.
From the main observation deck of Toronto's CN tower, people are posing, photos are taken, filters applied, and posted on Instagram for all to see...
I'll admit to waiting until the next day to post mine. :O)
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So, do you really need me to tell you what building this is? I hope not but just in case, it's the tallest in North America. It's the Sears Tower, not Willis Tower darn it! 1, 450 feet tall and 110 stories. I'll point out the observation deck with a note. Just in case you want to know where it's at.
I live in San Francisco, so New York City is a long way to go for a one-hour meeting. But what a great city to visit, even just for a quick work trip.
My meeting was Monday morning, which meant I needed to fly on Sunday. I left really early with the idea of getting to the city in time for blue hour photos. My hotel was close to the Empire State Building, so after dropping off my bag I headed right up to the observation deck on the 86th floor and made it there well before sunset.
Taking low-light shots from the Empire State Building’s observation deck is a little tricky. There are big crowds to deal with, of course, but the main problem is that tripods are prohibited. I tried some high-ISO handheld shots until it got pretty dark, then I switched to a variety of MacGyver-esque balancing acts that involved resting the camera on various ledges and awkwardly propping it into position with whatever miscellaneous objects I happened to have in my pockets. Turns out you can do a lot with a lens cap, an iPod, and a paperback book.
This is the view looking north, with the Chrysler Building on the far right.
This trail to the observation deck was photographed on a foggy morning at Pine Glades Natural Area near Jupiter, Florida. See this, and more, on my website at tom-claud.pixels.com.
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View from the Empire State Building (ESB) observation deck in New York City, NY looking towards the Hudson river and New Jersey. I found a number of shots I'd taken in the summer that I'd lost and this is part of the batch.
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Oh boy I had photos when One Vanderbilt was just a hole in the ground next to the grand central station. That day we went to the Guggenheim building on Madison and we saw a giant hole looks to be the foundation for a tall skyscrapers and years later when I return to New York, viola there it is. I must say it's a beautiful tower with a cool spire atop some nice geometries around the pinnacles. Not a intruder to the old skyline but it tilted the balance on everything being centered around the Empire State building which was burned into the mind of many including me.
One Vanderbilt when it was just a hole in the ground -
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This tiki hut observation deck overlooking a marsh was seen from the Visitor's Center at Grassy Waters Preserve in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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See if you can spot the Jupiter trail in the upper middle. This was shot from the Empire State Building observation deck looking South towards Jersey City, NJ, the financial district, Brooklyn, and Staten Island in New York City (NYC).
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I got the idea for this view from this image on Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/empty_quarter/14370499778/in/pool-a...). It's a view atop Sulphur Mountain looking to the northwest just a little ways down the walkway from the Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station. For a few years since I'd seen this image on Flickr, I'd saved it for a view and image I knew I wanted to see, savor and just soak in. While I couldn't capture the empty setting with all the people coming and going, I was able to pretty much find the same spot with the look down to the observation point. One thing I knew I had to do was include the mountain view off in the distance. For me including this backdrop was a complement to being up top on Sulphur Mountain. I also found the stairs and wooden walkway also kind of led the eyes as a leading line to those mountain peaks of the Canadian Rockies.
Sky Costanera is an observation deck located on top of the Grand Torre Santiago, which, with its 300 m, is the highest building in South America.
TF-AMP makes a nose-down approach for 25R.
This is operated by Air Atlanta Icelandic on behalf of Air Bridge Cargo but in ex-Saudi Cargo colours. The Air Bridge titles have recently been removed.
Glass skyscrapers of the new Warsaw as seen from the observation deck on the 30th floor of the palace of culture and science.
The Emerald City glimmering at dusk. The streets glowing in amber and yellow, really help to live up to the city's nickname. Certainly one of the coolest sunset I've seen up here, in that it lasted forever - almost 45 mins with these conditions. Perfect amount of haze led to some nice color conditions and great visibility. I love going up here, one of my favorite places to just see the city and relax. Hope you are all enjoying your weekend!
Image - single exposure, no filters.
View of Tokyo Tower from the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building, 45th floor, in Shinjuku.
Tokyo Tower vista desde el piso 45 del edificio metropolitano de gobierno en Shinjuku.
Top of the Rock does not get old. The skylines are changing. New buildings popped up everywhere but the deck remains the same and continues to offer good views from Midtown to all directions of New York City. I was blessed with a nice sunset that evening. No complaints.
Open air decks for the win!
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White, wispy clouds streak across a blue sky at Cypress Creek Natural Area in Jupiter, Florida. Prints, and many other items, are available with this image on my website at www.tom-claud.pixels.com. Click on the link and thanks for visiting!
The fiery sun over Sydney, starting its downward journey into the horizon, as seen by my zoom lens from the observation deck of the Sydney Tower Eye.
As viewed from the 94th floor Skydeck in the John Hancock Center. Two obvious towers are Trump International and of course, the Sears Tower. I hate shooting into the sun but next time we go up in this tower the sun will be at my back. This is a really cool side trip to take while in the Magnificent Mile portion of downtown.
What's cool about Dagebüll harbor is that they built an observation platform right next to the ferry dock.
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It was this guy's birthday today www.timothyarchibald.com/, so I went looking through my archives for a photo of him. Happy birthday, TA!
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