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The Cosmo...Politan
While wondering the Las Vegas Strip, I was drawn to the base of the Eifel tower. Looking up, I decided it was time for me to get some photos from the top. Another lucky day, the time was right, and the sunset put on a show that illuminated the Las Vegas Valley. It was one of those photo moments where everything comes together. The city lights were coming on, the sun was down, and the thin clouds reflected color everywhere, and the ground elements reflected the color of the sky. Looking at the camera screen, I knew this was a rare sunset. And not much post processing was needed to bring out the colors. All I needed to do was bring up the shadow detail, and let the camera and nature do all the work.
A 6 shot panorama of the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. Today there is no Harmon Tower in the background, as it was demolished due to construction issues. Now the Cosmo towers above the Bellagio and all the City Center buildings in the area. The Cosmo is without a clean history. It, like many other Las Vegas hotels that were built during the 2006 era had defaulted on loans, been sued by investors, and went bankrupt. According to the Wikipedia, this expensive 3.9 billion property was eventually sold for 1 billion by a bank.
Nevertheless, another day of great sunset colors. Shot during twilight with a Lumx LX100 hand held from the Las Vegas Eifel Tower on the Las Vegas Strip. According to the people at the Paris, the Las Vegas Eifel is 1/2 scale of the real deal. The portholes on the tower are about 4"x4", just big enough for small cameras. A DSLR with zoom may not fit. I've seen a few people with large camera bags using their smart phones taking photos. No tripods.
See the full video in 4K or HD:
Here's a later testing of the Lumix LX100 in 4K
Thanks for viewing.
PHOTO AWARDS on ViewBug
Photo Challenge Winner: "Best View Taken from a Balcony" September 2016.
The Cosmo...Politan
While wondering the Las Vegas Strip, I was drawn to the base of the Eifel tower. Looking up, I decided it was time for me to get some photos from the top. Another lucky day, the time was right, and the sunset put on a show that illuminated the Las Vegas Valley. It was one of those photo moments where everything comes together. The city lights were coming on, the sun was down, and the thin clouds reflected color everywhere, and the ground elements reflected the color of the sky. Looking at the camera screen, I knew this was a rare sunset. And not much post processing was needed to bring out the colors. All I needed to do was bring up the shadow detail, and let the camera and nature do all the work.
A 6 shot panorama of the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. Today there is no Harmon Tower in the background, as it was demolished due to construction issues. Now the Cosmo towers above the Bellagio and all the City Center buildings in the area. The Cosmo is without a clean history. It, like many other Las Vegas hotels that were built during the 2006 era had defaulted on loans, been sued by investors, and went bankrupt. According to the Wikipedia, this expensive 3.9 billion property was eventually sold for 1 billion by a bank.
Nevertheless, another day of great sunset colors. Shot during twilight with a Lumx LX100 hand held from the Las Vegas Eifel Tower on the Las Vegas Strip. According to the people at the Paris, the Las Vegas Eifel is 1/2 scale of the real deal. The portholes on the tower are about 4"x4", just big enough for small cameras. A DSLR with zoom may not fit. I've seen a few people with large camera bags using their smart phones taking photos. No tripods.
See the full video in 4K or HD:
Here's a later testing of the Lumix LX100 in 4K
Thanks for viewing.
PHOTO AWARDS on ViewBug
Photo Challenge Winner: "Best View Taken from a Balcony" September 2016.