I had no plan to photograph the moon last night, but it looked so bright. So, I ran out and snapped a few pics. Here you go……
Seattle Sunset
This photo is fairly old…maybe four or five years old. I don’t remember what year I traveled to Seattle. I could look it up, but I’m lazy as well. This photo has been processed and sitting on my hard drive waiting for it’s turn to see the world. I just forgot about it until this morning. I sat at this spot for about 4 hours taking pictures from early evening, through sunset and afterward into the blue hour. As you can see, it was a beautiful evening.
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Seattle's Space Needle
Can you think of a more iconic item for Seattle? I can’t. So tonight’s post is of the Space Needle. I took this in late 2014 while on a work trip to Seattle. It was a great trip both professionally and personally. By the way, can you tell that I’ve been processing photos from this Seattle trip? It probably wasn’t to hard to figure out since I’ve posted a few photos recently the Emerald City.
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Space Needle
I loved the Seattle skyline. You can’t have the Seattle skyline without the Space Needle landmark (single most recognizable symbol of Seattle) included in a photo. I don’t know if it’s a law, but it should be. I’ve seen it on TV and in a thousand photos. But until I stood there from sunset to past dusk, I didn’t appreciate how wonderful this city looks. It was worth the trip, just to sit there at sunset watching the city. Put that activity on your bucket list!!
Space Needle: I thought you’d like a little information about this structure. It was built in the Seattle Center for the 1962 World’s Fair, which had over 2.3 million visitors. It is 605 feet high, 138 feet wide, and weighs 9,550 tons. It was built to withstand winds up to 200 miles per hour and earthquakes of up to 9.1 magnitudes. The observation deck is at 520 feet with the gift shop and rotating SkyCity restaurant at 500 feet.
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Seattle Skyline
As you probably read in my past blog posts, I loved my time experiencing and photographing Seattle. Why??? Because of the great locations like this one. I took this photo from Kerry Park looking back at the city skyline so that I could see the Space Needle, skyline and Mount Rainier in the same frame. What a cool location!!
This specific photo was taken at sunset. I shot from this site on my visit during a sunset and sunrise. I think I got lucky, since a local photographer told me that they only get about 10 good days per year, where you can see Mount Rainier this clear. On both of my days, it was easy to see. Lucky.
