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Nov. 12th, 2006
Instead of sleeping off my cigarette smoke induced migraine, fortune had placed me upon the top of the Augustus Tower of Caesar's Palace &mdash How I got up there is another story. Since I probably would never be there again; I had to take this opportunity to shoot a few photos. This was the first time I had a chance to really do nighttime city photography since I switched from slide film to digital.
Now, I'm a strong adherent to the belief that it's the photographer that produces good photos, not the camera gear. If you're a good photographer, you can take a good looking photo with anything. That being said, I'm using a ten megapixel digital SLR with some very sharp lenses. See if you can spot the highway sign on I-15N for the "Spring Mtn Road West" and "Sprint Mtn Road East" exits. If you can read any license plates, I'll give you a star — not a gold star, a giant ball of incandescent gas, millions of light-years away from Earth.
Now, I'm a strong adherent to the belief that it's the photographer that produces good photos, not the camera gear. If you're a good photographer, you can take a good looking photo with anything. That being said, I'm using a ten megapixel digital SLR with some very sharp lenses. See if you can spot the highway sign on I-15N for the "Spring Mtn Road West" and "Sprint Mtn Road East" exits. If you can read any license plates, I'll give you a star — not a gold star, a giant ball of incandescent gas, millions of light-years away from Earth.
Bonus points if you can spot the technical mistakes I made at the time I was shooting these. (There are two different kinds, on several photos.) Yes, even professional camera gear won't help you take perfect photos if you don't use it right.
These photos are essentially as-is from the camera – no retouching – they have been converted from raw into JPEG format. Most of these were shot with the intention of stitching them together into a very wide panorama at some time in the future. I don't have the resources to do this right now, but if anyone else reading this wants to do that, I can provide uncompressed copies of these images.
Date: August 2, 2006
Location: +36° 6′54.36″, -115° 10′27.56″
Photo Shoot Location
Photo Shoot Location from Space!
These photos are essentially as-is from the camera – no retouching – they have been converted from raw into JPEG format. Most of these were shot with the intention of stitching them together into a very wide panorama at some time in the future. I don't have the resources to do this right now, but if anyone else reading this wants to do that, I can provide uncompressed copies of these images.
Date: August 2, 2006
Location: +36° 6′54.36″, -115° 10′27.56″
Photo Shoot Location
Photo Shoot Location from Space!
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