Kansas City Skyline Night Shot

[wolverinesr1]

i was in kansas city over the thanksgiving weekend,and couldnt pass up the chance to do a night shot of the city.(especially after doing a Cincinnati Pano At night) i only wished i could have shot it at dusk.
maybe the next time i go back.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/wolverinesr1/Forum%20Pics/KCnight.jpg

[pianoman]

Go Blue! Great shot! KC is a nice town too. I like the cars lights you got, what was your shutter time on this one (if you remember...)?

Thanks for sharing!

[wolverinesr1]

thanks pianoman.the shutter was 15 sec., F14, ISO 100

[philpereira]

i work in the building way to the right that's cut off in the pic :) (the federal building) the skyline will look even cooler when the H&r block headquarters is finished (a little bit right of center in the photo). it's supposed to glow green at night. the new arena will also enhance the town too.
for a good pano, i'd recommend taking the elevator up to the top of liberty memorial monument, the view up there is awesome.

[wolverinesr1]

thanks philpereira.i will keep that tip in mind the next time i go back there.as you can probably tell i wasnt that far away from the monument.i never gave it a thought about going up in it.i didnt know you could.is there room for a tripod up there?

[ybh]

nice locale to shoot this, try using a lense hood if you didnt though you have got alot flare taking away from a nice pic. You also might want to drop down to f/8. A 14 sec exposure time will only lead to unwanted aberrations when shooting with digital at night. You can get the same picture and just as sharp at f/8 and you will still get the light streaks from the cars etc...

[mckc]

wow lovely...i am actually from kc and i have been lookin for a place to do a night shot from. you picked a grewat location.

[wolverinesr1]

thanks ybh,i will keep those tips in mind
and thanks to mckc.i used to live in kc in the 80's .i seen while i was there one of the local news channels (either 4 or 5) have a shot similar to this leading in to their weather,and my in-laws knew where it was taken from.it is amazing to me how much i forgot about that city.i used to know it really well

[Dimitri_V]

i was in kansas city over the thanksgiving weekend,and couldnt pass up the chance to do a night shot of the city.(especially after doing a Cincinnati Pano At night) i only wished i could have shot it at dusk.
maybe the next time i go back.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v210/wolverinesr1/Forum%20Pics/KCnight.jpg


You need to do that the next time you go back Jeff,it will look even nicer.