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Ballen Photo
8th of July 2006 (Sat), 23:33
I found an elevated spot North & West of downtown and The Strip area to shoot the bustling gaming town from the outside. Here are a few images that I hope you like.
-Bruce
This was shot with a 35mm Zeiss Flektogon lens.
http://www.fototime.com/DA416E2337642B4/standard.jpg
A little closer to downtown with the 135mm Sonnar
http://www.fototime.com/ACFBB20CC73D75F/standard.jpg
The wind had come up really strong by the time I got to this shot. The haze you see is heavy dust in the air. :shock:

http://www.fototime.com/1EB2C3CD9DB1CCB/standard.jpg
Here you can see the dust storm is picking up on The Strip. It DID help the light from the Luxor to show up in this next image though (see the vertical light beam on the left.). :cool:
http://www.fototime.com/CAE70BB6FBB0BEF/standard.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/DA416E2337642B4/orig.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/ACFBB20CC73D75F/orig.jpg
http://www.fototime.com/CAE70BB6FBB0BEF/orig.jpg
Skip Souza
9th of July 2006 (Sun), 23:30
It is amazing how the strip just seems to poke up out of the middle of the desert.
J T
10th of July 2006 (Mon), 19:23
It is amazing how the strip just seems to poke up out of the middle of the desert.

I like how it has a tilt to it, too. Probably good if you're riding a bike, as you'd never have to pedal in one of the directions. :lol::p

j/k

Nice pics. :D
Ballen Photo
10th of July 2006 (Mon), 20:41
Skip, YES, LV just sort of emerges from the desert floor. I like how it has a tilt to it, too. Probably good if you're riding a bike, as you'd never have to pedal in one of the directions. :lol::p Yeah, I know. Unfortunately, I didn't notice this till I loaded it in my PC. :(

j/kNo you weren't. ;) :lol:

Nice pics. :DThanks, The original size image's have a LOT more detail than can be shown here.
-Bruce
DwightMcCann
11th of July 2006 (Tue), 20:30
Geez, Bruce, you could go back and straighten the horizon and provide a link to a bigger size for appreciation.
Ballen Photo
12th of July 2006 (Wed), 00:51
Geez, Bruce, you could go back and straighten the horizon and provide a link to a bigger size for appreciation. OK Dwight, You've now shame'd me into straightening the closeup of downtown, and added links to three of the originals.
Hey, in my defense, it was getting real windy out. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. :p
-Bruce
DwightMcCann
12th of July 2006 (Wed), 10:03
Well, you know these are really wonderful photos but I don't want you to get as swelled a head as I have! :-)
Reed Goodwin
12th of July 2006 (Wed), 16:47
AAHHH! Looks like you've got some UFOs captured here: http://www.fototime.com/DA416E2337642B4/orig.jpg:eek: Otherwise, great shots
Reed
Ballen Photo
12th of July 2006 (Wed), 17:23
Thanks Dwight. :lol:
AAHHH! Looks like you've got some UFOs captured here: Otherwise, great shots Thanks Reed, :D We are looking South to Southeast towards McCarran Airport and its flight path in this shot, so what you're seeing is air traffic from across the valley. ;)
-Bruce
Reed Goodwin
12th of July 2006 (Wed), 23:09
Thanks Dwight. :lol:
Thanks Reed, :D We are looking South to Southeast towards McCarran Airport and its flight path in this shot, so what you're seeing is air traffic from across the valley. ;)
-Bruce Fiddlesticks! And I thought that was going to be some hard proof;)
Reed