Here is some info about the Tower of the Americas that I copied over from Wikipedia:
Tower of the Americas is a 750-foot (229 m) observation tower with a restaurant in San Antonio, Texas. Tower of the Americas, designed by San Antonio architect O'Neil Ford, was built as the theme structure of the 1968 World's Fair, HemisFair '68.
Construction of the tower began on August 9, 1966 and was completed in approximately 18 months, just in time for the opening ceremonies for the fair held on April 6, 1968. The tophouse of the building was constructed at ground level and hoisted to the top of the poured concrete shaft. As the tophouse was being hoisted into place, on October 30, 1967 some of the cables used to hoist the tophouse snapped leaving the tophouse resting on and precariously tilted on the Tower’s shaft. Eventually, oil field pipes were used in lieu of cables to complete the job.
Title: "Tower of the Americas"
Shot Data: 8s f/7.1 at 50.0mm iso400
Camera / Lens: Canon 40D / Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 zoom shot from a tripod
Post-processing: Photoshop CS3 > Topaz Adjust plugin > Nik Viveza plugin
2 comments:
Nice shot. I like that the detail visible in the structures at the base of the tower help to anchor it. I wouldn't know how to do it, but wouldn't a sky full of stars streaked by a long exposure be cool. Probably too much ambient light though.
Thanks Larry!
I'm not 100% sure but I don't think think there were any stars that night due to cloud cover.
Cheers!
Barry
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