st. louis "Spanning"

I was just trying out my new fisheye lens on the St. Louis Gateway Arch. I think it

looks OK considering there is no distortion of the horizons and also a lack of

vignetting. Its the Flounder negative105mm from Pentax. As always, thanks for your

impressions!! The Larger view is recommended.

I take it this is a panorama shot since a 17mm is effectively a 25 and could never do a full 180? Or just two images sewn together? Anyway it's an interesting image, don't think I've seen one like it before.

 

 

 

 

A different take on this landmark...

I was looking at this earlier. Creative!

Whoa, Nellie! This is different; and not seen very often, if ever. Seriously cool shot, Mark; and very abstract too. Cheers! Chris

Thanks Ray, Bob, Aaron and Chris for your thoughts. This is actually 5 horizontal exposures laid on their side and stitched. I don't have a plug-in for stitching and Photomerge did a lousy job, so I sewed the whole thing together in CS2 by hand. I took some liberties with the Clone Stamp and a little Copy and Paste because between the exposures the clouds were moving and did not line up. This is my first panorama stitch so I am pleased with the results. While the job took a couple of hours in Photoshop, the hard part was taking the staight up shot, since I am over six feet tall and my travel tripod is rather short and not worthy.

I'm just dizzy! Some serious vertigo here, but a great shot(s)... What's so fabulous about this image and your others, is that they are so unique from a site that's been snapped a zillion times! Fabulous eye you have there... Mike

 

Thanks Mike. The night before I went down to photograph the arch, I laid in bed conjuring up a unique possibility. I have never executed a pano stitch, but there is a first time for everything. I was doubtful because my equipment is far from adequate for this type of image. Attached is the top portion of the arch. The dark rectangles are actually the windows that you look out when you take the tram to the top. The arch is 630 feet above the Mississippi River. They don't make fishing line long enough for that kind of "extreme" fishing!

It's a very intriguing image, I have spent a good few minutes trying to get my head round it!

It's certainly a very different take on an oft photographed icon.

 

Simon