Views of Vegas

Hi, Roger. I see your logic now and upon reflection I think your way is better. Those parallel lines lock down the image and enhance the feeling of gridlock.

Knipsaholic wrote: Great set from a great city, the indoor Venice looks like real sky and clouds . Thanks for sharing btw..what a lens you use for this images ?

Thanks. Lenses used: #1 - Sony 16-35; #'s 2 & 5 - 8mm Peleng; #'s 3, 4, 7 & 8 - Sony 70-300; and #6 - Sony 24-70.

Great set from a great city, the indoor Venice looks like real sky and clouds . Thanks for sharing

btw..what a lens you use for this images ?

Edited by Knipsaholic - 20 March 2010 at 13:42

Hi Roger,

Nice to see some images from you again!

A good eclectic set here - not surprising given the location - but I think you've presented something a little different from the normal type of image in most of them.

I really like the first one of the 'mock' Eiffel tower, but by slightly moving the position the shot was taken from I would liked to have seen either more or less of the lettering part way up the tower; at the moment it's sort of neither one thing or the other. Which is a shame as otherwise the image has lots of impact and the right to left lean you have given it is a much more 'challenging' perspective than if it were the other way round. I also really like the colours and the balance in exposure such that the carvings and lettering on the wall below the tower are all still retained.

The 'Strip' photo again shows how a fairly strightforward image can be taken somewhere else by a challenging perspective; great angle and I'm not at all bothered by the fact that, as a straight image, it would be considered quite 'busy'!

Love the Flamingo image - often taken as an icon of L.V. but this, again, gives it another twist. Nice, deep colours and the highspots are all very well handled. Like this one a lot!

Is #5 HDR'd at all? With the lighting in these places it is difficult to tell one way or another ! Like the central theme of the image but I might be inclined to loose more of the carpet in the foreground; this might tighten the image up a little but would also bring the 'lone player' into a more important point in the frame. I am somewhat surprised you were allowed to take images inside the establishment mind you.....

#7 is a very subtle image and the B&W treatment it has been given adds and supports the whole thing very well. There is almost a feeling of power in it which is quite a result given the inanimate nature of the subjects. Again, really like this image!

Now, all we have to look forward to are the Death Valley images....

Thanks for sharing this wonderful but, at times, odd place with us. Kind regards, Neil.

Very interesting and diverse set, thanks a lot for sharing.

#3 gives me a lumbago, as my head keeps aligning with the horizontal lines