An upcoming picture, I think, of the expanse of the Twin Cities from my 6th floor office building. There's something about "frozen smoke" the almost solid-looking clouds of smoke and/or steam on very cold days, that rises from any of a number of businesses & industries. The entire landscape is peppered with it.
Another thought that occured to me is that you are facing south and that means that the east will be on your left. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. You can clearly see that the sun is coming up not setting.
(the dubious logic of seeing the man & woman in the racecar notwithstanding: you must think that pole is 900 feet high! For exactly what percentage of my commute do you think that it is visible?)
Not much of your commute. Maybe 10 seconds. However, if I was taking a picture of something in that direction, I think that I would include that goofy thing.
Has anyone checked the steam coming off of the city to see if it is the heat from buildings or the collective heat from everyone's morning coffee?
Did you take the picture while your camera was sitting above the steering wheel? I am guessing because I see nothing of your car in the photo. If you took it across your body and out the driver's window, I would think that part of your car would have shown.
T-Clog & Meth Mouth: Picture taken out side window, angled forward. Dangerous shot. I quick sure there was none of my own car showing, and "click." The I felt somewhat fortunate to have gotten the I-94 sign all the way in the shot, and kind of in the right spot to balance it out.
Shot was about a quarter mile north of the Lowry tunnel. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=55430&ie=UTF8&z=16&ll=44.98142,-93.285942&spn=0.006967,0.021501&om=1&iwloc=addr
In another 10 seconds, I was going to have the Bascilica of St. Mary's on the left and the Cherry on the Spoon on the right.
That's life in the big city.
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BRRRRRRRRRific photo! I love the Minneapolis skyline. Man the energy consumptio can really be seen when it is this cold.
Gotta love the daybreak (or duskbreak) with the city's profile. Cue Stevie Wonder's "Just Enough for the City".
Or Hall & Oates, "She's Gone."
An upcoming picture, I think, of the expanse of the Twin Cities from my 6th floor office building. There's something about "frozen smoke" the almost solid-looking clouds of smoke and/or steam on very cold days, that rises from any of a number of businesses & industries. The entire landscape is peppered with it.
So, what does Magnum PI think? Daybreak or duskbreak? And why?
I say that it is daybreak because you are facing downtown. If you were going home, I don't think that you would see the skyline.
If you were going home I would expect to see the farmers market or at least the man/woman in the race car ontop of the huge pole.
Another thought that occured to me is that you are facing south and that means that the east will be on your left. The sun rises in the east and sets in the west. You can clearly see that the sun is coming up not setting.
Thus, I gave proof for my answer.
Well done!
(the dubious logic of seeing the man & woman in the racecar notwithstanding: you must think that pole is 900 feet high! For exactly what percentage of my commute do you think that it is visible?)
Not much of your commute. Maybe 10 seconds. However, if I was taking a picture of something in that direction, I think that I would include that goofy thing.
Has anyone checked the steam coming off of the city to see if it is the heat from buildings or the collective heat from everyone's morning coffee?
Did you take the picture while your camera was sitting above the steering wheel? I am guessing because I see nothing of your car in the photo. If you took it across your body and out the driver's window, I would think that part of your car would have shown.
Dawn is (was) the easy answer.
Good framing of an otherwise possibly difficult shot.
T-Clog & Meth Mouth: Picture taken out side window, angled forward. Dangerous shot. I quick sure there was none of my own car showing, and "click." The I felt somewhat fortunate to have gotten the I-94 sign all the way in the shot, and kind of in the right spot to balance it out.
Shot was about a quarter mile north of the Lowry tunnel. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=55430&ie=UTF8&z=16&ll=44.98142,-93.285942&spn=0.006967,0.021501&om=1&iwloc=addr
In another 10 seconds, I was going to have the Bascilica of St. Mary's on the left and the Cherry on the Spoon on the right.
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