Clayton and St. Louis skyline

gary kreie · PostNov 22, 2023#1012023-11-22T23:24+00:00

I took this photo off of my TV in 2019. It was from a helicopter doing the weather segment. I don't think I've seen this angle and magnification anywhere else. I suggested it to a well-known drone photographer and he gave some reasons why it couldn't be with a drone. Flying over restricted space or something.

How can we get a real photo of downtown at night like this one, only high resolution, and very long lens to make the Wheel seem close like this?

Trololzilla · PostNov 23, 2023#1022023-11-23T10:27+00:00

Man, that really does seem to bump up the density and vibrancy of the typical STL DT shot. Very nice.

Jimyy10 · PostJun 04, 2024#1032024-06-04T08:12+00:00

Can someone with a last-gen phone or profesional camera take some pictures? I feel like the skyline has changed a bit.
I want to compile a bunch of photos and see the difference over time

framer · PostJun 04, 2024#1042024-06-04T13:08+00:00

Also, there's been a bunch of St. Louis talk on Facebook lately (mostly in World Cityscapes and Skyscrapers). Lots of folks are talking about our "three skylines", and they're curious about Downtown, Midtown, CWE, and Clayton.

Several separate threads have been posted, with lots of comments and the inevitable STL vs. KC talk.

gary kreie · Post8:43 PM - 13 days ago#1052026-10-16T20:43+00:00

gary kreie wrote:I took this photo off of my TV in 2019. It was from a helicopter doing the weather segment. I don't think I've seen this angle and magnification anywhere else. I suggested it to a well-known drone photographer and he gave some reasons why it couldn't be with a drone. Flying over restricted space or something.

How can we get a real photo of downtown at night like this one, only high resolution, and very long lens to make the Wheel seem close like this?

I asked Google Gemini AI to make a version of the photo above as a painting. After a few tries, it came up with this:

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Post9:02 PM - 13 days ago#1062026-10-16T21:02+00:00

This is interesting. I simply told AI to take the previous one and add a sunset sky as if the sunset had just gone below the horizon. It clearly added detail from somewhere not in the original photo and moved the Ferris Wheel to the Arch grounds.

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Post11:52 AM - 12 days ago#1072026-10-17T11:52+00:00

One more. This one from co-pilot. I like this the best because it retains the red Ferris wheel of the original photo posted earlier.

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Post12:22 PM - 12 days ago#1082026-10-17T12:22+00:00

As a reminder, here is the original photo I snapped off my TV screen in 2019 from a TV weather copter from one of the local channels video, but with the “equal” in the lower left corner removed using Preview to edit on my Mac.

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And here is the same picture, but after I asked Gemini to add a river in the foreground. It clearly used other sources beside the original photo, but it is impressive.

SKYLINE Google Gemini Oct 17 2026.jpg (145.96KiB)

And this last picture is public domain, per Gemini, since it contains AI content and hence is not copyrightable. 1024 X 768

courtland · Post6:58 PM - 12 days ago#1092026-10-17T18:58+00:00

^ like them, pretty cool!