My visit to STL in April: Part One :: downtown at sunrise

tosspot · PostJun 26, 2007#12007-06-26T19:50+00:00

I visited St. Louis in early April and took many, many photos. This is the first installment. You may have seen them previously on sites like skyscraperpage.com.

This particular set was taken at roughly 6am on a very cold Friday morning.

Expat · PostJun 26, 2007#22007-06-26T20:21+00:00

Brilliant. Thanks for posting these here. Anyone that can make the Keiner garages look good should get a key to the city.

moorlander · PostJun 26, 2007#32007-06-26T22:18+00:00

I applaud you for staying up so late on a thursday night/friday morning. Where did you go out? JK Beautiful pics... How was your stay in St. louis?

xing · PostJun 26, 2007#42007-06-26T23:39+00:00

Thanks for the beautiful photos mangs!

framer · PostJun 27, 2007#52007-06-27T04:53+00:00

Great shots. I like the "28 Days Later" effect.

threeonefour · PostJun 27, 2007#62007-06-27T05:19+00:00

Outstanding photos! Thanks for sharing!

I know there's not much going on early in the morning, but I love the way downtown looks with all of the lights on as the sun rises. You've captured that beauty well! Welcome to the forum. I've seen your previous StL photos on SSP and I look forward to seeing more of them here!

marmar · PostJun 27, 2007#72007-06-27T11:55+00:00

VERY nice pics! Thanks for posting!

sarge96 · PostJun 27, 2007#82007-06-27T13:42+00:00

Tosspot you are as sensational a photographer as you are an astute observer of the KC scene. Thanks for the nifty photos! BTW, I enjoy reading your witty remarks on the KC forum more than any of the other posters there -- or here. Our city is changing rapidly for the better, I hope you stop by again when we can really show you some dramatic changes.

tosspot · PostJun 27, 2007#92007-06-27T14:00+00:00

Thanks everyone!

bpe235, my stay in STL was quite nice. I enjoyed my time, and I'm thinking of doing another photo tour of STL sometime since the weather is now so much nicer than when I visited.

sarge96, that's funny, and good to hear!

brickandmortar · PostJun 27, 2007#102007-06-27T14:01+00:00

Framer wrote:Great shots. I like the "28 Days Later" effect.

I agree, those pictures are pretty eerie yet they're pretty cool. Thanks!!

jcity · PostJul 01, 2007#112007-07-01T07:42+00:00

damn we live in cool looking city.

Those pictures bring out such crisp lines in all the buildings. Seeing the century building in these pics makes me cringe. I wanted to punch through my monitor with a boxing glove like Jack Nicholson in Batman.

moorlander · PostJul 01, 2007#122007-07-01T13:41+00:00

The century? I see the new garage.

jcity · PostJul 02, 2007#132007-07-02T03:57+00:00

sorry, Gateway One... since they sound so similar... I was hungover..

juiceinkirkwood · PostJul 18, 2007#142007-07-18T21:44+00:00

Look, you're even getting credited for these pics on City-Data.com forums

http://www.city-data.com/forum/st-louis ... louis.html

doug · PostJul 18, 2007#152007-07-18T22:03+00:00

Are these HDR too?

tosspot · PostJul 19, 2007#162007-07-19T00:17+00:00

Doug wrote:Are these HDR too?

yes.

though back when I took these I was on an HDR frenzy, so I didn't really need to do it for every photo, but I did anyway.

doug · PostJul 20, 2007#172007-07-20T18:06+00:00

HDR is sexy!

dina · PostJul 21, 2007#182007-07-21T02:58+00:00

Doug wrote:Are these HDR too?

So...what is HDR?

And...what is the purpose of doing it? Just trying to learn.

The pictures are wonderful!

tosspot · PostJul 21, 2007#192007-07-21T09:01+00:00

dina wrote:
Doug wrote:Are these HDR too?

So...what is HDR? And...what is the purpose of doing it? Just trying to learn.

The pictures are wonderful!

thanks...

HDR (high dynamic range) is taking usually three photos with different exposures and merging them to create enhanced highlights and tonal ranges.

My editing technique has changed somewhat (gotten even more complicated) so if I were in STL again I probably wouldn't take every single photo as tripod mounted triple shots.

Here's a good article explaining HDR http://www.vanilladays.com/hdr-guide/

keef227 · PostSep 14, 2007#202007-09-14T16:55+00:00

Thanks for the pics, you are a magician when it comes to pics.