Skylines From Far Far Away Thread

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Chicago From Michigan/Indiana Border

[initiald]

Charlotte from Grandfather Mountain. Right around 80 miles/129 km away.

Credit: Kellen Short. Source

[Steely Dan]

chicago skyline shots from the other side of lake michigan are always fun.

you need really clear air and a pretty powerful telephoto lens to fully capture the effect.

and a bit of elevation gain from the numerous large sand dunes over there also helps.

i'm quite fond of this one:


source: http://investigate-nasa.com/2015/11/...ve-calculator/

[mousquet]

^ Heck, this is incredible... Nothing short of splendid. Love how both the lake and the sun do justice to it.

[Pedestrian]

San Francisco (before the new buildings) from Marin County


http://www.davidsanger.com/stockimag...-13.sfandhills


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[Kngkyle]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

chicago skyline shots from the other side of lake michigan are always fun.

you need really clear air and a pretty powerful telephoto lens to fully capture the effect.

and a bit of elevation gain from the numerous large sand dunes over there also helps.

i'm quite fond of this one:


source: http://investigate-nasa.com/2015/11/...ve-calculator/

Amazing photo but quite old at this point. Everything from the past 15 years is missing. That view would be much more dramatic today and even more so in 5 years when all the south loop projects are completed. The skyline will essentially extend to the left edge of the photo.

[Steely Dan]

^ i realize the pic is quite outdated, but it's the best "across the lake" skyline shot i've ever seen, so i had to post it.

[JManc]

Originally Posted by Steely Dan

chicago skyline shots from the other side of lake michigan are always fun.

you need really clear air and a pretty powerful telephoto lens to fully capture the effect.

and a bit of elevation gain from the numerous large sand dunes over there also helps.

i'm quite fond of this one:


source: http://investigate-nasa.com/2015/11/...ve-calculator/

Not only is the image amazing (skyline seen despite curvature of the earth) but you can clearly make out Sears, 311 S Wacker, Trump, JHC, AT&T, Aon, Prudential, etc from 60 miles away.

[MolsonExport]

Originally Posted by JManc

Not only is the image amazing (skyline seen despite curvature of the earth) but you can clearly make out Sears, 311 S Wacker, Trump, JHC, AT&T, Aon, Prudential, etc from 60 miles away.

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[JManc]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

tila tequila. yes, she is that stupid/crazy

[Austinlee]

Originally Posted by MolsonExport

tila tequila. yes, she is that stupid/crazy

I am thinking and thinking about this and I believe.... She might be slightly correct. If skyscrapers were about 62 miles high and reached suborbital space then from the ground a skyscraper might appear to be curved as it got closer and closer to the top.

[emathias]

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[LMich]

Downtown Detroit from Metro Beach


Cutting Through by Ross Ellet, on Flickr

[Matthew]

Winston-Salem:
This was taken near the Tennessee state line, about 85 miles / 137 kilometres west-northwest from downtown Winston-Salem. It is the longest distance photograph I have of the Winston-Salem's skyline.


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[initiald]

Originally Posted by Matthew

Winston-Salem:
This was taken near the Tennessee state line, about 85 miles / 137 kilometres west-northwest from downtown Winston-Salem. It is the longest distance photograph I have of the Winston-Salem's skyline.

Nice shot! Where is that? Hanging Rock? Pilot Mountain?

[Matthew]

It's from much further out than that. It's from western Ashe County. The distance was so impressive, it was in a news story, several years ago. You can see layers of mountains increasing in height. From what I've seen, you need a very clear day, the sun likely has to be on the other side of the skyline (notice most of these are just shadows from the back of the skyscrapers with a rising or setting sun behind them), and you need an amazing lens.

Winston-Salem:
View from Fancy Gap, Virginia, taken by SSP/SSC forum member Flash. I found this on SSC, if I remember correctly? It's clear enough to identify the individual buildings. It's 46 miles / 75 kilometres.



Has anyone tried to photograph Winston-Salem from West Virginia? The photograph above is about half-way to West Virginia. Something that surprises me: The Hawthorne Hill Skyline in Winston-Salem never shows-up in distance views? It should be to the right of downtown in the skyline view above. It must be hidden in a valley, behind the tall ridges in the city?

[atlwarrior]

Please delete.

[ThePhun1]

I don't have a photo but I can see Downtown Houston from the edge of Harris County on a freeway overpass.

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Miami







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NYC - 40 Miles







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Niagara On The Lake







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Edmonton