Two Skylines In One Shot????

brian.odonnell20 · #1 Posted **Jul 2, 2011, 11:44 PM**

a discussion was sparked on a regional mid atlantic thread about the possibility of a photograph depicting two city skylines in one view (the subject then being nyc and philly). The consensus has been that a double skyline shot would be sweet, maybe even mind blowing. Any ideas, or even actual photos, from anywhere around the world??

wrab · #2 Posted **Jul 2, 2011, 11:54 PM**

Dallas/Fort Worth, Twin Cities & HK/Shenzhen pop into my head as having some potential here? Curvature of the Earth becomes a problem beyond certain distances for skylines (although not for aerials).

M II A II R II K · #3 Posted **Jul 3, 2011, 12:20 AM**

Maybe a 360 pano taken from in between 2 cities and probably high up.

fflint · #4 Posted **Jul 3, 2011, 1:03 AM**

Oakland skyline in the foreground, San Francisco skyline in the background:

Source: leila-anne at flickr

bnk · #5 Posted **Jul 4, 2011, 2:06 AM**

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Originally Posted by fflint

Oakland skyline in the foreground, San Francisco skyline in the background:

Source: leila-anne at flickr

The cities across the bay were one of my first thoughts. This is a fine pic and am glad they incorporated some of Oakland's port cranes http://www.flickr.com/photos/rudisillart/540630177/

Like some of these above.

Plus the elevation from above looking down to sea level and looking at SF in the distance makes this a very nice pic.

Xing · #6 Posted **Jul 3, 2011, 1:52 AM**

Buffalo and Toronto maybe? Toledo and Detroit? Maybe DC and Baltimore, but DC's height limits might make that difficult. Philly and NYC would be the coolest, but i dont know if thats possible. They're not too distant? Hills get in the way?

Chef · #7 Posted **Jul 3, 2011, 2:20 AM**

Here is a photo I took a long time ago. St Paul in the foreground, Minneapolis in the background. There actually aren't very many angles where you can get both skylines in the same shot:

stpaulapr0925 by afsmps, on Flickr

CGII · #8 Posted **Jul 3, 2011, 2:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by Xing

Buffalo and Toronto maybe? Toledo and Detroit? Maybe DC and Baltimore, but DC's height limits might make that difficult. Philly and NYC would be the coolest, but i dont know if thats possible. They're not too distant? Hills get in the way?

Curvature of the Earth. Milwaukee and Chicago are only 80 miles apart, and someone here once made the calculation that if Chicago spire were built, it would be visible (and only visible) from the very top of the tallest building in Milwaukee. Philly and NY are 90 miles apart.

M II A II R II K · #9 Posted **Jul 3, 2011, 2:43 AM**

For Toronto and Buffalo you would have to be suspended in the air across Lake Ontario on a clear day, and take a 360 panaroma of high resolution. In theory.

vid · #10 Posted **Jul 3, 2011, 3:07 AM**

Hamilton in the foreground, Toronto in the background, 60km away

©Flar

goodthings · #11 Posted **Jul 3, 2011, 3:11 AM**

Toronto (background) and Mississauga (foreground) (from jasonzed):

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...0101007017.jpg

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sterlippo1 · #12 Posted **Jul 3, 2011, 11:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by goodthings

Toronto (background) and Mississauga (foreground) (from jasonzed):

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/i...0101007017.jpg

i had no clue Mississauga had a skyline like that.

of the one's shown, that one and Houston are the best but Houston's are in the same city .Having said that I dont think anything can compare to the 4 that the NYC area has (from left to right veiwing Staten Island) Jersey City, Midtown, Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn

as Hunser shows an aerial of

Spotila · #13 Posted **Jul 3, 2011, 11:31 PM**

one of San Fran/Oakland

http://oaklandcarealtors.com/

And here you can see the Gold Coast skyline in the far background, 70+km from Brisbane in the foreground

http://www.abovephotography.com.au/A...land/Brisbane/

KevinFromTexas · #14 Posted **Jul 3, 2011, 4:40 AM**

Dallas (left) Fort Worth (right).

Photo by John R
http://www.fortwortharchitecture.com...showtopic=3770

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Originally Posted by CGI

Curvature of the Earth. Milwaukee and Chicago are only 80 miles apart, and someone here once made the calculation that if Chicago spire were built, it would be visible (and only visible) from the very top of the tallest building in Milwaukee. Philly and NY are 90 miles apart.

Austin and San Antonio are only 80 miles apart, but there's no way you'd ever be able to see both skylines. Too many hills. It is amusing to think that if Central Texas was flat and both cities had taller skylines that you'd be able to see the other city.