St. Louis Missouri at Sunset
St Louis Missouri City Sky Line taken from across the Mississippi river in Illinois on the night of the first world series game of 2013....
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St Louis Missouri City Sky Line taken from across the Mississippi river in Illinois on the night of the first world series game of 2013.
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Location
This is St.Louis Missouri taken from across the Mississippi River from the state of Illinois.Time
This was on the night of the National League Playoffs in 2011. The St. Louis Cardinals were playing game three the night I took this photo.Lighting
The photo was taken just after sunset using a time delay. The sunset background was added to the photo using Photoshop CSEquipment
Nikon D40 on tripod set to manual with time delayInspiration
It is not safe to be where I took this photo from in East St. Louis Illinois at night however on this particular night there was an armed security guard in the park where the observation platform is located. The security guard agreed to stay near us while I waited until after dark to take the photos.This was the only time I felt safe enough to stay after dark in this location.Editing
Yes, The phot of the city skyline and reflection in the river are the original photo. I used Photoshop CS6 to select all of the background sky the added the sunset from another image of mine.In my camera bag
I cary two Nikon cameras, a D90 and D45X, five lens plus batteries, filters, tripod attachments.Feedback
It is nearly impossible to plan to be at a location like this when everything is perfect for an image like this. If you live close to the photo location you can watch and travel repeatedly to take photos hoping for perfect conditions. Other wise it is just the luck of being at the right place at the right time. Many of my best photos are from being at the right place at the right time and the fact that I never go any where without my camera even to the grocery store.
