Room with a View, a photo from Missouri, Midwest

Photographer's Note

This is your typical view looking westward on top of the Arch in St. Louis. We can see a fair bit from up here. The building in the foreground that looks like a state capitol building is actually part of the Arch or rather the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial which is run by the National Park Service. The round stadium on the left is Busch Stadium, where Major League Baseball's St. Louis Cardinals play. It opened May 12, 1966 and is due to be demolished any day now. I took a ground shot of Busch Stadium and you can see its days are numbered. Immediately to the left is the new Busch Stadium being readied for next season. Obviously Busch Stadium is named after Anheuser-Busch which is headquartered in St. Louis. Sorry no pictures of that!

I did post a workshop looking eastward which I find a far less interesting shot, just the Mississippi River, East St. Louis and Illinois.

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PJE (20758) 2005-11-18 22:47

Stephen I see such wonderful details in this city scape. My goodness you must be a real business tycoon and a briefcae rock and roller!..LOL I love thie details and the perspective. So very nicely done. In the distance..is that polllution? Doesn't look like Vancouver unless there is a forest fire neearby. Cheers and have a good weekend!

maphoto (8082) 2005-11-18 23:09

This is a very nice view of St-Louis Stephen, nice that we can see both stadium, clera shot and excellent depth, well done.

ChrisJ (172408) 2005-11-19 3:39

Hi Stephen

A superlative view of the city of St Louis. Excellent pov with good color, sharpness & lighting. Congratulations!

jemaflor (148180) 2005-11-19 6:05

Hi Stephen,
Nice view ... and in the night, beautiful view i suppose. Well done.

ChristianS (2997) 2005-11-19 6:25

Hi Stephen,
What a view!!! Great perpective overlooking the city and the nice mix of older and modern buildings. The Dof and the colours are very nice. Well done!

Regards, Christian

Tue (93374) 2005-11-19 9:20

Hej Stephen,
Wow, this Arch really offers a wonderful view over the city. There's a lot the see here. I like the colours and the composition of the shot. Well done!
Hilsner,
Lars

feather (51130) 2005-11-19 9:28

You're right this is more interesting than the WS. It's a fantastic view, giving us so much to see, with lots of details. 40 years seems a short life for the stadium.
Kath

jjbach (9326) 2005-11-19 10:23

Hi Steve,
This bird-eye shot is something more than wonderful. Stunning clarity and fantastic depth. Splendid work, bravo!

Regards John

nwoehnl (122) 2005-11-19 10:43

A comprehensive and detailed view of downtown St Louis, Steve. Interesting diversity of urban details with the stadiums, the capitol-style building and the modern highrises. Two technical remarks - the color look slightly oversaturated (but I may be wrong as I don't know the place), and it could be worth an attempt to correct the barrel distortion of the horizon. Nice catch; thanks for adding the WS photos.

PixelTerror (0) 2005-11-19 11:04

Hi Steve,
Excellent view over the city layout from this elevated point, I like how the "capitol" and gardens contrast with the architectural style around, which emphasizes the idea of this place being the city center. The stadium adds an essential element in the layout and stresses the importance of sport events in the life of the city. You might have wanted to frame this one a little bit lower to preserve the base of the building to the right.
Have a nice week end,
Jean-Yves

jhm (211738) 2005-11-19 11:52

Hi Stephen,
Perhaps one of your greatest panorama views on TE, also the sharpness and clarity its of very great quality, the same for the colours, I find two points is here a bit few, ten point is a lot better.
One of my favorite!
Have a nice weekend,
John

weswang (18247) 2005-11-19 12:33

Hi Mr. Steve, A nice view from the top. Thanks for furnishing all the detailed information about the buildings. The extra info made this picture educational, in addition to the impressive sharpness and depth. I wonder that if "Bud" is the "official" drink in that stadium. I hope they sell soda and water as well.
Thanks for the photos in WS. I like the beautiful colors of this picture. Looking at the front part only, it looks like a model of the city. I enjoy this grand view. Thanks for making me know St. Louis better.

danyy (0) 2005-11-19 12:46

Bonjour Stephen,
tout cela a l'air fort propre et bien rang� vu de haut.
On dirait un circuit 幨ectronique, une carte m鋨e (motherboard) avec toutes ces couleurs et ces perfections dans les alignements.
Couleurs magnifiques d'ailleurs, sous une exposition parfaitement calibr嶪.
Bon POV et cadrage.
Compliments.
Daniel.

alvaraalto (42804) 2005-11-19 16:31

Hi Stephen,
Again one of your razor blade pictures. Amazing that building in Neo-style surrounded by all that sky-skrapers. Great quality. I think I had cropped the sky.
groet Rob

rbcy1974 (20758) 2005-11-19 18:26

Hi Stephen
Excellent view of the skyline, I like the saturation of colours and the perspective,
Well done
Regards
Daniel

cessy (13647) 2005-11-20 3:11

hei it seems you got a nice room there, the view is excellent
(including the ones in workshop)
very nicely captured, Steve
very good sharpness and clarity

papagolf21 (152607) 2005-11-20 4:16

Bonjour Stephen,
Vous 皻es habitu廥 aux grands espaces, aux immeubles de grande hauteur qui veulent s'approcher toujours plus pr鋊 du ciel, je reconnais que c'est tr鋊 impressionnant techniquement, voire beau pour certains immeubles. Mais quand je vois ce capitole perdu parmi ces g嶧nts, j'ai l'impression de perdre pied dans ce nouveau monde.
La prise de vue est excellente et reproduit bien le monde nouveau qui nous entoure.
Amiti廥.
Philippe

premels (2400) 2005-11-20 6:34

Hi Stephen, The geometry of American cities amazes me each time : Streets are so straight. Here we depart nicely from the blue/grey constants of concrete and glass. Sharpness and colorfullness are great in this view.

Galmeida (12559) 2005-11-20 11:36

Hi Stephen,
I like urbain and town sceneries in landscape that you did and really you did di so well in a nice angle of view, from a high point and with depth and quality. The UV filter shows a good difference for better but the important is yoour experience and insight with this also ifferent picture of you.

Excelent enquadrement, colors and fine sharpness in a great composition type Postcard.

Very well done and composed. Congratulations and waiting for your anniversary at TE.
Fernando

capthaddock (28790) 2005-11-20 14:04

Hi Stephen - wonderrful panorama, the colours are fantastic, and we get a good sense of how flat the landscape is. That one highrise behind the "state capitol" does not belong there, a good example of poor urban planning.

alainh (33209) 2005-11-20 16:01

Hello Stephen
and what a Wiew !!!
a very good picture. like jean, i would like see the same one by night
have a good week Stephen
alain

katya11 (334) 2005-11-20 20:29

Stephen,
This is a very lovely shot! I agree about the east side view, it just isn't as wonderful to look at. I like how you have made the buildings come alive in your shots!
Katie

huynt (5081) 2005-11-20 23:50

Hi Stephen
It is great shot. I alway love your great shot as this image. Well done. Thaks

tityop (6225) 2005-11-21 8:00

Hi Stephen,
Waouuu quel point de vue !!! vraiment magnifique !!!
Les rues de St Louis cr嶪nt une belle perspective.
la photo est riche en d彋ails.
J'aime 嶲alement les diff廨ent type d'architecture.
bravo et merci de nous offrir cette superbe vue ;o)
Amicalement Thierry

Emile (20352) 2005-11-21 10:48

Hola Stephen.
Beautiful view of St. Louis, the composition is great and you got an excellent perspective and depth. Sharpness is very good and thank you for showing us the Busch Stadium.
Jose Albert Pujol a Dominican baseball player with the St. Louis Cardinals won the National League MVP this year.
Thank you for sharing.

john_c (24666) 2005-11-21 11:03

Hi Stephen,
This is just a superb composition, with an amazing amount of detail for the eye to manage. Yet it all comes together very well. The Memorial building certainly does resemble a capitol! I love all the different architectural designs here and how the beautiful gardens help balance and enhance. Your sharpness level is just right. A very successful shot, Steve. Its a keeper.
John

AmiBe (6042) 2005-11-22 3:49

Hi Stephen,
excellent cityscape !
This city is very flat, nice place to use a bike !
I like the round stadium, contrasting with the square streets and buildings.
Well done

Kenny10pin (19301) 2005-11-23 9:45

great birds eye view of the city here, I like the way you took this, very clear, the lighting was amazing, well done

Mafo (1339) 2005-11-27 13:43

Hello Stephen!
Nice panoramic view, very deep photo with good geometric lines!
Regards

dsidwell (9783) 2005-11-27 19:02

Engaging and effective view of the city, Stephen. I like the clarity here, and the ratios of sky to ground. I enjoy the slight lens distortion found here, too.

aloyho (6798) 2005-12-02 7:07

Hi Stephen,
Brilliant panorama!! There is so much to see with all the different kinds of buildings and must say that your guided tour is most helpful. I love the good variety of colours in the foreground and of course the details. I felt that I have just visited this place. Congratulations!!! Regards.

RegisMinot (1543) 2005-12-04 3:50

Hi Steve
A beautiful view over the roofs. This is fairly typical of american towns, with huge straight avenues, old buildings looking like small-scale models in the middle of sky-scrappers. With the round stadium, it reminds me the game "ages of empire" ...
R嶲is

mumek (20226) 2005-12-13 5:16

Good morning Stephen!
Super view from the arch.Fantastic autumnal colors of the trees, very sharp details of the buildings, excellent perspective. Your note is as usual very interesting and informative.Thanks for sharing
best regards
ziggy

rajhema (1873) 2006-01-09 15:42

Good one Stephen. I visited the ARch this winter and am quite amazed with its architecture. Unfortunately my pictures are not this colorful because of overcasting winter weather.

Photo65Net (43144) 2006-09-24 4:17

Hi,
Great view !
The compo is great and colours are good, it's hard with that kind of sky.
Good.
JB.

npecanhuk (79329) 2008-04-26 17:12

Hello Stephen!
I saw this view in 1983. I was an AFS exchange student! I lived in Colorado, but during my bus trip from Denver to New York, I stopped by St. Louis and went up this Arch! Some new buildings were built, but the view is just as marvelous and you have captured it wonderfully!
Congratulations!
TFS
Neyvan Pe蓷nhuk - Brazil