Aerial night photography
- 1. Aerial Night Photography
NYC & Las Vegas from above, at night
(Courtesy ‘The Big Picture’ of ‘The Boston Globe)
Downloaded & compiled
by
T. Suresh
- 2. NYC and Las Vegas from above, at night
Photographer Jason Hawkes, a frequent contributor to the
Big Picture blog, returns today, sharing with us some of his
latest images of American cities seen from above at night -
New York City and Las Vegas, both cities that undergo
significant transformations after the sun goes down. From
Hawkes: "The images of New York were shot on Nikons
latest camera, the D3S, using three gyro stabilizing mounts
and flown using twin star helicopters. (Eurocopter AS355).
We flew from heights of just over 500 ft up to 2,500-ft with
no doors on, it was very very cold. The images of Las Vegas
were shot for a separate project, using a range of
helicopters from a Robinson 44 to Eurocopter AS355".
All Photographs (© Jason Hawkes)
- 5. View from the Financial District across to the Governors Island and Upper Bay
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge can be seen lit up in the far distance
- 8. The Empire State building in blue and red on the left of the image looking up Lexington Ave. to the Chrylser Building
- 19. The top of the the replica Eiffel Tower at Paris Las Vegas
- 23. The Stratosphere Las Vegas. The tower has two observation decks,
a revolving restaurant and three rides