San Diego at night Photo

Photographer’s Note

Took this picture while my wife and I stayed at the Sheraton Suites in San Diego over the weekend. The building in the center of the picture is the historic El Cortez Hotel. It has a long history and strong presence in San Diego. The stream of light across the sky was actually a plane coming in for a landing into San Diego Airport. I shot this using ISO 400 at a 24mm focal length. I hope you enjoy it!

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bwiti (402) 2008-02-28 23:38

Tout d'abord bienvenue sur trekearth, ensuite félicitations pour cette composition pleine de vie. J'aime beaucoup ta gestion de la lumière notamment la façon dont se détache l'inscription au faite de l'immeuble...
A plus...

jimmj63 (801) 2008-02-28 23:47

curious the stream in the sky, in the intermittent white and red lights you can see the deceleration of the airplane.
well done!
ciao, giacomo

thebecky (686) 2008-02-28 23:55

Hello and welcome to TrekEarth .... great shot. I love the composition, a nice perspective of San Diego. Very well done.

xuaxo (5843) 2008-03-05 13:04

Hi Daniel,
This is pretty much my very first view of San Diego, since I arrived by airplane at night and the final approach to the International Airport is very close to the Downtown skyscrapers.
I like the "disturbing" plane stream of light across the lights of El Cortez.
Regards,
F

antyqjon (190) 2008-03-07 15:10

At first I thought it was some wire or something like that but than I read the note. Sharp and colourful, pretty night view :)

giorgimer (21478) 2008-03-08 0:17

Hi Daniel,

beautiful night shot. Good composition and excellent light managing. I'm not soncincted about the plane light stripe, at a glance it seemed a wire to me.

Well done!

Gio

photoray (1391) 2009-08-15 5:51

Hi Daniel,

Nicely done, especially the warm night lighting tones and building details.

Thanks for sharing,
Ray