I like the changing of the lights on EK Gaylord & watching the night janitor turning the lights off in the Sandridge building as he goes from room to room.

Here's a photo that I took on 10/11/2012 from Harrison at Oklahoma. I've doctored the image to see real-time differently. Click any pic for a much larger view.

The Original Photo

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/skyline%20views/skyline_10_11_2012_harrison1_800.jpg (http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/skyline%20views/skyline_10_11_2012_harrison1.jpg)

Colorized For Fun

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/skyline%20views/skyline_10_11_2012_harrison2_800.jpg (http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/skyline%20views/skyline_10_11_2012_harrison2.jpg)

As Viewed By Our Grandchildren, 50 Years From Today (e.g., if you are 30 years old, as seen by your grandchildren when you are 80)

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/skyline%20views/skyline_10_11_2012_harrison3_800.jpg (http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a49/DougLoudenback/skyline%20views/skyline_10_11_2012_harrison3.jpg)

Great shot. The most urban shot of DT i've seen.

There's needs to be a page like this for Oklahoma City. I've got the old photos but don't know how to make Wikipedia pages

Evolution of Tulsa's Skyline - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_Tulsa%27s_Skyline)

There's needs to be a page like this for Oklahoma City. I've got the old photos but don't know how to make Wikipedia pages

Evolution of Tulsa's Skyline - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_Tulsa%27s_Skyline)

Just read the Wicki on how to make Wickapedia pages. (I had to say it because it made me laugh. Understand if you wanted to avoid the black hole of time investment).

By "don't know how" I mean I'm not willing to take the time to learn and do it.

Flying into OKC:

passing Dell's Oklahoma City campus near the river
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa160/Superliner744/LH-AA_July25_2012/2d906367.jpg

almost there
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa160/Superliner744/LH-AA_July25_2012/d7b7b6e8.jpg

and there she is
http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa160/Superliner744/LH-AA_July25_2012/6c8f4790.jpg

source: LH/AA, BOM-FRA-DFW-OKC: Part 2 (Long with many photos) - JetPhotos.Net Forums (http://forums.jetphotos.net/showthread.php?p=601508)

photos from a Mumbai-to-Frankfurt-to-Dallas-to-OKC flight

(btw, lots of other cool aerial and plane pics at the link)

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa160/Superliner744/LH-AA_July25_2012/6c8f4790.jpg


That's not the most flattering shot with both Cotter and City Place masked by other buildings

That's not the most flattering shot with both Cotter and City Place masked by other buildings

So maybe he should go back to Mumbai and fly back again to see if he get's a better angle? LOL

So maybe he should go back to Mumbai and fly back again to see if he get's a better angle? LOL

Definitely! ;-)

That's not the most flattering shot with both Cotter and City Place masked by other buildings

Well, buildings always get blocked from some angle or another, it's inevitable. My main gripe with the shot is that I want a clearer, higher resolution pic. Otherwise, I love the POV, especially getting a couple of bridges in there.

Imagine years from now when the density has increased with more skyscrapers, more infill, more development along the river, and then substitute a couple of high top (e.g. suspension) architecturally beautiful bridges in place of the ones here... holy cow what a shot that would be.

OKCMOA rooftop shot:

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/615866_10152180324315147_1659098861_o.jpg (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152180324315147&set=a.188144780146.246095.59862915146)

They've got heaters up there now for the evening events.

from the OKCMOA facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/OKCMOA)

They've got heaters up there now for the evening events.
Take that shot with your iPhone 7?

Take that shot with your iPhone 7?

Only if sending photo's back in time is a feature on it, using their current naming cycle that would make no earlier than fall of 2016 for that model to be out

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8485/8247283497_b9b9e2484c_b.jpg

http://img1.etsystatic.com/001/0/7526104/il_fullxfull.398169145_8fk7.jpg

This image, and several other similar ones found here:

Downtown Oklahoma City at Sunrise four photo by boztography (http://www.etsy.com/listing/115778960/downtown-oklahoma-city-at-sunrise-four)

WOW, every building so much more interesting then it is! Especially the one directly north of Park Harvey, I dont think I'v ever noticed how amazing it really looks with all the detail on the top.

Court Plaza Building formerly the Leonhardt Building and Cotton Exchange Building.

Court Plaza Building, Downtown Oklahoma City (http://www.dougloudenback.com/downtown/okc57.htm)

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Old%20Oklahoma%20City/Court%20Plaza%20Building/cottonexchange-leonhardtbuilding1946.jpg

http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j286/UnFrSaKn/Old%20Oklahoma%20City/Court%20Plaza%20Building/CottonExchangeBuildingview1218NHarvey1928.jpg

Love the sidewalk awnings and corner sign.

So what's the building occupied with now?

So what's the building occupied with now?

It's fully-leased office space. My wife's company actually offices there.

Court Plaza - OKCTalk (http://www.okctalk.com/showwiki.php?title=Court+Plaza&highlight=court)

I really like this shot, the skyline looks nice too i guess
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here are a couple of pics I shot with my iPhone. Some skyline shots and lack thereof (b/c of the fog). added in a couple others just for fun. 3061306230633064306530663067

here are a couple of pics I shot with my iPhone. Some skyline shots and lack thereof (b/c of the fog). added in a couple others just for fun. 306130623063

I think these are soulful pictures. Nice.

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Love this photo!

Love this photo!

I must agree. It is now my desktop on my computer at work. Good work Cliffster!

I must agree. It is now my desktop on my computer at work. Good work Cliffster!

thank you! I'm glad you like it!

Thank you!

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This is my favorite!

SOme of those are really good for iPhone photos.

From a few months ago:

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Taken from the pedestrian bridge over I-240 between Penn and Western:
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From the 23rd Street bridge over the Kilpatrick:
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From a few months ago:

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Taken from the pedestrian bridge over I-240 between Penn and Western:
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From the 23rd Street bridge over the Kilpatrick:
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i really love that first one... but i always love pictures with trains in them... well not always, but mostly

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http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8323/8347783838_cb3bb7b495_h_d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/oklahomacity/8347783838/in/photostream)

Photo by Greater Oklahoma City Chamber & CVB (http://www.flickr.com/photos/oklahomacity/)

Taken back in May (but new to me)

That is a gorgeous view!

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8235/8372622804_679159d452_h_d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/73409321@N00/8372622804/in/photostream/)

As usual, Devon Tower has its head in the clouds... :)

Photo by Laban West (http://www.flickr.com/photos/73409321@N00)

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8517/8376496455_64b5185864_c.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8369/8378037856_245c32067d_c.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8094/8377216929_fd2744d524_c.jpg

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8010/7382508250_793b0650c0_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sweetdwhite/7382508250/)
101_2108 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sweetdwhite/7382508250/) by sweetd30 (http://www.flickr.com/people/sweetdwhite/), on Flickr

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8157/7186657111_6dbb23e470_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sweetdwhite/7186657111/)
101_2013 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sweetdwhite/7186657111/) by sweetd30 (http://www.flickr.com/people/sweetdwhite/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5116/7186647917_e2be6aa844_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sweetdwhite/7186647917/)
101_2040 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sweetdwhite/7186647917/) by sweetd30 (http://www.flickr.com/people/sweetdwhite/), on Flickr

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5160/7371888616_a8c88fb847_c.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sweetdwhite/7371888616/)
101_2011 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/sweetdwhite/7371888616/) by sweetd30 (http://www.flickr.com/people/sweetdwhite/), on Flickr

Something a bit different from the Midtown R Facebook page:

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/299435_10151221636871789_1493120438_n.jpg

Not so much a skyline shot as it is an ariel of the main Urban Core.

I love how dense our core is. It will be interesting to see if these mystery towers enhance the visual density or detract from it.

Aside from all the empty lots, the thing that I think sticks out the most as woefully underdeveloped is the Classen corridor. We *REALLY* need to get a street car route from Reno to at least 23rd in the next 15 to 20 years.

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Not so much a skyline shot as it is an ariel of the main Urban Core.

I love how dense our core is. It will be interesting to see if these mystery towers enhance the visual density or detract from it.

Aside from all the empty lots, the thing that I think sticks out the most as woefully underdeveloped is the Classen corridor. We *REALLY* need to get a street car route from Reno to at least 23rd in the next 15 to 20 years.

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One thing OKC has done right, even with all of the urban renewal blunders during the Pei era, is kept the CBD dense.

Something a bit different from the Midtown R Facebook page:

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/299435_10151221636871789_1493120438_n.jpg

I LOVE this, It makes me wish OKC had more hills like Tulsa instead of a boring flat surface

This pic just has to be big:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gchism/8397453116/

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8184/8397453116_816477272e_h.jpg

^^that pic really does make it look like it's the only building in OKC.

A couple of interesting views from the west:


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8325/8353058227_32389f82da_h_d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/73409321@N00/8353070777/in/photostream)


http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8373/8353019259_0e1e1dc679_h_d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/73409321@N00/8354088008/in/photostream)


Both photos by Laban West (http://www.flickr.com/photos/73409321@N00)

Taken in September 2012, near I-40 and Morgan Road.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8325/8353058227_32389f82da_h_d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/73409321@N00/8353070777/in/photostream)


Both photos by Laban West (http://www.flickr.com/photos/73409321@N00)

Taken in September 2012, near I-40 and Morgan Road.

I've wondered what a glass office tower roughly in the shape of a rig would look like on our cityscape. Imaging it with an observation deck at the crow's nest level. Pretty sweet and appropriate. This shot gives us an idea because of perspective.

I had no idea they put in that many new lights on that stretch of I-40, that's really good!

I had no idea they put in that many new lights on that stretch of I-40, that's really good!

They put them all up, but to this day they have only had about half of them turned on. I counted either 10 or 11 of them that have never been on since they were installed. Does the city know this ???

I guess ODOT would be in control of that, right?

I had no idea they put in that many new lights on that stretch of I-40, that's really good!

Keep in mind the lens used on that photo is kind of misleading. Those lights are spaced quite a bit further apart than they seem in that photo.

Keep in mind the lens used on that photo is kind of misleading. Those lights are spaced quite a bit further apart than they seem in that photo.

Around 205 feet spacing.

Love this thread. Lots of potential background pics and screen savers.

View from South Robinson

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8514/8365021607_f4b08b2690_h_d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/73409321@N00/8365021607/in/photostream)

Photo by Laban West (http://www.flickr.com/photos/73409321@N00)

Feels rather Edgar Allen Poe-ish, to me.

Another variation of looking at downtown from the west side, from Laban West

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8088/8353131725_2534ec9158_h_d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/73409321@N00/8353131725/in/photostream)

Photo by Laban West (http://www.flickr.com/photos/73409321@N00)


You Are Now Entering America's Corner!

Even further out west:

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8336/8355448762_1d0b38a2bd_h_d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/73409321@N00/8355448762/in/photostream)

Photo by Laban West (http://www.flickr.com/photos/73409321@N00)

Taken from I-40 and Czech Hall Road, Yukon

Another variation of looking at downtown from the west side, from Laban West

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8088/8353131725_2534ec9158_h_d.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/73409321@N00/8353131725/in/photostream)

Photo by Laban West (http://www.flickr.com/photos/73409321@N00)


You Are Now Entering America's Corner!

This one is just flat disorienting. I ought to be able to exit at council and drive straight into Devon Tower.

This one is just flat disorienting. I ought to be able to exit at council and drive straight into Devon Tower.

It seems photoshoped, the downtown buildings do not look that large several miles east of Morgan's exit and those trees & billboards on the north side of the interstate are not at the Moran exit, another thing is the interstate is now concrete at Morgan and Devon was not finished the last time it had an asphalt top.

This one is just flat disorienting. I ought to be able to exit at council and drive straight into Devon Tower.

Probably not a good idea to "drive straight into Devon Tower". It would likely cause considerable damage to your vehicle. :wink:

It seems photoshoped, the downtown buildings do not look that large several miles east of Morgan's exit and those trees & billboards on the north side of the interstate are not at the Moran exit, another thing is the interstate is now concrete at Morgan and Devon was not finished the last time it had an asphalt top.Extreme telephoto lenses have such an effect. I'd bet that the camera was several miles west of the Morgan Road interchange, possibly all the way into Yukon, to create such huge foreshortening.

I'm curious as to what focal length telephoto was used for this. The biggest one I ever owned was around 1.3 meters, not mm, mounted on a Konica 35 mm; I used it to shoot closeup photos of birds at a distance of about 150 feet. The lens itself mounted on the tripod and the camera simply hung off the back of the lens barrel. For this shot, though, I suspect a much longer lens was used!

So it was taken from here (https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=35.46008,-97.70685&spn=0.003671,0.00596&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=35.460422,-97.706846&panoid=BseTwzhK6_HgzltSrhiknw&cbp=12,81.87,,0,1.83)?

IMG_7871 OKC Skyline fr Sara Rd I40 | Flickr - Photo Sharing! (http://www.flickr.com/photos/73409321@N00/8353131725/in/photostream)

Read the camera settings.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/73409321@N00/sets/72157632452332852/with/8353146903/

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8189/8353146903_c6c8a8491b_b.jpg