Larry Treadwell
October 2025 - Cincinnati Skyline
About the Image(s)
Cincinnati Skyline
Nikon D850, Nikkor 80-200mm f2.8 lens at 100mm with lens shade attached, ISO 250, f5.6, .4 seconds, tripod with Really Right Stuff ball head with panoramic calibrations, with cable release.
The final image is a 7 image panorama created in Lightroom. The camera was placed in the vertical position. Shooting with the camera in the horizontal position would have made the city a very narrow ribbon due to the distance I was from the city. When cropped the final image is 66.34 inches wide and 24.23 inches high. I chose to use my cable release rather than my remote shutter release because I needed two hands to both steady the tripod and rotate the camera position on the tripod between shots. By using the cable release I was able to hang the cable release around my neck and thus keep it handy.
While this is a photo of the Cincinnati skyline, it was taken from Devoe Park in Covington, Kentucky across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. The elevation is somewhere between 174-236 feet above the Ohio River. The vantage point from which this was taken was a point that extended about 20 feet outward. Thus the Cincinnati skyline sort of curved around my position. The famed Roebling Bridge (image posted last month) is mostly blocked by a railroad bridge but one of the Roebling Bridge towers (the one on the far side of the river) can be seen above the purple building that is the Radison Hotel roughly in the center of the image. I think this is all in focus, but if not, someone will let me know. I shot the full set of 7 images three times and actually processed all three. I know I focused the camera prior to each shot. The third set of shots was shot at f4.
8 comments posted
This skyline was really different. Unlike some cities this is really not a city of the Big Shoulders as Carl Sandberg used to say. Somehow it seemed to look better capturing the full panorama. Besides this time I had a really great overlook point to photograph from. Like you I enjoyed the foreground the green trees provided. Posted: 10/15/2025 18:34:10
I really liked the coming of night feeling with the hint of sunset on the left and the beginnings of the blue hour on the right and I was well aware of the complimentary colors when I took this. Glad you liked the trees. I've never seen a major city skyline shot with lovely green trees for the foreground before. Like you said, a nice touch.
Posted: 10/24/2025 17:33:55
I was visiting my brother in law when I took this and he called attention to the Radison. That was the building where he held his wedding reception 43 years ago. I was the photographer that day. Can you hear the song "Memories" play8ng in the background? Posted: 10/24/2025 17:36:35
This is seven images combined to make the pano. Even with a 16 mm lens I could not get everything in. Even standing alond side the river there were many bridges than blocked the view of the buildings because the river curved. I believe the original image is sharp but this is greatly reduced to display here. The original stitched 7 image file is 73mm so there is a great reduction. Posted: 10/24/2025 17:29:22