Photography

View from the Aria, Las Vegas

Posted on April 19, 2011

View from the Aria, Las Vegas
5DMKII + 16-35mm, 2 shots + Photomatix.

I was back in Vegas for NAB last week after some travel to Orlando & NYC… Pretty nice view from the Aria! The windows are pretty dirty so it was hard to avoid the blotchiness… but you get the idea :P I had to place my lens right up to the glass to avoid the room glare (even with all the lights turned off). It was tricky to get the angle using a tripod, so I had to hold the tripod in place while I shot. I used a black sweater to seal the lens against the window blocking all reflections on the window. Of course I forgot my lens hood, which would’ve helped the situation just a tad. :P

Lisa Bettany is a world renowned photographer, travel writer & tech entrepreneur. When she is not capturing the beauty of the world or making iPhone apps, she enjoys flying small planes, reading books about Spitfires, hiking in the mountains and drinking tea.

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  • William Beem
    April 19, 2011 at 3:22 PM

    I’d be curious to see if you got any shots in Orlando (I’m a native here). Always interesting to see how others look at the place I see every day.

    I’m heading to Aria on Saturday and now you have me hoping I get a room with a nice view like that, too. There are a lot of new cityscape vantage points now that I need to check out.

  • Randy
    May 5, 2011 at 8:52 AM

    What a view! I have a very similar shot except it’s from the Vdara. Shot during the day, but the HDR helped. Great shot!

  • William Beem
    May 5, 2011 at 12:13 PM

    Unfortunately, my room faced the back and had a lovely view of a parking garage & I-15. I managed to get this shot, though with some difficulty with security. The story is on my blog:

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/wbeem/5680817338

  • Randy
    May 6, 2011 at 3:22 PM

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/hikerfunatic/5419214859/

  • Richard Yang
    July 9, 2011 at 10:07 PM

    Wow, very professional snap. I am just a beginner and am trying to look for inspiration from seasoned photographers.
    Thanks
    Richard

  • Mark
    August 7, 2011 at 3:26 AM

    Hi Lisa! I love your website, it is very inspirational. I’m 34 years old and only recently got into photography, all thanks to my iPhone 4 that I bought a few months ago. Since then, I’ve been playing around with some photography apps (and Camera+ of course!) and I still can’t believe the amazing photos that can be accomplished. Thanks to my new hobby, I just bought my first ever SLR a few weeks ago. My interest in photography is now completely out of control (in a good way) as in the last six months I’ve gone from “not interested in photography” to “I can’t get enough” and here I am today learning to make HDR images using the images from my SLR, all thanks to you and your website. Thank you for all the articles and inspiration!