Best US & Canada City Skylines: Poll & Pics

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The discussion centers around opinions on the best city skyline in the U.S. and Canada, with participants sharing images and personal preferences. Major cities highlighted include Boston, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston, Philadelphia, Seattle, Calgary, Vancouver, and Toronto. Seattle garners significant support for its scenic backdrop of mountains and water, while Chicago also receives praise for its skyline. Participants note that images should ideally be taken from similar distances and angles to provide a fair comparison. Some express disappointment over the exclusion of other notable cities like San Francisco, Dallas, and Pittsburgh from the initial poll options. The conversation evolves into a broader sharing of skyline images, with many contributors advocating for their hometowns and emphasizing the importance of lighting and perspective in skyline photography. Overall, the thread fosters a lively exchange of visual appreciation and personal experiences related to city skylines.

Which city has the best skyline?

  • Boston

    Votes: 2 5.6%

  • New York

    Votes: 7 19.4%

  • Chicago

    Votes: 11 30.6%

  • Los Angeles

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Houston

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Philadelphia

    Votes: 2 5.6%

  • Seattle

    Votes: 10 27.8%

  • Calgery

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Vancouver

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Toronto

    Votes: 4 11.1%
  • Total voters
    36
  • #51
Wow :!)
 
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  • #52
Schrodinger's Dog said:
Eat your hearts out you mortal builders, you just don't have the time. :biggrin:

well that's true too... :smile:
 
  • #53
lisab said:
Wow :!)

That's my desktop background.

Snake River: Grand Teton National Park.
 
  • #54
http://images.dpchallenge.com/images_challenge/845/thumb/667396.jpg

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  • #55
morphism said:
http://images.dpchallenge.com/images_challenge/845/thumb/667396.jpg

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That's quite clever I like it. :)
 
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  • #56
^^ that reminds me of:

Supertramp_-_Breakfast_in_America.jpg
 
  • #57
Schrodinger's Dog said:
No one beats gods full stop. :smile:

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Now this is a view I'd go to the US to see.

Eat your hearts out you mortal builders, you just don't have the time. :biggrin:

That has got to be one of the most over shot views. Good, but overshot. I have a photography book with it in twice, one by Ansel Adams and one by someone else.
 
  • #58
Nice picture of the Grand Teton! There was a mountain guide named Petzoid in that park that led paying customers to the top of that mountain until he was 89. Ha! you all who think you are too old... That is 6,000 feet or 2,000 meter gain and some tough rock and snow. Amazing.
 
  • #59
Not nearly as breathtaking as the previous photos, but here's my hometown. Chattanooga, TN

http://www.fcds.org/faculty/JimmySwansbrough/Jwebpage/Chattanooga.jpg

Here's panoramic a shot taken from Lookout Mountain... the mountain in the background in the first photo.
http://johnsmilitaryhistory.com/lookout5.jpg
 
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  • #60
binzing said:
That has got to be one of the most over shot views. Good, but overshot. I have a photography book with it in twice, one by Ansel Adams and one by someone else.

What does overshot mean? Do you mean more people have taken a photo of it than most places? Or that it's photoshopped? Because either way who cares. :-p:biggrin:
 
  • #61
Schrodinger's Dog said:
Portsmouth is quite nice, from many angles, it has historical character as well.

http://rp.meteornet.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/spinnaker_tower_and_harbour.JPG


What?! :confused: That's Dubai! That's Burj Dubai in the foreground!
 
  • #62
http://picasaweb.google.com/imrank340/Bank_Holiday_24_08_07_To_27_08_07/photo#5103663425066665330

Er no it's not, not unless the Dubians have a port full of British ships of the line, and frigates?

I happen to live near here, as well I think I'd recognise my own area, I hope I would anyway, especially as my father worked there in the dock yard for 20 years on and off and I was in there more often than the First Sea Baron.

I can even tell you what that area is called where the photographer is standing I know the area so well. Used to be called Spice Island as that's where you could get opium and just about anything else, including whores. Now it's a prestigious and expensive to buy houses in area of Old Portsmouth, times change.
 
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  • #63
Sure looks like Dubai to me. ARGH & I meant Burj al-Arab, obviously not Burj Dubai. Here's an aerial pic of Burj al-Arab, in addition to the one above:

http://www.thedubai.info/media/105-burj-al-arab-from-1500-ft.jpg
 
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  • #64
Calgary was an option but Shanghai wasn't... tsktsk :wink:

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