I was in Seattle recently for a meeting but I spent more time walking around with my camera than I did attending my event. Seattle was a lot of fun. My wife, Kathryn, and I took a thousand photos. Many of these were of the iconic Space Needle. Here are five frames of the Space Needle.
Peeking
Here is the top of the Space Needle peeking over a hill in the Olympic Sculpture Park. The red thing sticking up on the left is the top of Alexander Calder’s sculpture, The Eagle, 1971.
Needle and Eagle
Here is another view of the The Eagle and the Space Needle from a little further up the hill. The Space Needle was constructed in 1962 for the Century 21 Exposition also known as the Seattle World’s Fair. The Space Needle is 605 feet high. Alexander Calder is know for his mobile sculptures. He also made a series of large statues, which he called stabiles. The Eagle is the opposite of mobile, it is made of red-painted steel. weighs over six tons, and stands 38 feet tall.
Standing Tall
Here is the Space Needle from below, looking up at its magnificence. The squarish bit sticking out in the foreground is the Skyline level, which was part of the original design, but was not added until 1982. Today the Skyline level is used for banquets and is not part of the public tour.
Art and Needle
This photo shows two pieces of Dale Chihuly’s glass sculpture in the Chihuly Garden and Glass with the Space Needle lurking in the background.
Windows on the Needle
Here is a shot of the Needle from inside the Glasshouse at the Chihuly Garden and Glass. This photo was taken by Kathryn. I took a similar shot, but her composition was better. You can see the reflections of the marvelous glass installations in the panes of the windows.
More from Seattle, later.
These photos were taken during a trip to Seattle, June 28 through July 5, 2019. We used two Canon cameras, the 6D and the 6DII, and a variety of Canon lenses including the 24-70 f2.8, and 50mm, 35mm, and 100mm primes. Processing was accomplished with Darktable, a free program available for Windoze, Mac, and Linux.
Nothin’ but needle!!