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I played with some clever reflection practical effects to give the appearance of a giant mech, perhaps something like from Nier: Automata, coming in from the Puget Sound.

This picture was captured atop the Space Needle, but I wanted to make something decidedly not touristy.

Thanks for seeing my work!

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Nice photo. Typical foggy PNW. I think Seattle is in Washington state... unless there's one also in Oregon with a Space Needle I've never heard of.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Yeah best we got in Oregon is Dallas, OR

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You have a Springfield and a Portland, both of which are famous for also being in other states.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

That's funny, I've lived in all those places.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

And a Zig-Zag, a Rhododendron, and a general store called Wanker’s Corner.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago

And they say we Americans don’t know Geography.

[–] gigachad 5 points 4 days ago (2 children)

My brain cannot really comprehend what's going on here

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

The windows that keep people from jumping off the Space Needle observation deck are tilted at an angle, so you can see more of the ground right under it (also part of the floor inside is windows now so you can look straight down.)

As a result, the reflections from the observation deck windows are of what's above and behind the observers looking at them - which happens to be the Needle's roof and mast.

So this picture is, starting at the bottom: Some of downtown, the waterfront, Puget Sound (the water), West Seattle, some islands, The Olympic mountains, some clouds, and the reflection of the Needle's roof, then its tower, and the supports connecting to the observation deck.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

And I had to hold the camera very steady to get the tower in the dead center of the frame.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

Yeah, that looks like it was a very tough shot, and well done!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

It's the reflection of the tower on glass

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Anomaly ghost tower