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'Tower Of The Americas'
- Thread starter Panther_99FS
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Panther_99FS
Retired SOH Administrator
That yours? The EXIF data isn't intact according to my FF plugin(guess its from the HDR conversion?)
Sorry,
But I don't do HDR - however it does have some Topaz....
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Ah ok, I've heard of that before. It sort of gives it a HDR look. It looks excellent though.
Panther_99FS
Retired SOH Administrator
Yeah,
Topaz is pretty cool.....It gives you the options of creating something really nice or absolutely putrid!
Topaz is pretty cool.....It gives you the options of creating something really nice or absolutely putrid!
Cratermaker
Charter Member
Not sure if they still do it, but there used to be a yearly charity event where you run up the stairs to the top (or walk by the end probably).
Cratermaker
Charter Member
Looking at the example at the topaz website, it looks like one of those single image "HDR" like extrapolations from one pic instead of using multiple pics.
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denisch
Guest
This sound like a dumb question but where is the "Tower"? From the look of the trees it must be somewhere in the northern hemisphere.
Captain Tenneal
Charter Member
San Antonio Texas
Panther_99FS
Retired SOH Administrator
flyboyhunt05
Charter Member
You should if you get the chance. It gives a very nice view of San Antonio, especially around sunset.Not yet
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denisch
Guest
Thanks for the link. Wasn't this "Tower" once featured in an episode of "The Simpsons"?
Being a Seattle resident I've gone up to the Space Needle several times, and all I can say is that its ture, things are bigger in Texas!! But I have to admit that the view is better! From the Space Needle's obsevation deck not only can you see the city of Seattle but the Puget Sound, the Olympic and Cascade mountain ranges and Mount Rinier.
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FlyTexas
Guest
Definitely.
And it's one of the best places to go to feel a nice breeze during those hot summer evenings in San Antonio. Ahh, San Antonio on a summer night. Sitting on the River Walk drinking margarita's, and sweating over a big plate of Tex-Mex food. And all the beautiful San Antonio ladies...yikes! I love it! 
Brian
cheezyflier
Charter Member
well, here in canadia we have the cn tower, which is the 2nd tallest free standing structure on land, next to some hotel in dubai. i have been up in it. being afraid of heights, i did not enjoy it at all. the elevator has a glass front and floor. the observation deck has a section of glass floor too. i spent most of the time not looking down. ok, you can laugh now. but i did it, and didn't let the irrational panic hidden inside stop me 
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denisch
Guest
Cheezyflier,
Don't feel bad about your fear of heights, atlease you went up the tower. When my sister and two of her kids visited me in Seattle the Space Needle was on their list of things to see. Her two kids went up to the observation level but my nephew didn't like it (the Needle does sway abit when it's windy) and my sister wouldn't even go up!! My niece thought it was neat thought.
Don't feel bad about your fear of heights, atlease you went up the tower. When my sister and two of her kids visited me in Seattle the Space Needle was on their list of things to see. Her two kids went up to the observation level but my nephew didn't like it (the Needle does sway abit when it's windy) and my sister wouldn't even go up!! My niece thought it was neat thought.