Photo Kit: Las Vegas

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Sunday, January 20, 2008

Not Venice

This isn't Venice of course but The Venetian hotel in Las Vegas. Nikon D200. AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 VR

Go to the light!

A shot of the interior of the Venetian hotel in Las Vegas. Nikon D200, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 VR

Life (Wall), flashing before my eyes

I don't usually post work related photos here, but this one I took at CES2008 was nice enough to post here. Yes I was recently in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show and what you're looking at here is Panasonic's phenomenal Life Wall display, which is a HUGE (you're only looking at perhaps 1/5th of the wall here) interactive wall-to-wall display that not only changes your wallpaper, but allows you to interact with the display with gestures and make video calls, surf the Net, etc. The Life Wall is actually just a study in modern electronics, and you're not likely to see it in your home anytime soon. Nikon D200, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6VR

Lovers in the fire

Every hotel in Las Vegas seems to have some kind of show or other. This one is in front of the Mirage Hotel and it's a volcano that erupts every hour or so. However, in taking this photo, (again with the help of the gorillapod) I realised that the flames coming out just happened to look like two lovers looking at each other. And guess what -- there's a Beatles Love poster in the back! Sometimes luck is on my side. Nikon D200, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 VR

Fire in the hold!

Amazingly, this scene happens every few hours in front of the Treasure Island Hotel in Las Vegas. The show starts of with two pirate ships -- one full of women and the other full of men -- meeting and then having a battle, with cannons and all. There's lots of singing and pyrotechnics and in about 20mins it's over and then starts again in a few hours (I believe at 7pm then 10pm). This shot was only possible with the help of the wonderful gorillapod, a tripod with bendy legs which I had wrapped around a railing! Nikon D200, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 VR

Fire in the hold II

This is what the ship looks like without the fire. Nikon D200, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 VR

Ghosts of Mars

Obviously not the best photo I've ever taken, but I was just fascinated by the interplay of light on the canopy of this huge tent in Las Vegas -- not sure about the location, but this place has a whole bunch of factory outlet shops. Nikon D200, AF-S Nikkor 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 VR