THE Orlando Photo Thread

[Metro10]

woke up today and walked out the door to this. very cool!

Picture of Bike Races and new Euro Bistro and wine bar in our building

[JFW657]

Actually, no. Thanks for getting the EXIF data info. Camillo!

Thank you all for the compliments. I'm not a commercial photographer--- should I be?

I don't know, but you obviously have a very nice camera. The colors are beautiful.

[MaXxlife]

Driving west on I-4 last night I noticed The Vue and 55W proudly wearing thier names via big banners. To me it seems like DT aquired some new building badges (suntrust, fairwinds, at&t etc..) over night. I think it makes a pretty good impact on the skyline!

[JRS1]

Canon Digital Rebel w/lens @ 42mm, shot at 7:19 PM on March, 20 2007.

Manual exposure mode with Auto white balance and sRGB color space.

Shot at ISO 200, f/5.6 @ 1.3 seconds w/front fill flash.

Post-processed with Adobe Elements v.2.0

geez. you guys are way beyond anything I ever contemplated regarding photographic expertise. kudos.

[Altimike]

woke up today and walked out the door to this. very cool!

Picture of Bike Races and new Euro Bistro and wine bar in our building

Nice pics. On first glance, I actually thought they were taken in Europe.

[downtowninvestor]

what time is that wine bar open till? anybody know

[JRS1]

we need to all start taking some really photogenic picts of ORL. I'm going to start taking some myself as well.

unless someone beats me to it, we need to get some nice night shots of OCCC N/S building when it's lit up.

[radiostatic102]

we need to all start taking some really photogenic picts of ORL. I'm going to start taking some myself as well.

unless someone beats me to it, we need to get some nice night shots of OCCC N/S building when it's lit up.

This is a great idea! Most pix I've seen of Orlando, outside of this forum, are none too flattering. Most postcards of Orlando show the city at it's worst, and from horrible angles. The person from Philly (or whereever) who took all those really great photos of downtown Orlando did such a tremendous job, on most of those I found myself asking "Is that REALLY Orlando?!"

It's all a matter of perspective, what you choose to see. The bad, or the good?

Edited March 28, 2007 by radiostatic102

[WeNeed2Progress]

Here are a few more from the other day, night, and tonight... I wish I'd have taken photos of the new OCCC wing when IAAPA was there in '03. An attendee was showing off their lighting and had the place changing color like Cinderella's Castle--- I'd thought at the time that the county had paid for something awesome!

[JRS1]

stunning.

listen, last night there was a 150' banner on the west side of the Rosen Centre bldg. advertising some show at OCCC. it was lit up. I dn have my camera. someone needs to snap it. I'll try tonite. It is so cool looking.

[orlandonative]

WeNeed2Progress, those are some brilliant shots. I am most positive that we ran into each other on possibly Tuesday evening when you took those photos of the lake. Small world. I told my girlfriend, at the time that I would see the photos that the man was taking. She missed the point, which she usually does.

JRS1, dude that baner was huge. Screw your camera, somebody call NASA. You could get a hell of a shot of that thing from space.

[WeNeed2Progress]

WeNeed2Progress, those are some brilliant shots. I am most positive that we ran into each other on possibly Tuesday evening when you took those photos of the lake. Small world. I told my girlfriend, at the time that I would see the photos that the man was taking. She missed the point, which she usually does.

JRS1, dude that baner was huge. Screw your camera, somebody call NASA. You could get a hell of a shot of that thing from space.

Haha, cool! Yeah, I took photos by the lake on the Tuesday and Wednesday before last... so I guess you did get to see them.

[JRS1]

Here's a bunch of shots from PTP North, PTP South, and the 11th Floor deck:

Edited April 4, 2007 by JRS1

[orlandonative]

Nice office, pimp!

[JRS1]

Nice office, pimp!

check out the rest of the shots... I went back and added a bunch more after you posted.

[Hisma]

dude, great shots

man the Suntrust cluster is getting DENSE!!

[MaXxlife]

Man you can see a ton from the top of the Plaza! I love the way central florida and DT look from that perspective. I'd like to see some interior shots of some of the offices in the Plaza when they're done (pre and post IKEA ) .

[tennis32801]

great photos! Some of those pics looked like scaled down models. Cant wait to see more photos of downtown at night.....(hint hint WeNeedToProgress)

[mrh3]

You guys should go work for CoStar.

[sunshine]

Great pics. But, downtown Orlando is so small.

[RedStar25]

oh God..... Why are you always so Down on this City?

[F-L-A]

Great pics. But, downtown Orlando is so small.

Please take your medication. You're bringing the rest of us down.

[wally2169]

Stunning

It's amazing what downtown is turning into

[Go Gators]

Great pics. But, downtown Orlando is so small.

Gese sunshine, having some size insecurities?

[Topher1]

^ Sunshine is right though, downtown is very small in area.

Of course, this can be viewed as a positive thing, as almost every project underway in downtown is bringing something new and exciting to a relatively small area.

Compare that to the throngs of projects spread out for miles in Miami/Brickell/Biscayne. While the projects are larger/grander/glitzier/far more plentiful, they're really not going to have the transformative effect that's happening it DT Orlando, simply due to how far apart they're spread, and how pock-marked and non-continuous Miami continues to be away from the water. For what it's worth, for the time being and for the near future, I consider DT Orlando to be a far more livable, strollable, and attractive DT than Miami... Miami Beach is another story of course.