Vegas Window Silhouette

This was an attempt to capture the feeling of the intensity of the bright lights in Las Vegas. A view from the ~50th floor of the Vdara hotel, facing south. You can see the Luxor’s Sky Beam in the background, supposedly the strongest man-made light in the world.

I had to take a bulb exposure to achieve the desired effect. I ended up standing on the hotel bed, using the ironing board as a makeshift “tripod”, and holding the shutter open for probably two full seconds. This was the best of ~5 attempts. I’m amazed this came out at all, especially considering I’d had several drinks at this point, and we later discovered that the camera’s shutter had been sticking, completely ruining about 50% of the shots on the roll.