Fake News Cowboy Hotel, a photo from Nevada, Ouest

Photographer's Note

The best way to view the pictures is to use the links below.

Fake News Cowboy Hotel

Trump International Hotel Las Vegas

I continue with some other artistic impressions of the architecture of the buildings on the Strip in Las Vegas.
A rather controversial choice, but the reflections in the parking building of this hotel were too attractive to ignore.

◙ The main picture shows a wild reflection on the building of the parking in front of the hotel.
◙ The first workshop shows the late afternoon golden glare of the façade of the building in close-up.
◙ The second workshop shows an overall view of the hotel against the backlight of the early evening sky

■ Main picture: ◙ Wild Reflection
■ Workshop 1: ◙ Golden Facade
■ Workshop 2: ◙ All Gold that glitters

First some Real Facts about the building
■ Plans for a Trump Tower in Las Vegas, when the project was announced in 2002, called for a $350 million, 60-story condominium. Phillip Ruffin in August dropped the expected price to $272 million and said the tower would be 43 stories.
■ Then in mid-2004 the project was announced as a $300 million, 64 storey luxury residential hotel condominium tower.
■ The Trump Tower Las Vegas will be built in the north section of the Las Vegas Strip, in back of the old New Frontier Hotel & Casino. To the south of the project is the Fashion Show Mall, To the East is Las Vegas Blvd, followed by Wynn Las Vegas.
■ On January 4th, 2005 Trump International Hotel & Tower - Tower Two was announced. Tower Two will be an identical second tower that would be added to the Trump International Hotel & Tower Las Vegas.
■ In four and a half days all 1,282 units were sold out. On July 15, 2005 the day tower one started construction Trump said "I don't think in the history of Las Vegas that ever happened"
■ The tower has 57 floors, although it is marketed as 64 floors. The first level of Condominiums above the podium would be floor 16, when in reality it is the 9th floor.
(“source: skyscraperpage.com)

The hotel is designed by Architect: Bergman, Walls & Associates
On their website BW&A writes:
“BWA is a world-class architectural and interior design firm focused on hotels and resorts, restaurants and lounges, and entertainment, including nightclubs and gaming. The firm was founded in Las Vegas in 1994.
We have assembled a diverse team of architects and interior designers who provide our clients with leading-edge, end-to-end solutions through design innovation, operational insight and customer focus. We look forward to telling you more about our commitment to destination design, the services we offer and the benefits that we deliver.”

Looking at their website I found out this architect-firm is also responsible for the tasteless architecture of Paris Las Vegas and Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, but also other well designed buildings.

Make: SONY- ILCE-6300
Software: PaintShop Pro 20,00
Exposure Time: 1/1500 sec
F-Stop: f/16.0
ISO Speed Ratings: 4000
Focal Length: 200 mm
Date Taken: 2017-08-12 18:24
Metering Mode: Pattern
File Size: 431 kb

I add the dark frame to the picture to give the posts a screen format of 1920x1080 pixels
The idea is that, if you use the links in the text, you have a full screen image of the picture with the photo in the centre of a dark screen.
This works with the browsers and screens I use, but I’m not sure that everybody will have the same result.

Tue, pierrefonds, bukitgolfb301, ikeharel, pajaran, papagolf21, snunney, CLODO, holmertz, Fis2, rychem, jhm, jean113, jean113, cornejo, PaulVDV trouve(nt) cette note utile

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Tue (82164) 2018-01-25 14:29

Hallo Rob,
Op deze manier is die gouden toren van meneer de president niet eens zo heel lelijk, dankzij de mooie vervormingen in de gevel, en de groene palmbomen zorgen voor een mooi contrast.
Lars

pierrefonds (103465) 2018-01-25 15:35

Hi Rob,

Las Vegas is city full of glitters. The reflections pn the windows are assets to the composition. The point of view is showing the details of the palm trees and of the facade of the hotel. Fakes news are an easy way out and to ignore reality. Have a nice day.

Pierre

bukitgolfb301 (53894) 2018-01-25 16:50

Hi dear Rob

Yes this is your original shot by your own way, your intention and purpose are well presnetaed in this shot. Deformed reflection is so eye-cathing and vertical format is so clever choice.

All the best and have a good day! Takero

pajaran (102552) 2018-01-25 22:38

Pozdrav.
Interesantan i lep pogled, dobar tekst ...
Dobar rad sa lepim fotografijama u radionici, dobar kontrast, lepe boje. Lepa arhitektura i fasada, lep refleks na staklu.
Lepa igra boja i svetla na fasadi.
Dobar tekst o koriscenoj tehnici i elementima snimka.
Sve najbolje.
Paja.

Greeting.
Interesting and beautiful view, good text ...
Good work with nice photos in the workshop, good contrast, nice colors. Beautiful architecture and facade, nice reflex on the glass.
Nice game of colors and lights on the facade.
Good text on the used technique and the elements of the image.
All the best.

papagolf21 (152599) 2018-01-25 22:49

Bonjour, cher ami Rob,
La surprise est toujours présente à travers vos prises de vue, ainsi que vos commentaires (très appréciés).
Une autre façon de voir les choses et de les montrer avec talent.
Amitiés.
Philippe

dkmurphys (77972) 2018-01-25 23:38

Hello,
Very interesting result of the reflections. It looks great, you had the eye for it. Great catch!

Daniel

emka (152108) 2018-01-26 0:02

Hello Rob, Awesome picture with the golden reflections. Not possible to miss such an opportunity. Lovely palms. Perfect composition and cut, fantastic colours.

KInd regrad s Malgo

Nicou (193806) 2018-01-26 1:27

Hello

encore une image bien pensé et très bien construite quel effet ces traces jaune et forme et ce vert et brun en contraste superbe.
Bravo et amitié
Nicou

snunney (130967) 2018-01-26 2:40

Hello Rob,
Can we really trust anything that comes out of the Trump organisation:-) The diverse reflections provide much of interest but for me it is the mottled golden tones that are the star of the show.

CLODO (45094) 2018-01-26 2:53

Hi Rob

Back to the skyscrappers shots. All are amazing, but the main post is more abstract, mixing the moving gold to the palm trees.
Have a nice WE
CLODO

holmertz (92782) 2018-01-26 3:06

Hello Rob,
Adding nine floors or a hundred thousand visitors to the inauguration ceremony - anything goes if you are a man of great visions and the smartest guy ever in the history of the US. As for the photos, especially the main one and the WS1 are perfectly composed and cropped. It was a good idea to include part of the street level to make us understand what we are seeing. WS1 is one of those photos that would do well on a gallery wall.
Have a nice weekend,
Gert

willperrett (14029) 2018-01-26 3:33

Hello Rob

I reckon you've chosen the pick of the three to post as your main image: it's graphic, near-abstract and rich in colour. And I can't accuse you of giving Trump the oxygen of publicity: he does that well enough himself, the naughty little "stable genuis".

Regards

Will

Fis2 (155547) 2018-01-26 3:45

Witaj Rob!
Very interesting reflection.
Amazin colors and sharpness.
Well done.
Warm regards.
Krzysztof

sacimar (38171) 2018-01-26 4:32

Hello Rob,

this is another great artistic image of the buildings of Las Vegas, I like the composition with the palm trees and the golden facade, it looks like a painting, well done,

Have a good weekend,

Sergio

rychem (72179) 2018-01-26 8:14

Pure impressionism, fantastic reflections, very good supplementary photos in the WS, excellent work
regards Ryszard

jhm (202915) 2018-01-27 0:39

Goedemorgen Rob,

Uw foto kan goed doorgaan als schilderij.
De kleuren en weerspiegeling zijn aangenaam om naar te kijken.
De palmbomen in de voorgrond geven wat schakeringen aan uw foto.
Mooi foto werk, bedankt.

Mooi weekend,
John.

jean113 (21991) 2018-01-27 9:25

Hello Rob, an amazing reflection, which is far more beautiful than the actual building!
The distorted patterns make an abstract piece of art,and the palm trees add to the design.
Very informative notes.
Regards Jean.

cornejo (61504) 2018-01-27 10:55

Hello Rob, good photograph of this interesting composition with reflections, very well captured in this beautiful image, with good sharpness, light, color and quality. Very good and interesting work perfectly done, my congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this beautiful work.

Good night and happy Sunday.
Best wishes from the south of Spain.
Angel.

PaulVDV (54809) 2018-01-27 12:07

Hallo Rob,
De weerspiegelingen in dit deel van het gebouw zijn inderdaad prachtig. Heel artistiek! Je presenteert het hier heel aantrekkelijk met de vijf palmbomen op een rijtje. In de tweede workshop stellen we vast dat deze gevel slechts een klein onderdeel van het gebouw is. De gouden toren zelf vind ik persoonlijk iets minder geslaagd.
In de eerste workshop vind ik je presentatie dan wel heel goed, excellent omgeven door de grote zwarte kader.
Vele groeten, Paul

carlo62 (81265) 2018-01-27 14:18

Ciao Rob
in effetti questo riflesso è proprio bello.
Ci sono cose che spesso non notiamo, ma se ci accorgiamo di qualcosa di particolare, è impossibile fare finta che questa non esiste....
Bel lavoro, come sempre.
Carlo

Silvio1953 (205611) 2018-01-28 8:38

Ciao Rob, lovely composition with fantastic reflections, wonderful Golden colors, excellent deformation and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio
PS thanks for beautiful WS

gervaso (28177) 2018-01-28 16:11

Hello, Rob!

This photo looks quite abstract, which makes it so intriguing and beautiful! The reflections are very interesting here, and the colors are beautiful! Very nice and original composition! Excellent job!