{"id":359,"date":"2015-06-26T17:26:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T17:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/?p=359"},"modified":"2015-06-26T17:26:22","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T17:26:22","slug":"high-above-the-streets-of-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/26\/high-above-the-streets-of-pittsburgh\/","title":{"rendered":"High above the streets of Pittsburgh!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am always looking for new angles to photograph the city of Pittsburgh. If you look at my catalog, you’d think that there weren’t any angles left to cover, but I’m constantly finding new and exciting places to view the skyline. One that has evaded me for a long, long time is a rooftop. Many, many property owners want nothing to do with people being on their rooftops. I can understand. It is a HUGE liability to let someone wander around, even supervised, some 400’+ above the busy street below. I get it. Not unlike trying to get a job without experience, there are few ways to prove your abilities to handle the situation. Well, someone finally let me experience my first Pittsburgh rooftop, and I couldn’t be more thrilled to show you what I captured.<\/p>\n

\"Down<\/a>
Down The Ohio River<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The Many Routes Of The Ft. Pitt Bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The roof of Fifth Avenue Place (also known as the Highmark Building) is situated closer to the Point than many other buildings, so you can get a good view of downtown.<\/p>\n

\"High<\/a>
High Above Liberty<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The Tall Ones At Dawn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seeing things from this height puts a lot into perspective (no pun intended). The rooftop is 450′ above the street below and there aren’t any tall buildings within a few blocks. It gives a GREAT view of the rest of the city.<\/p>\n

\"Reflections<\/a>
Reflections From High Places<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The block of time I was given started at 7am and ran until noon, but I only used up 2 hours. The sun at that time of day, especially in the summer, gets harsh fairly quickly and the images loose their “pop” when lit directly above.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The House Of 57<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Up<\/a>
Up River<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My friend Dave, a fellow photographer, and a member of security bounced back and forth from one viewing angle to another, attempting to catch as much of the “good light” as possible.<\/p>\n

\"Roberto<\/a>
Roberto And His Shadow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The view straight down the building was amazing and terrifying at the same time.<\/p>\n

\"Casting<\/a>
Casting A Long Shadow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Seeing the courtyard of PPG Place and Market Square from above was very interesting. Bravo to the designers for creating such beautiful spaces that can be appreciated from such different angles.<\/p>\n

\"Urban<\/a>
Urban Camoflauge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Market<\/a>
Market Square From A Giant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The one drawback to shooting from the roof of a building is that you can’t easily showcase it. Fifth Avenue Place is such a beautiful and unique building. I attempted to capture it as best I could with my ultrawide lens.<\/p>\n

\"At<\/a>
At The Highmark<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Rooftop<\/a>
Rooftop Selfie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As the sun rose higher, the atmospheric conditions began to set in and add a haze to anything in the distance. Also, the heavy rains from days prior muddied the usually clear(er) Allegheny river.<\/p>\n

\"Pirate<\/a>
Pirate Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"So<\/a>
So Many Bridges<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All in all, I am very happy with what I was able to capture. I am extremely grateful to the people that permitted me the humbling opportunity to see the city I love from a new perspective.\u00a0 This 51 image panorama is one of my favorite shots of Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>
A City To Love From Such Great Heights<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am always looking for new angles to photograph the city of Pittsburgh. If you look at my catalog, you’d think that there weren’t any angles left to cover, but I’m constantly finding new and exciting places to view the skyline. One that has evaded me for a long, long time is a rooftop. Many, … Continue reading High above the streets of Pittsburgh!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18],"tags":[38,30,37],"class_list":["post-359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pittsburgh","tag-fifth-avenue-place","tag-pittsburgh","tag-rooftop"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p40I5Y-5N","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":378,"href":"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359\/revisions\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.divinemayhem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}