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The Sunshine Skyway Bridge over the Tampa Bay Channel between St. Peters burg and Bradenton FL., was taken in the morning hours. A light haze and drift wood in the foreground gave the image perspective. Canon 7E, E100VS, F16/125 |
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The Sunshine Skyway Bridge over the Tampa Bay Channel between St. Peters burg and Bradenton FL., was taken in the morning hours. A light haze and drift wood in the foreground gave the image perspective. Canon 7E, E100VS, F16/125 |
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L-737 Sunshine Bridge |
C-101 Vinoy Resort Hotel entrance |
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St. Petersburg FL., has undergone some extensive downtown changes. Many of the old glory downtown-bayside hotels have been removed or restored making place for new high rises, retail and public recreation. Bay Walk is an architectural Mecca with many upscale shops, restaurants and other public recreation. It's architecture is Mediterranean oriented. Image L-733 and L-736 were taken in the late afternoon with my Canon Elan 7E, Kodak E100VS, F8/125-28/135mm Canon IS. To the left is the Vinoy Tower of the Vinoy Resort Hotel in St. Petersburg FL. This old hotel is also listed on the National Register of Historical Places. the hotel was build in the early twenties and completely restored to its old luster. |
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L-720 Vinoy Tower |
L-733 Bell Tower |
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Where once was a small golf range there are now the Vinoy condominium high rises and the Vinoy Yacht basin creating a true Mediterranean look.. Right, the Baywalk Plaza with its many shops and snack bars and restaurants. |
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C-100 Vinoy Condominiums & Yacht basin |
L-736 Los Cantinas Baywalk |
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Baywalk and the Plaza Bldg dominate the downtown area. The upscale shopping and entertainment covers several city blocks. The Plaza itself offers two stories of restaurants and shopping. Canon E7 |
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C-102 Baywalk Entrance |
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C-105 The Plaza at Baywalk |
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The SS Bounty docks of the 2nd. Ave. pier for the winter season. Tours are available for anyone interested. Left, the new Hampton Inn at Beach Drive tastefully designed to fit the local Mediterranean downtown architecture. |
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C-104 Hampton Inn on Beach Drive |
C-103 US Bounty on the pier |
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Right, the Vinoy Basin and the Vinoy Resort Hotel in the background. Offshore boat races often start here. To the left is the 2nd. Ave. Pier. The Pier has night live, a number of restaurants and many souvenir shops. |
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C-106 2nd .Ave Pier |
C-107 The Vinoy Basin |
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Left is the Don Caesar Resort Hotel on St. Petersburg Beach. To the right is e section of the Tampa water front and the office district behind it. |
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L-87 Don Cesar Resort Hotel |
L-98 Tampa, Davis Island |
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A corner of the Don Caesar Resort Hotel with its elegant architecture. This hotel, located on the beach, has been renovated a number of times to keep up with changing public demands. A four star rating guarantees a pleasant stay. To the right and below (L-109) is the Tampa conven- tion center located on Channel Drive a newly renovated area of major attractions such as a cruise ship terminal, The Aquarium and the Ice Hockey Stadium. Down-center, one of the towers of the Tampa University. All pictures are Canon Elan7 Kodak 100 ES digitized and printed on Epson 2200 |
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L-86 Don Caesar |
L-103 Tampa Conv/Cntr |
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L-109 Tampa Convention Center |
L-104 Tampa University |
L-112 Tampa Bayshore Blvd. |
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L-97 is one of those pictures I did not know what to do with. It had content, color opposites yet it was not capturing. Using Photoshop, I played around with it until the image took-on a ominous look something between a thunder storm and a painted look. Handsome picture for waiting room or office. |
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L-97 Tampa Harbour - Dry Docking |
| Sunset over St. Petersburg downtown. In the foreground, the yacht basin in front of the Mahaffy building. |
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C-0325 St. Pete Sunset |
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The above images are 72 DPI only. However, when ordered, they are custom printed @ 1440 DPI using Epson UltraChrome art inks guaranteeing an eighty year lightfast product on Epson luster photo stock.
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