{"id":1629,"date":"2014-03-31T23:55:57","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T06:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/?p=1629"},"modified":"2014-11-05T12:26:13","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T20:26:13","slug":"high-roller-ferris-wheel-las-vegas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/2014\/03\/31\/high-roller-ferris-wheel-las-vegas\/","title":{"rendered":"High Roller Opens in Las Vegas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2226\" style=\"width: 375px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2226\" data-attachment-id=\"2226\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/2014\/03\/31\/high-roller-ferris-wheel-las-vegas\/2014-mar-31-nv-high-roller\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/opening-day-high-roller-las-vegas-14nv0927.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"333,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 2014 David Allio&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;2014 March 31 | Monday: High Roller - Opening day for the world&#039;s largest ferris wheel&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1396331041&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 2014 David Allio - All Rights Reserved&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;92&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.25&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;2014 Mar 31 | NV: High Roller&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2014 Mar 31 | NV: High Roller\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;2014 March 31 | Monday: High Roller &amp;#8211; Opening day for the world&amp;#8217;s largest ferris wheel&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;High Roller  Opening Day | \u00a92014 David Allio&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/opening-day-high-roller-las-vegas-14nv0927.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/opening-day-high-roller-las-vegas-14nv0927.jpg\" alt=\"High Roller\" width=\"333\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/opening-day-high-roller-las-vegas-14nv0927.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/opening-day-high-roller-las-vegas-14nv0927-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/opening-day-high-roller-las-vegas-14nv0927-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2226\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>High Roller Opens in Las Vegas<\/em> | \u00a92014 David Allio<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At 550 feet, the <em>High Roller<\/em> opened to the public today in Las Vegas as the World\u2019s Tallest Ferris Wheel.  Located near Flamingo Road and Las Vegas Boulevard, construction on the <em>High Roller<\/em> required over two years for completion.  A ride in one of the 28 forty-passenger pods takes about 30 minutes.  At night, the circular structure is illuminated by an ever-changing chromatic light show.<\/p>\n<p>This visual artwork was created by panning the lights of the wheel against the backdrop of hotels on the Fabulous Las Vegas Strip.<\/p>\n<hr size=1 width=69%>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><small>camera: <b>Nikon D3<\/b><br \/>lens: <b>AF Nikkor VR Zoom 70-200mm f\/2.8G IF-ED<\/b><br \/>focal length: 92mm<br \/>Exposure: f\/10 &#8211; 1\/4th &#8211; ISO 250<br \/>white balance: incandescent<br \/>accessory: monopod<\/p>\n<p>Protect valuable camera equipment on location<br \/> with a <a href=https:\/\/www.thinktankphoto.com\/categories\/sling-camera-bags\/turnstyle.aspx?code=WS-052 target=_blank>Think Tank<\/a> camera bag.<\/small><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At 550 feet, the \u201cHigh Roller\u201d opened to the public today in Las Vegas as the World\u2019s Tallest Ferris Wheel photo by David Allio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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":[141,199,391,47,3,380,58,16],"tags":[622,360,922,909,389,347,898,43,904,328,72],"class_list":["post-1629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abstract-art-photography","category-existing-light","category-high-roller","category-historic-site","category-las-vegas-nv-nevada","category-nikon","category-nv-nevada","category-photography-workshops","tag-highroller","tag-abstract-photography","tag-existing-light-photography","tag-photography-exposure-data","tag-ferris-wheel","tag-landscape-photography","tag-las-vegas-nv-nevada","tag-motion","tag-nv-nevada","tag-think-tank","tag-digital-photography-tips-and-techniques"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p21yji-qh","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1629"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2225,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1629\/revisions\/2225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidallio.com\/da-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}