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You can walk under the Bean and you get this funky reflection.
Photo taken in Chicago, IL at Millennium Park
I spent the weekend in Chicago and took this shot while standing beneath Cloud Gate in Millennium Park.
This extra terrestrial sculpture is also known as "The Bean" and can been seen in Millennium Park in Chicago, Illinois.
I'm getting excited for my visit downtown Chicago...Sippin Bloody Mary's and conversating with good friends.. sounds like a great way to kick off my weekend!
I've dreamed of visiting the famous bean / cloud gate every since it was made! Finally I am able to see the ridiculously shiny round red blood cell in person.
We woke up at 4am (after going to bed around 3am) and figured our way there. I guess I miscalculated it, we were in the dark for about 2 hours. Anyway, got some amazing night shots and sunrise shots! Once the sun came out we started day 2's engagement shoot (separate album).
Chicago is such a beautiful city.
Enjoy!
Happy New Year!
Sony DSC-H9
Texture by Picnik
It's not the best quality since I took this with my point and shoot didn't feel like carrying my Canon around this day but I wish I had .... it was too cold anyway and well my ISO was probably off and and I was rushing back to get home before it got too dark because I took the blue line train to get there.
Cloudgate, Millenium Park, Chicago, Illinois.
I know ..... its another shot of the Bean.
Thanks for passing by.
millenniumparkfoundation.org/art-architecture/cloud-gate/
Downtown Chicago, Illinois.
Saturday, October 19, 2019.
I realize that one of the reasons I don't get bored making images of the Cloud Gate sculpture is because it continuously changes as the sky, lighting and weather around it change.
Start of the week, and we're living in five star luxury overlooking Michigan Avenue here in Chicago.
We both went to bed before ten the night previously, and so we were both awake at about five, laying in bed watching the light traffic cast shadows on the ceiling of our room.
And another packed day ahead, this time with added art.
We get up at six, and its still dark outside, but the traffic is jumping and horns of the cars are a honking.
Welcome to the working week.
We were up, showered, dressed and waiting in line to Starbucks by half seven, another spiced pumpkin latte was good enough for us, but we had to sit outside again as there are so few chairs to on inside. I feed the small family of sparrows with left over granola, and they are very happy with that situation, each carrying away their sugary nugget of food into nearby trees to try to eat.
We walk down Michigan, over the Chicago River, past row upon row of impressive classical skyscrapers, and Trump's penis extension of a building. It is a vulgar and classless thing, which makes sense.
Down Michigan, until we reach the park near to the museum, where we turn inland to find a place for breakfast. We come across an independent coffee house, have two Queen Bee coffees, vanilla honey roast or something. Is nice, but sweet.
After drinking and eating, we walk back to Michigan, cross over and go into the park to hunt for the Sky Gate, a huge silvery bean shaped sculture that is very reflective. I hoped to be early enough so there would be few others about.
Some luck.
Everyone's a photographer these days, but the poor shots I take are more than made up (yeah, right) by the look of joy on the people around me's faces, as they try to take shots of the clear blue sky and huge buildings reflected in the sculpture's surface.
I take shots from all angles, but the truth is, none are that good.
Anyway, I spy some kind of area just beyond with sweeping, arcing supports for lights, that might be a winner? I snap that too.
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Cloud Gate is a public sculpture by Indian-born British artist Sir Anish Kapoor, that is the centerpiece of AT&T Plaza at Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. The sculpture and AT&T Plaza are located on top of Park Grill, between the Chase Promenade and McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink. Constructed between 2004 and 2006, the sculpture is nicknamed The Bean because of its shape, a name Kapoor initially disliked, but later grew fond of. Made up of 168 stainless steel plates welded together, its highly polished exterior has no visible seams. It measures 33 by 66 by 42 feet (10 by 20 by 13 m), and weighs 110 short tons (100 t; 98 long tons).
Kapoor's design was inspired by liquid mercury and the sculpture's surface reflects and distorts the city's skyline. Visitors are able to walk around and under Cloud Gate's 12-foot (3.7 m) high arch. On the underside is the "omphalos" (Greek for "navel"), a concave chamber that warps and multiplies reflections. The sculpture builds upon many of Kapoor's artistic themes, and it is popular with tourists as a photo-taking opportunity for its unique reflective properties.
The sculpture was the result of a design competition. After Kapoor's design was chosen, numerous technological concerns regarding the design's construction and assembly arose, in addition to concerns regarding the sculpture's upkeep and maintenance. Various experts were consulted, some of whom believed the design could not be implemented. Eventually, a feasible method was found, but the sculpture's construction fell behind schedule. It was unveiled in an incomplete form during the Millennium Park grand opening celebration in 2004, before being concealed again while it was completed. Cloud Gate was formally dedicated on May 15, 2006, and has since gained considerable popularity, both domestically and internationally.
Found Homer at the Lego store and decided he needs to come with me from now own when I travel and shoot!
Cloud Gate is British artist Anish Kapoor's first public outdoor work installed in the United States. The 110-ton elliptical sculpture is forged of a seamless series of highly polished stainless steel plates, which reflect the city's famous skyline and the clouds above. A 12-foot-high arch provides a "gate" to the concave chamber beneath the sculpture, inviting visitors to touch its mirror-like surface and see their image reflected back from a variety of perspectives.
Inspired by liquid mercury, the sculpture is among the largest of its kind in the world, measuring 66-feet long by 33-feet high. Larger versions of the images can be viewed by clicking on them, or you can..
Taken on an early cloudy Sunday morning (before the masses of visitors) in December 2012. Much to my delight, the night had a bit of rain which made the ground reflections reflect off The Bean too.
Still learning how to avail this incredible lens; but the buildings behind The Bean seem to look less convergent (i.e., more parallel) using a small shift and more remains in focus with a bit of shift.
Millenium Park
Chicago, IL
USA
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In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Cloud Gate, "Legacy" is revived at Arts Plaza, NTCH (National Theater and Concert Hall) tonight.
Taipei, Taiwan
2023/4/29
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dans.photo@gmail.com
Cloudgate aka "the Bean" Chicago Millennium Park
The artist of the painting is the bearded man with a knit cap. I believe his name is Frank.
Ten landscape images taken with Canon G10, stitched with AutoPano Pro
Original is 14350X6600