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A Chicago Water Taxi, bound for Chinatown, cuts down the South Branch of the Chicago River on an Autumn afternoon.
Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO 110, f/11.0, 30mm, 1/125s
Lightning striking the Sears Tower / Willis Tower. Taken with iPhone 5 and app iLightningCam.
I haven't seen any lightning yet in my new locale, but I still have some shots from Chicago to post.
Always photograph lightning from a safe place! For this one I was inside a building, with my mini-tripod set up in a doorway to the roof. I'm constantly amazed how many lightning photos I see that seem to be taken from outside and close to a storm, and I wish people would say where they were when they took them because I'm always curious. Sometimes it might look like they were outside but really they were in a car, or something like that. Or maybe they're using a really long telephoto lens so they're not as close as it seems. But I always wonder.
A summer storm envelops the evening skyline of The Windy City. Thanks for stoping by! Hopefully you're not in a hurry to leave :)
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200, f/7.1, 26mm, 1/250s
From the Willis Tower (originally the Sears Tower) which is a 108-floors, 1,451-foot (442.3 m) skyscraper in the Loop community area of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Designed by architect Bruce Graham and engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan, it opened in 1973 as the world's tallest building, a title that it held for nearly 25 years. It is currently the third-tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, as well as the 23rd-tallest in the world. Each year, more than 1.7 million people visit the Skydeck observation deck, the highest in the United States, making it one of Chicago's most popular tourist destinations.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Tower
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July 2019 - Uploaded 2022/12/15
NEMA, (896 ft - 273.1 m, 2017-2019)
(also 1210 South Indiana and formerly 113 East Roosevelt or One Grant Park) is a 76-story residential skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois in the Central Station neighborhood, of the Near South Side. The tower, built by developer Crescent Heights, has 800 apartments and rises 896 feet (273.1 m) making it the city's tallest rental apartment building. NEMA is currently the eighth-tallest building in Chicago and the forty first-tallest building in the United States. It is the tallest all-rental residential building in the city.
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Sears or Willis Tower (1,451-ft - 442.3 m, 1970-74)
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Lake Michigan - 22,404 sq mi (58,030 km²), 307 mi (494 km) x 118 mi (190 km). Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is the second-largest of the Great Lakes by volume (1,180 cu mi (4,900 km3) and the third-largest by surface area.
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July 2019 - Uploaded 2022/12/16
The Canada Place Sails of Light are illuminated each evening from dusk to dawn, with seasonal vibrant colours.
A striking celebration of colour and light on Vancouver’s waterfront, the Sails of Light are viewable from the east and west sides of Canada Place.
Sail lighting requests
Canada Place at the Port of Vancouver is pleased to offer local charities and non-profit groups the opportunity to build awareness for their cause or organization by illuminating the Sails of Light in colours themed to the specific cause*. [...].
Reflections of Sears, 2017. Chicago is a city of reflections. They are everywhere.
If you are interested in finding images like this for yourself, join me April 28 - May 1, 2022, on the SEE! Chicago photo tour. Link in bio.
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I had a good overnight stay here. The room was a little small but had everything one would need. Plus, it's been completely renovated recently.
Lightning captured with iPhone 5 using app iLightningCam. I'm still amazed at what my iPhone can do.
I used a mini tripod and set up in a doorway that leads to the roof, so I was able to stay sheltered inside but not have glass in the way of the shot.
Clouds circle the skyline as dusk descends with dramatic flair upon the Windy City. Sorry about the missing 'E' ... I guess it would take an act of Congress to fix it :)
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200, f/7.1, 26mm, 1/320s
Although I don't know his destination, I can tell you this young man is passing by "Atmospheric Wave Wall," a mural by Olafur Eliasson located on Jackson Boulevard in Chicago's Loop. Happy Friday! Enjoy your weekend ... but try not to make a speckle of yourself :)
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 360, f/11.0, 28mm, 1/250s
8:32 PM, July 12th - Fearless (and lovely) young lady defying vertigo at the top of Willis Tower (originally the Sears Tower) which is a 108-floors, 1,451-foot (442.3 m) skyscraper in the Loop community area of Chicago in Illinois, United States. Designed by architect Bruce Graham and engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan, it opened in 1973 as the world's tallest building, a title that it held for nearly 25 years. It is currently the third-tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, as well as the 23rd-tallest in the world. Each year, more than 1.7 million people visit the Skydeck observation deck, the highest in the United States, making it one of Chicago's most popular tourist destinations.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Tower
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Tower
July 2019 - Uploaded 2022/12/14
An evening tour boat passes below a pair of raised rail bridges near Ping Tom Memorial Park in Chicago's Chinatown neighborhood.
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 200, f/9.0, 32mm, 1/800s
With the city skyline as a backdrop, a dapper patron ascends the stylish staircase in the south wing of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 400, f/9.0, 18mm, 1/125s
Recently, when I rubbed my head in Chicago, a genie appeared and began swirling around the Willis Tower. The genie granted me three wishes. My first wish was for Flickr to be fully functioning smoothly without bad pandas. Clearly annoyed, the genie told me this was impossible and unreasonable and that, as a result, all my wishes were denied. So the point is ... don't rub genie the wrong way :) Thanks for viewing! Wishing you a (reasonably) great week :)
Nikon D7500, Sigma 18-300, ISO 160, f/11.0, 18mm, 1/500s
... snapshot from my short trip to Chicago.
I couldn't have any cameras with me except for the telephone ...
I call it photoshoot out of necessity ... no choice :)
From the Indiana Dunes beach, you can just barely see the Chicago skyline across Lake Michigan. Here, the sun is setting to the south (left) of the city. Look on the right side of the horizon and you can see the Sears tower / Willis tower and the rest of the skyline faintly visible.
This is the exact same set of frames as the previous timestack - but stacked in darken mode instead of lighten mode. I never think of green as a color associated with sunsets, but if you tell the computer to keep the darkest pixel at each point, it often produces a lot of green.
Darken mode also keeps the silhouettes of all the birds and planes that sent by during the timelapse - and in this case, if you look closely, there's even a silhouette of someone's DJI Phantom photography drone.
A Blue Line L train, bound for The Loop, shuffles through Chicago's Near West Side during morning blue hour along vehicles on the inbound Eisenhower Expressway.
Nikon D5100, Tamron 18-270, ISO 800, f/4.5, 18mm, .4s
This is not a composite - those two bolts hit at once. I actually got several shots with a similar pattern of strikes - must be something about the placement of the lightning rods?
For this storm, I was crowded out of my doorway spot by other people hanging out on the roof, and so I set up in a hallway window that unfortunately didn't have very clean glass. I got some good strikes but the dirty glass impacted the quality of the shots a bit, so I'm not sure how much I like this batch of photos. I tried to clone out the most obvious spots so now I'm not sure how much the dirty glass stands out if I don't point it out?
Captured with iPhone 5 using app iLightningCam.
What’s up guys? Not sure how you feel but I love photographing this kind of weather. Early spring storms and fogs are real fun and we are slowly approaching that season. This is one of those nights. What do you think?
iPhone panorama of the sunset. I couldn't take a panorama with my Sony since it was busy timelapsing, but I would have liked to. I'm starting to think I need two Sony's.
the Sears Tower is stiil very recognizable even in silhoutte as the sun blazes down behind it leaving a trail of golden magic colors....pls. View On Black
Boston people: where can I shoot lightning storms in Somerville or surrounding areas?
In Chicago, I was lucky to live in a high rise (medium rise?) where I could safely watch storms through windows or through an open doorway to the roof. I miss my Chicago views!
Now I'm looking for a place in Boston where I can shoot storms, but the catch is I want to be safely sheltered from the lightning - not outdoors during a storm (as fun as that is, it's not a risk I want to take over and over again).
My main idea so far is to try the view deck at the Prudential tower. I also want to look for parking structures that have a decent view from the second to top level. Maybe drive out to harbor islands and shoot from inside the car? None of my ideas are very close or convenient, so I won't be able to try it nearly as often as in Chicago, but I'm hoping to get something. Would love suggestions for locations to try!
This shot was taken with my iPhone 5 using a tripod and app iLightningCam, and edited entirely on the iPhone.
Lightning captured with iPhone 5 using app iLightningCam. I'm still amazed at what my iPhone can do.
I used a mini tripod and set up in a doorway that leads to the roof, so I was able to stay sheltered inside but not have glass in the way of the shot.
What’s up guys? This image was taken in China town few seconds before harsh downpour. Color and atmosphere were looking really good! What do you think?