Chicago Photography: My Birthday Boating
ISO 3200, 18mm, f/3.5, 1/6sec, UV filter
I’m on a boat! Thank you to the love of my life Jenn for a great opportunity to get on Lake Michigan and watch the Navy Pier fireworks on a sailboat. And what a surprise it was! She wouldn’t tell me what we were doing – only that I needed to bring my camera and some bubbly. This picture turned out great. It was a pretty calm night (great for pictures, not so much for sailing) but I’m real proud of this one.
For post, I slightly adjusted the angle, used the grayscale LR filter which bumped up the exposure +1.15 and turned up the blacks. I smoothed it out in Photoshop and did some minor touch-ups on the sky because of some flare from all the lights. I kind of like that it’s barreled so I left that 🙂
Thanks honey!
Chicago Photography: Bridge
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| ISO100, 24mm, f/7.1, 1/200sec, UV filter |
I really enjoy this bridge and this view – I’ve taken a ton of pictures here. I thought this was an interesting angle because it follows the lines of the bridge, not the horizon. I think the Sears Tower is framed well by the bridge and the building on the right. I also think the boat gives a good size comparison to give it some perspective on how large these buildings are. I wish I had the boat in some sunlight…I think it gets lost in the shadow.
There are some blacks on the bridge that I left because the details weren’t there. I looked at this as a monochrome but I think it lost a lot – I like all the blue in the picture. It was a pretty clear day and about 5:15 pm when I took this. The golden hour for this time of year is more like 30 minutes and it starts at 6:30pm-ish. I was hoping to get more red hues, but at least there wasn’t a ton of harsh light coming through, but there is a ton of light shining through the buildings lighting up part of the shot too.
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