I like the juxtaposition of the material types.
The shiny one is 500 Lake Shore Drive (497 feet) - opened in 2013.
The taller pre-cast concrete tower behind it is One Bennett (897 feet) - opened in 2019.
[Note: I'm not ignoring 474 North Lake Shore Drive (581 feet) that is partially in frame, its just that I didn't capture it well.)
It was rather a normal day until a cloudless cold front swooped in and we got this fog + late day sun combo. I managed a smartphone shot.
Standing in the light rain, waiting for a passing train - on a foggy Chicago night.
From now on, all of my titles will be Martin Lawrence movies.
OK. Maybe not.
Chicago has some unexpected views, and for many people that don't understand the vastness of the Great Lakes this is one of them - the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse (built in 1893, but moved to this spot in 1919).
A Chicago water taxing making its way from Navy Pier to the Shedd Aquarium against an ominous sky. I definitely gotta go now! I somehow made it home and didn't get rained on.
Chicago on a super foggy March day
This is a blend of two shots. The first being a 5 sec. exposure & the second being another 5 sec. exposure during which I slowly manually zoomed in. I chose to blend the two because the effect by itself was too strong for my liking.
Has anyone tried this technique? What were your challenges, learnings, and results?
The fog was super thick, so I ran out with my tripod to get some surreal scenes. A special bonus was that the Art on The Mart projection was being tested - which is that weird blue, film projector glow on the bottom right side. The long exposure also highlights the streaking L train across the Wells Street Bridge.