Early Bird
I've been following thewindypixel blog for a little while run by fellow flickr'er Justin Kern. Great photographer, I had forgotten about the blog for a little while, but something prompted me to check back, then I remembered Justins shots of Chicago from the North end and decided to check out the place for myself. Justin kindly assisted us in providing precise location details, and we headed out this morning, I say morning, 4am felt more like the middle of the night! Thanks Justin and thanks Mark.B for being crazy enough to join me.
Interestingly Justin lost a ND filter to the lake right here, Mark.B this morning dropped his 4x4 ND Grad filter almost into the water, narrowly escaping it, as for me, I dropped my 10stop ND filter into the lake, quickly followed by me jumping in to fish it out, it was deeper than it looked, a couple of wet feet later though and I had retrieved it! Must be something about this location and filters, still Mark and myself have been inaugurated!
Additional info
- Category: Cityscapes ʘ
- Location: Chicago, IL ʘ
- Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II
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Liz Avery
commented over 1 year agoThis is beautiful!
Lisa Sullivan
commented over 1 year agoGorgeous :)
Cassandra Pozulp
commented over 1 year agoLovely!!!!!
Michael Wilhelmi
commented over 1 year agoThe colors are great and the long exposure makes the water look magical.
Katrina Ann
commented over 1 year agoSuper cool. Love the purple tone.
Mike Baker
commented over 1 year agoStunning shot!
Kathy Rudzena
commented over 1 year agoOoohhh wow this is definately a wonderful view!
Renee Cybul
commented over 1 year agoBeautiful!
Jackie Snell
commented over 1 year agoFabulous shot. You really must have gone the extra mile to capture this image at this time of the morning.
Duane Rapp
commented over 1 year agoWow nice shot!
Ray Mathis
commented over 1 year agoVery nice job.
Tiffany Whisler
commented over 1 year agoGorgeous!
Ray Mathis
commented over 1 year agoCome complete circle. Think this is my favorite one.
kathleen warner
commented over 1 year agoBeautiful!
Elizabeth Kubis
commented over 1 year agoReally beautiful.
John Kosacz
commented over 1 year agoLove the color tones..
Ronda Welsh
commented over 1 year agoFAB shot!
Greg Johnson
commented over 1 year agoI like it very much.
Evangeline Catungal
commented over 1 year agoLoove it a a lot!
robert boake
commented over 1 year agoFantastic!
Anita J Lambert
commented over 1 year agoNot only was the early morning wake up worth it (the shot is beautiful) but the accompanying history of the lake at that spot was very entertaining!
Cindy Uhlig
commented over 1 year agoCool shot :)
Robert Martinez
commented over 1 year agoawesome shot!
Bernice Malinowski
commented over 1 year agobeautiful
Joe Genco
commented over 1 year agoSuper Nice Shot...
Ray Wang
commented over 1 year agoi like the picture and the story along with it. Congrats for your photographic sensibility and persistence!
Romeo Banias
commented over 1 year agoAwesome shot.
Michael Swygert
commented about 1 year agoSoooo beautiful !
Maurice Covington
commented about 1 year agoThis is nice. There seems to be a lot of purple (It think) in the shot. Was this photoshopped or is this effect naturally caused by the light?
I like it.
Carrie Jeffery
commented about 1 year agoOne of the best shots I've seen on this site! Great job! :)
Maureen Rueffer
commented about 1 year agoReally nice!
Jenny Orfuss
commented 11 months agoGorgeous!
Roy Vetter
commented 11 months agoBeautiful Jonathan
bette ann kelly
commented 10 months agoCongratulations on earning the Photo of the Day for this!
Nolan Marketti
commented 10 months agoStunning colors, great landscape view.
Debbie Beller
commented 9 months agoBeautiful!
tina stover
commented 8 months agobeautiful .........
James Kammin
commented 3 months agoWhat can I say? it's perfect.