Chicago's Downtown North Shore at night. - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

blindsider · 11-12-2004, 03:49 AM

This is my first picture post here, hope you all enjoy it! I took this picture last weekend on a trip to Chicago, it is of the shoreline north of the navy pier. Any comments or ideas are welcome!
Thanks
-Sky

molly123 · 11-12-2004, 01:34 PM

hey, i've never been there before, but it looks pretty awesome.

Dingo2879 · 11-12-2004, 01:38 PM

Post more pics of Chicago if you have them... Chicago is one of the best places to photograph.

JumpinJesus · 11-12-2004, 01:51 PM

I ride my bike there on the lake shore path on a daily basis. I love this city. And you got a good shot of it, too.

1slOwCD8 · 11-12-2004, 01:55 PM

Cool pic. More would be appreciated. Its been a long while since ive been there, or Chicago. I cant wait to see the Magnificent Mile for Christmas again.

blindsider · 11-12-2004, 03:45 PM

I do have quite a few more, I will post them when I get home tonight. Thanks for the feedback!
Here is one that have up already.

1slOwCD8 · 11-12-2004, 03:54 PM

Very very nice!

Let me guess, that from the John Hancock observatory.

sapphire · 11-12-2004, 07:32 PM

Awww one of my favorite cities, you did a great job! I love the second picture...post more!!!!!

bermuDa · 11-12-2004, 08:43 PM

great night shots, I've never been to the windy city. I think your first shot could benefit a bit from cropping the blurry ground out, but the light effects are nifty.

Fate · 11-12-2004, 08:57 PM

The first shot can be used as a pc background, assuming you use the upper right dark area with (up to you) some transparency effect.

Both pics are definitely awe inspiring.

blindsider · 11-12-2004, 11:30 PM

Here is a building that a friend called "The Watertower", though it doesn't look much like a water tower to me.

This picture is from a bridge on Michigan Ave. looking up the river.

Here is a picture, taken in Millennium park.

blindsider · 11-12-2004, 11:46 PM

Fate, what do you mean by transparency effect? I am a photoshop noob.

Thanks,
Skyler

SecretMethod70 · 11-13-2004, 12:50 AM

That is, in fact, the watertower. It and a relatively nearby firehouse are the only two buildings to have survived the Chicago Fire.

Awesome shots you've got here

JumpinJesus · 11-13-2004, 08:23 AM

More great photos, blindsider. You probably got one of the last photos of the Sun-Times building before demolition began. Donald Trump is tearing it down to build his own monolith on the site.

blindsider · 11-13-2004, 07:26 PM

I thought I saw the site where he was building it. A cabbie pointed at a demolished land plot saying that is the new trump building location. That is sad, I liked that building!

jason87 · 11-13-2004, 09:39 PM

Really great photos , i like the night picture

Tira_Lee · 11-14-2004, 06:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blindsider

I do have quite a few more, I will post them when I get home tonight. Thanks for the feedback!
Here is one that have up already.

Oh wow! I love this shot! The colors in the sky are esp. lovely

animosity · 11-14-2004, 07:27 PM

These make me want to move.

Great shots!

inharmony · 11-15-2004, 05:09 AM

Really like the night shots, thanks.

MooseODV · 11-16-2004, 04:47 AM

Chicago at night is one of my favorite things. The best is flying into O'Hare at night and doing the fly by of the city. I'll be back in town next week, I'll see if I can come up with some photos as well.

onodrim · 11-16-2004, 01:08 PM

These are all spectacular! And being from the Chicago area myself, I can really apprecaite them.

LIMilf · 11-23-2004, 07:57 PM

Very nice pictures. I can't think of anything much better then Chicago at night.

LoganSnake · 11-25-2004, 11:16 AM

I should definatelly go there at nigh sometime to take some photos. Great pics!

electricman191 · 11-25-2004, 04:56 PM

I love night shots, what kind of camera, I seem to have trouble with night shots with my digital camera.

Blackthorn · 11-26-2004, 07:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blindsider

I do have quite a few more, I will post them when I get home tonight. Thanks for the feedback!
Here is one that have up already.

I flew out of Chicago on one 4th of July evening about four or five years ago. What a spectacle that was -- fire works shows going on all around the city. This photo just reminded me of that....thanks for posting!

martinguerre · 11-30-2004, 12:55 AM

skyline shot is great...was just in hyde park to look at schools...and i can really feel myself being there. thanks!

11-12-2004, 03:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
blindsider Upright Location: Minneapolis, MN	Chicago's Downtown North Shore at night. This is my first picture post here, hope you all enjoy it! I took this picture last weekend on a trip to Chicago, it is of the shoreline north of the navy pier. Any comments or ideas are welcome! Thanks -Sky

11-12-2004, 01:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
JumpinJesus Junkie Location: Chicago	I ride my bike there on the lake shore path on a daily basis. I love this city. And you got a good shot of it, too. __________________ "I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses

11-12-2004, 08:43 PM	#9 (permalink)
bermuDa don't ignore this--> Location: CA	great night shots, I've never been to the windy city. I think your first shot could benefit a bit from cropping the blurry ground out, but the light effects are nifty. __________________ I am the very model of a moderator gentleman.

11-12-2004, 08:57 PM	#10 (permalink)
Fate Crazy Location: Montreal	The first shot can be used as a pc background, assuming you use the upper right dark area with (up to you) some transparency effect. Both pics are definitely awe inspiring. __________________ vB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is Off HTML code is Off

11-12-2004, 11:30 PM	#11 (permalink)
blindsider Upright Location: Minneapolis, MN	Here is a building that a friend called "The Watertower", though it doesn't look much like a water tower to me. This picture is from a bridge on Michigan Ave. looking up the river. Here is a picture, taken in Millennium park. Last edited by blindsider; 11-12-2004 at 11:42 PM..

11-12-2004, 01:34 PM	#2 (permalink)
molly123 Upright	hey, i've never been there before, but it looks pretty awesome.

11-12-2004, 01:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dingo2879 Crazy Location: Lisle, IL	Post more pics of Chicago if you have them... Chicago is one of the best places to photograph.

11-12-2004, 01:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
1slOwCD8 Psycho Location: chicago, illinois	Cool pic. More would be appreciated. Its been a long while since ive been there, or Chicago. I cant wait to see the Magnificent Mile for Christmas again.

11-12-2004, 03:45 PM	#6 (permalink)
blindsider Upright Location: Minneapolis, MN	I do have quite a few more, I will post them when I get home tonight. Thanks for the feedback! Here is one that have up already.

11-12-2004, 03:54 PM	#7 (permalink)
1slOwCD8 Psycho Location: chicago, illinois	Very very nice! Let me guess, that from the John Hancock observatory.

11-12-2004, 07:32 PM	#8 (permalink)
sapphire Tilted	Awww one of my favorite cities, you did a great job! I love the second picture...post more!!!!!

11-12-2004, 11:46 PM	#12 (permalink)
blindsider Upright Location: Minneapolis, MN	Fate, what do you mean by transparency effect? I am a photoshop noob. Thanks, Skyler

11-13-2004, 12:50 AM	#13 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	That is, in fact, the watertower. It and a relatively nearby firehouse are the only two buildings to have survived the Chicago Fire. Awesome shots you've got here __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling

11-13-2004, 08:23 AM	#14 (permalink)
JumpinJesus Junkie Location: Chicago	More great photos, blindsider. You probably got one of the last photos of the Sun-Times building before demolition began. Donald Trump is tearing it down to build his own monolith on the site. __________________ "I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am" - Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses

11-13-2004, 07:26 PM	#15 (permalink)
blindsider Upright Location: Minneapolis, MN	I thought I saw the site where he was building it. A cabbie pointed at a demolished land plot saying that is the new trump building location. That is sad, I liked that building!

11-15-2004, 05:09 AM	#19 (permalink)
inharmony Psycho Location: happy place	Really like the night shots, thanks. __________________ "You can't shake hands with a clenched fist." Ghandi "Things do not change: We change" Henry David Thoreau

11-25-2004, 11:16 AM	#23 (permalink)
LoganSnake We work alone Location: Cake Town	I should definatelly go there at nigh sometime to take some photos. Great pics! __________________ Maturity is knowing you were an idiot in the past. Wisdom is knowing that you'll be an idiot in the future. Common sense is knowing that you should try not to be an idiot now. - J. Jacques

11-13-2004, 09:39 PM	#16 (permalink)
jason87 Upright	Really great photos , i like the night picture

11-14-2004, 07:27 PM	#18 (permalink)
animosity on fire Location: Atlanta, GA	These make me want to move. Great shots!

11-16-2004, 04:47 AM	#20 (permalink)
MooseODV Upright Location: People's Republic of Boulder	Chicago at night is one of my favorite things. The best is flying into O'Hare at night and doing the fly by of the city. I'll be back in town next week, I'll see if I can come up with some photos as well.

11-16-2004, 01:08 PM	#21 (permalink)
onodrim Cosmically Curious Location: Chicago, IL	These are all spectacular! And being from the Chicago area myself, I can really apprecaite them. __________________ "The world is so exquisite with so much love and moral depth, that there is no reason to deceive ourselves with pretty stories for which there’s little good evidence. Far better it seems to me, in our vulnerability, is to look death in the eye and to be grateful every day for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides" -Carl Sagan

11-23-2004, 07:57 PM	#22 (permalink)
LIMilf Crazy	Very nice pictures. I can't think of anything much better then Chicago at night. __________________ My goal is to be rookie of the year...

11-25-2004, 04:56 PM	#24 (permalink)
electricman191 Upright	I love night shots, what kind of camera, I seem to have trouble with night shots with my digital camera.

11-30-2004, 12:55 AM	#26 (permalink)
martinguerre whosoever Location: New England	skyline shot is great...was just in hyde park to look at schools...and i can really feel myself being there. thanks! __________________ For God so loved creation, that God sent God's only Son that whosoever believed should not perish, but have everlasting life. -John 3:16