Raging Clouds Chicago

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted May 28, 2011121 views8 comments

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Souther view of Chicago from 95th floor of the John Hancock Building. I have another frame with more clouds cover lower right side. I thought there is a bit too much cloud.

Settings: Nikon D7000, 11mm Tokina 11-16, f/10, 1/80sec, ISO 160

C&C are welcome and appreciated.

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Comment posted by Kenn Leonhardt on May 28, 2011 at 10:36 PM

Fantastic. Absolutely love the B&W treatment. I don't have a preference between the more cloud/less cloud versions, though in both I do find the vignette in the bottom right seems a little strong. Tiny nit for a great photo.

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Comment posted by Winnie Ho on May 29, 2011 at 1:07 AM

Fantastic series. I love the floating clouds, and BW works well here too. Is it possible to place your camera flush against the window pane?

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on May 29, 2011 at 12:09 PM

Both work well Jim though the one you posted here does have more balance. Excellent B&W conversion.

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Comment posted by Bob&Charly Nelson on May 30, 2011 at 8:11 AM

Being from Chicago Jim, I can really appreciate this capture. SWEET!
Bob

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on May 30, 2011 at 2:18 PM

Another fine one! As strong, maybe even better than the previous one. Give us more of these!

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Comment posted by Jim Lou on May 31, 2011 at 10:26 AM

Thanks for the feedbacks. The vignetting was created by 1) post processing. I purposely added in LR3. 2) I shot this with angle between camera and window(as Winnie pointed out) to get this scene.

Dietrich, I will post a few more photos from that day. Hope you will like them.

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Comment posted by David Edwards on June 6, 2011 at 11:53 PM

Great shot, Jim. Looks great in b&w. The clouds create an eerie feeling to the cityscape.

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Comment posted by Jim Lou on June 9, 2011 at 5:08 PM

David, thanks for your time for commenting.

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