Swirl

Gallery: Man & NaturePosted June 1, 20111,014 views24 comments

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Here is another one from John Hancock Building Chicago. It was fascinating to watch fast moving and ever changing clouds swirling around the skyscrapers. I only caught two frames of this scene. This is better of the two.

Settings: Nikon D7000, 16mm Tokina 11-16, f/10, 1/160sec, ISO160

C&C are welcome and appreciated.

Jim

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Comment posted by Mohammad Hosseini on June 1, 2011 at 9:59 AM

Is this real? It is amazing. You can capture this only once never again you will have this formation happens again. Great catch Lou.

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Comment posted by Nicolaus Wegner on June 1, 2011 at 9:59 AM

Ha, the swirling cloud is what makes this shot! Glad it's water vapor and not a tidal wave. ;]

Very nice catch Jim.

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on June 1, 2011 at 11:05 AM

Very interesting post, Jim. I don't think I've ever seen anything like this.

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Comment posted by Dietrich Gloger on June 1, 2011 at 11:14 AM

No let down so far in the series. Another highly interesting image.

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Comment posted by Carolyn Derstine on June 1, 2011 at 11:48 AM

What a great catch, Jim! Talk about being in the right place at the right time. You know you are really high up when you can watch the weather/clouds swirling around below you.

Love the curl of that cloud.

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Comment posted by Paul Wegemann on June 1, 2011 at 4:50 PM

What an amazing image, Jim!

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Comment posted by Richard Teller on June 1, 2011 at 11:07 PM

Great composition and a very interesting image.

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Comment posted by R.Bill Moser on June 2, 2011 at 1:03 PM

The clouds swirling around the buildings are gorgeous. Very interesting shot.

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on June 2, 2011 at 7:10 PM

Wonderful series Jim. I like the wave-like structure of the cloud.

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Comment posted by Kah Kit Yoong on June 3, 2011 at 7:38 AM

A pretty amazing phenomenon. Works in B&W very well.

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Comment posted by Jim Lou on June 5, 2011 at 3:56 PM

Thank you all for the comments.

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Comment posted by David Edwards on June 6, 2011 at 11:54 PM

Another great shot, Jim. Great timing capturing the cloud swirl. Nice b&w conversion.

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Comment posted by Charlie Baugh on June 9, 2011 at 4:00 PM

Congratulations for the WP.

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Comment posted by Jim Lou on June 9, 2011 at 5:07 PM

David, thanks for the feedback..
Charlie, thank you for letting me know about WP:) I am honored!!

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Comment posted by Jim Lou on June 9, 2011 at 8:14 PM

Diane, thank you. I was on top of another building.

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Comment posted by Barbara Sammons on June 9, 2011 at 10:24 PM

It's all about being in the right place at the right time. Amazing. Congrats on the WP. Well deserved.

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Comment posted by Jim Lou on June 9, 2011 at 10:59 PM

Barbara, thanks for encouragement,

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on June 11, 2011 at 1:06 AM

Cool!

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Comment posted by Cindy Garwood on June 11, 2011 at 8:12 AM

Love this! I love going to Chicago too. It's only an hour drive for me! I'm in Trevor, WI.

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Comment posted by Gary Reed on June 11, 2011 at 9:17 AM

post apocolyptic....

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Comment posted by Jim Lou on June 12, 2011 at 8:39 PM

Thanks for the feedbacks, guys.

Cindy, I love Chicago downtown. There are so much to photograph:people, architectures, and even nature:)