Low, sustained temperatures behind us, the lake has begun its slow return to the incubator-esque temperatures of the summer swelter. Between now and then is the slow process of shoreline ice melt and, eventually, steady spring warming. As I write this post, however, I am reading a piece on the Trib website reminding me of...
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Tags: Chicago, hancock building, hdr, ice, justin kern, lake michigan, morning, Nikon, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8, photomatix, winter
// The solstice officially behind us now, the days will only get longer and brighter from here on out. Gray skies of winter and (hopefully) a snowy winter ahead, I’ve got another picture from the pedestrian bridge over Lake Shore Drive for today’s post. I did a little shooting by myself on the old seawall...
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Tags: Chicago, hancock building, hdr, justin kern, lake michigan, lake shore drive, morning, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8, Nikon D700, North Avenue Pedestrian bridge, photomatix, winter
// Back when Macy’s was Marshall Fields, it was an annual tradition to stop by the intricate window displays every year as a family. This tradition is, of course, not specific to Marshall Fields, as countless other department stores do the same during the holidays. Few other stores, however, have the ambiance of the Marshall...
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Tags: Chicago, Christmas, Downtown, hdr, justin kern, Macy's, Marshall Fields, Nikon D700, photomatix, state street, Window display
// I was under the impression that the Berghoff had closed. I, like everyone else who had a fond memory of the Berghoff, was saddened that the family was going to close the place when I heard about it. That was four years ago, and unless I pay close attention to these things, I tend...
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Tags: 17/West, Adams Street, beer, Chicago, Downtown, dusk, hdr, justin kern, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8, Nikon D700, photomatix, The Berghoff, Twilight, weiner schnitzel, winter
// Here’s another view of Our Lady of the Fullerton Emergency Parking Stop. It’s been a few months, but I think it is perhaps time to find my way back to that spot underneath I-90. I wonder if things have changed from that cold night Mike and I visited to take a few photographs. Surely...
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Tags: Chicago, Fullerton, hdr, I-90, justin kern, kennedy expressway, night, Nikon D700, Our Lady, photomatix, Sigma 14mm f/3.5, Underpass, virgin mary
