Not to disappoint those who might expect a photographic imagining of the Lord of the Rings, but I think that maybe these are perhaps the most interesting pair of towers you might come across outside of Middle Earth. I had the privilege of seeing them both the other night from the 16th floor of the...
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Amongst the flying buttresses at the top of the Tribune Tower there are many beautiful views to be had looking out towards the city. Here’s a cool view looking straight up at the remainder of the tower – at what looks like a great spider with huge legs perched atop the stone spire. If you...
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Tags: Chicago, Downtown, dusk, hdr, justin kern, Michigan Avenue, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8, Nikon D700, photomatix, skyline, winter
The Mag Mile donning hues of gold for rush hour. Speaking of gold rushes, I’m headed out to California at the end of this month, with high hopes of finding a place to live – if I’m successful, you can expect a lot of San Francisco cityscape images and cliche seascape/Yosemite/etc photography in the future....
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Tags: Chicago, Downtown, hancock building, hdr, justin kern, Michigan Avenue, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8, Nikon D700, photomatix, skyline, winter
Introducing yet another incredible view of the Chicago skyline from the 25th floor of the Tribune Tower. After climbing the many twisting staircases to the 33rd floor (photos to be posted here sometime in the future), I headed back down to the observation deck and pointed the business end of my lens north to get...
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Tags: Chicago, Downtown, dusk, Gotham, hancock building, hdr, justin kern, Michigan Avenue, night, Nikon 14-24mm f/2.8, Nikon D700, photomatix, skyline, tribune tower, Twilight, winter
…down The Magnificent Mile. Photo by Mike Boehmer – Feel free to use images with links and credit – no commercial use without permission.

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