// I like thinking about Lake Michigan as a huge glacier – as it once was one. During the cold Chicago winters the lake freezes over in some places, leaving huge deposits of ice and sand pushed up onto the beach like a seasonal moraine. Can you imagine a solid sheet of ice, covering virtually...
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Tags: Chicago, Downtown, hancock building, hdr, justin kern, lake michigan, Michigan Avenue, morning, Nikon D700, photomatix, Sigma 14mm f/3.5, Sunrise
Monday, August 31, 2009 Posted in Cityscapes, Downtown, Gotham, Hyde Park, Lakefront, Michigan Avenue, Navy Pier, Planetarium/Museum campus, South side
// Here’s a view southbound from the 94th floor of the John Hancock building – just before I took the panorama you saw earlier looking north along Lake Shore Drive at blue hour. Once upon a time I used to think great photographs were made only when the light was just right. Although this has...
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Tags: Chicago, chicago river, Downtown, dusk, grant park, hancock building, hdr, justin kern, lake michigan, lake shore drive, loop, merchandise mart, Michigan Avenue, Museum Campus, navy pier, Nikkor AIS 28mm f/3.5, Nikon D700, photomatix, reflection, sears tower, skyline, South side, summer, Sunset, Trump Tower, willis tower
// The beach just south of Oakwood Boulevard just opened for the first time this summer. It is so new, in fact, that the satellite image available on Google maps shows the beach still under construction – a barge depositing sand: View Larger Map I’ve been meaning to come here before sunrise since it opened,...
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Tags: 39th street beach, Chicago, dusk, hdr, justin kern, lake michigan, lake shore drive, lifeguard chair, night, Nikkor AIS 28mm f/3.5, Nikon D700, Oakwood Beach, photomatix, sand, summer
