Posts Tagged: Skyline

Capitol Sunset

I know that it’s been too long since I’ve posted on the blog when I need to update 6 of my plugins and WordPress itself when I sign back in.  Sorry about that folks.  Anyways, I posted one picture from this set on my Facebook fan page (if you’re not a fan yet, you can click “Like” at that link) and on Twitter earlier this month, but there were several others that I thought I should share.

A little background behind this set of images: my wife was out of town, I was bored, so I decided to go take pictures of the Capitol in the sunset from the roof of a parking garage near I-35 in Austin.  Obviously, I wasn’t allowed on top of said parking garage, since it’s part of a medical complex near campus, but it took about an hour before the inevitable security guard came trotting out to give me the boot.  In the meantime, I took these pictures!  Hope you enjoy this unique view of the Capitol – I haven’t seen many other photos from this angle.  And yes, I had to end it with the classic “burnt orange” sky.

 

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Chicago Beauty II

Since I made everyone wait so long for this second installment of Chicago Beauty, I’ll give you two for the price of one.  The previous post in this series describes my intention for posting these images.  The sky was a wonderful painting of many colors that evening, and I couldn’t have been in a better location to observe it.  I’ll have another couple images coming your way in tomorrow night’s post.  And I promise to actually post them tomorrow night.  In the mean time, enjoy these images, leave a comment, and share with others using Facebook and Twitter!

“Candy Wheel”

Technical Info – Nikon D300 | Exposure: 1/1250 | Aperture: f/4 | ISO: 200 | EV: 0 | Editing Software: Adobe Lightroom 3

Candy Wheel

Candy Wheel

“Chicago Fire”

Technical Info – Nikon D300 | Exposure: 1/500 | Aperture: f/4 | ISO: 200 | EV: +0.7 | Editing Software: Adobe Lightroom 3

Chicago Fire

Chicago Fire

Chicago Beauty

Nothing quite compares to a beautiful sunset over the Chicago skyline – a light breeze blowing in off the lake while the seagulls caw overhead.  Summer is coming back to Chicago, and this will be the first year that I won’t be there to appreciate it since 1988. I hope this helps YOU appreciate it and anticipate it even more.  This week, I’ll be posting more pictures that I took on this same evening.  If you want to cheat, you can check out my Flickr page.  I’d give you the link, but I don’t want you to cheat.  I want you to come back to my blog later this week.

“Evening Beauty”

Technical Info: Nikon D300 | Exposure: 1/800 | Aperture: f/4 | ISO: 200 | EV: -1

Evening Beauty

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