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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 9:51AM | in California, Creative, Disney, Explored, HDR A mermaid is moving in - Highest position in Explore #368 on 2/15/09
Highest position in Explore: #377 on Wednesday, June 10, 2009
I went to Chicago for my company's Creative Summit. A three day conference held for all of Parson's creatives company wide. There were graphic designers, 3D artists, writers, editors, coordinators and supervisors present. It was a great and valuable experience.
I stayed at the hotel Club Quarters at 75 Wacker. I was lucky enough to get a room on the 29th floor of the tower section of the hotel that overlooks the Chicago River.
This photo was taken by opening the window and extending my arms (but not my body) out as far as I could to take a 3 shot HDR. There was no way I could have managed my normal 10 shots. I had to use Photoshop's align layers function to compensate for my camera shake. Hand held HDR's are difficult, especially when taken from 300 feet above the ground.
Hotel window view
Sunday, June 7, 2009 at 4:01PM I took a drive up to see my sister and her kids in central California. She lives in a small town with a very old downtown business district. Next time I go up there I'm taking my tripod to take some HDR images of the buildings. They were really cool and had lots of character. I'm back home having brought one of my nephews and niece to spend some time with my Mom, their Grandmother. It was a long but nice drive. Glad to be back home safe.
This is where it gets interesting
Post a Comment | tagged Airport, Art, Chicago, Ohare, Travel | Share Article Permalink Email Article The Field Museum's Brachiosaurus Dinosaur towers over Ohare's terminal one. I had just gone through the TSA's security checkpoint at United Airlines' terminal one at Chicago Ohare when I spotted this huge dinosaur towering above. It seems this is a replica of a Brachiosaurus that is in the collection of the Field museum. I need to visit!
Post a Comment | tagged Airport, Creative Summit, Dinosaur, HDR, Ohare, Terminal, Travel | Share Article Permalink Email Article The Crown Fountain is an interactive art and video sculpture located in Millennium Park, Chicago, USA
Setting the color balance for this shot was very tough as the tower that appears to be green in the photo kept changing colors, becoming bright white and then completely dark during the 10 exposures I took. I ended up having to set my color balance manually in Adobe Lightroom.
Post a Comment | tagged Art, Chicago, Crown Fountain, Night, Rain, Water, Wet | Share Article Permalink Email Article Ohare walkway to Terminal One. This walkway is located under one of the active runways at Ohare and is used to get from ground transportation to United's terminal one.
This is a 3 exposure HDR shot hand held. I fully expected security to come running over when I took my camera out of my bag and began shooting.
Post a Comment | tagged Aviation, Color, HDR, Light, Ohare, Terminal, Travel | Share Article Permalink Email Article Public sculpture by British artist Anish Kapoor. It is the centerpiece of the AT&T Plaza in Millennium Park
