I keep wandering around in this shot unsure of why I like it. But, I guess it doesn't really matter.
I normally try and put up a new shot every day, but I was out of town and then got stuck in the Chicago Ohare airport forever the other day so I'm going to leave this one up for a couple of days!
This still seems off kilter, but I tried and tried and nothing seemed to be straight. So I gave up. :)
More of my wierd obsession with subways and railroads...
Sears Tower Chicago, IL
110-story trophy office tower consisting of steel columns and beams in a “mega-module” system.
Completed May 3, 1973, rises to a height of 1,450 feet and is one of the most recognizable landmarks in the Chicago skyline.
The Sears tower held the record for the world’s tallest building for 25 years until the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia were built in 1998. Then in the Fall of 2004 Taipei 101 took all but one title -- tallest to the tips of the antennas, which the Sears Tower still owns. Including the Sears Tower antennas, the total height of the Sears Tower increases to 1,725 feet.
For some reason I keep coming back to this one and one minute I like it and the next I don't. For now I do, so I'll post it.
I think the words and then the emptiness above it seem appealing to me. I dunno...
For some reason these rows of lights were fascinating to me. Maybe it was the sitting in the airport for 4 hours...I dunno.
There was alot of this going on...
It seems like I keep ending up in Chicago's Ohare airport alot this year...
It's a bit more blurry than I was hoping for but these little buggers are superfast and don't sit still for very long.
Black background week...
Another subway shot, I'm fascinated by these things. I'm sure some of you think I'm crazy.
Just experimenting with HDR, kinda trippy.
I just noticed that I hadn't put up a new image for today. This is the first time in 545 posts that I failed to do a new image at midnight. Well, I guess 545 is a pretty good streak huh? This is Mr. Crain.
I don't really like how blown out the sky is but oh, well...
I'm off to Chicago for a couple of days...see ya when I get back. Hopefully it's not overcast like it was when I took this shot. :)
I went for a drive looking for something to shoot and saw this old abandoned building. I walked around it and though there were many broken windows there was no easy way in. So I settled for shooting through a couple of the broken windows. I wanted so badly to go in and wander around, but I'd either have to jump a barbed wire fence or break more windows and I didn't figure that was a good idea.
Two kids who bring me great joy. (Most of the time...)
Black and white or Color?
I was wandering around the web looking for interesting and useful photography sites and I ran across a site called Tips from the top floor. He has a poscast with different photography tips and tricks. So I listened to a couple and they are good. He also has assignments that he gives to challenge you photographically. His latest challenge is lock yourself in your bathroom, take 100 shots. I didn't make it to 100 shots and I didn't get all that many I really liked, but I was determined to post 1 of the shots from this assignment. Assignments like this are very good at improving composition and helping you focus instead of wandering around shooting blindly.
Taking a break while playing at the park...
Black and White or Color?
From a recent camping trip. Nothing like sittin around a campfire. Except when you are ready to sleep and realize you don't have your nice comfy bed!
Looking at this now I wish I had framed it a bit higher. From a recent camping trip.
