In Photos dot org » Chicago http://inphotos.org no photoshopped images here Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:38:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Construction in Chicago http://inphotos.org/construction-in-chicago/ http://inphotos.org/construction-in-chicago/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:41:06 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=3292 Construction in Chicago

Construction work on the Trump Tower in 2005.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/construction-in-chicago/feed/ 3 Look up at Marina City http://inphotos.org/look-up-at-marina-city/ http://inphotos.org/look-up-at-marina-city/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 09:01:53 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=3262 Look up at Marina City

Marina City, the round shaped buildings in Chicago that sit on the river make an imposing sight when viewed up close. Good thing there’s valet parking, you certainly wouldn’t want to be scared of heights driving around inside them!

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]]> http://inphotos.org/look-up-at-marina-city/feed/ 2 Shoe Shopper Heaven http://inphotos.org/shoe-shopper-heaven/ http://inphotos.org/shoe-shopper-heaven/#comments Sun, 07 Dec 2008 09:54:59 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=3259 Shoe Shopper Heaven

I’m reliably informed that many women enjoy the occasional trip to shoe shops and other establishments were garments and other finery may be purchased. Thankfully my wife isn’t one of them and hates shopping almost as much as I do. Nevertheless we found ourselves inside this shoe shop in Chicago so I decided to make the most of the moment and snap a few photos.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/shoe-shopper-heaven/feed/ 0 Chicago Spaces http://inphotos.org/chicago-spaces/ http://inphotos.org/chicago-spaces/#comments Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:39:19 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=3252 Chicago Spaces

Despite being a major city, or perhaps because of it, Chicago has plenty of open spaces and broad streets. I love this shot for it’s wide open space bordered by tall buildings.

If the photo looks slightly odd, that’s because I used the perspective tool, but never dragged it the other way..

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]]> http://inphotos.org/chicago-spaces/feed/ 1 Panaflex http://inphotos.org/panaflex/ http://inphotos.org/panaflex/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:30:33 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=3231 Panaflex

When I originally took this photo in Chicago (on La Salle, near the CBOT) it was a snapshot of a film crew. I took a few more shots of the crew but I was intrigued by the camera. Panaflex, what’s the specs on that then? Turns out it’s a product of Panavision, you know, that name that’s in practically every American film’s credits? Interesting history too although how they consider that big lump small enough to be handheld is beyond me!

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]]> http://inphotos.org/panaflex/feed/ 0 The basement of Trump Tower http://inphotos.org/the-basement-of-trump-tower/ http://inphotos.org/the-basement-of-trump-tower/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2008 19:04:36 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=2693 The basement of Trump Tower

In 2001 Donald Trump announced he’d build the tallest building in the world in Chicago, “Trump International Hotel and Tower”. After the attacks on the WTC in September that year the plans were changed however, but it’s still an awfully high building. Check out the Wikipedia page for further details.

This is the building site of the “Trump Tower” as it’s known locally. I shot this in 2005, and they’ve made quite a bit of progress since then as you can imagine, but this is a piece of history, and a patch of bare ground that won’t see daylight again for many many years.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/the-basement-of-trump-tower/feed/ 1 Sears Tower http://inphotos.org/sears-tower/ http://inphotos.org/sears-tower/#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:18:42 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=2684

Sears Tower is one of the famous landmarks of Chicago I photographed while in the city. Remarkably, despite the months I spent in the city, I never actually went to the top of the building. I almost did once, but turned back for some reason. Could have been the long line to get past security. Dunno.

Anyway, this is only the second shot of the building I’ve posted. The first, taken near one of the flagpoles pictured here was unusual and was fairly well received. This is a more traditional architecture shot, though I do like the flags waving in the wind!

Oh, my Canon 20D is still broken. On advice from Ryan, I’ll give Canon in the UK a ring, and I’m also on the look out for a Canon 40D. ac-foto in Germany sell the body only for €795 which seems to be the best price I’ve found so far. Prices in Ireland are around the €1,200 mark. Ouch. Where would you buy a DSLR? (that’ll ship to Ireland!)

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]]> http://inphotos.org/sears-tower/feed/ 7 Chicago on the river http://inphotos.org/chicago-on-the-river/ http://inphotos.org/chicago-on-the-river/#comments Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:01:20 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=2633 Chicago on the river

Many cites live and depend on rivers and none more so than Chicago which went as far as to reverse the flow of the Chicago River! Wikipedia has more of course.

The observant visitor will notice the twin towers of Marina City in the photo above, and possibly recognise the distinctive bridge from the latest Batman movies.

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]]> http://inphotos.org/chicago-on-the-river/feed/ 2 Marina City http://inphotos.org/marina-city/ http://inphotos.org/marina-city/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:00:08 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=2628 Marina City

Marina City in Chicago is made up of two 65 storey towers with a distinctive circular shape. I just love the look of them actually. They’re right on the river but this shot is taken from the L, probably on the Brown line after leaving Kimball which will be tomorrow’s photo!

As usual the Wikipedia page has a lot more info about Marina City including this bit about Steve McQueen:

In the movie The Hunter, “Papa” Thorson (Steve McQueen) pursues a suspect in a car chase through the Marina City parking garage. His quarry eventually loses control of his car and drives it off of a high floor of the garage into the Chicago River. This scene was later recreated for an Allstate commercial in 2006/2007.

PS. If I find the time, I’ll be taking part in Pink for October. Will has more info!

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]]> http://inphotos.org/marina-city/feed/ 1 Chicago’s La Salle Street http://inphotos.org/chicagos-la-salle-street/ http://inphotos.org/chicagos-la-salle-street/#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:16:22 +0000 Donncha http://inphotos.org/?p=2625

La Salle Street in Chicago ends abruptly in the Chicago Board of Trade at the far end of the street. It’s an unusual street because all the streets in Chicago just go on and on, mostly in parallel, through the city. This one just stops!

La Salle Bank which is barely visible at the left of this image is also in the background of The Dark Knight Batman movie.

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