Mounted police in Chicago direct crowds along a street after the fireworks.
Aperture | ƒ/2.3 |
Camera | CYBERSHOT |
Focal length | 21.1mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/80s |
I was there too
The tall ship Windy is the official flagship of the City of Chicago. Appropriately named.
Aperture | ƒ/8.2 |
Camera | FinePix2800ZOOM |
Focal length | 6mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/320s |
Long time readers will remember the thieving duck photo that I made in 2005. Scratch that, many people who use email, Facebook, Twitter or other social media website will be familiar with this photo. A recent post on Reddit showed me just how tired some people are of it as a meme! I would dearly love to know who it was that copied the photo into a joke email because I would thank them.
At first I was upset that my photo had been taken and used without my permission. It took me a long time to figure out that it doesn’t matter. I had fun taking the photo and it’s a reminder of a great holiday. I smiled looking at the photos this morning while I picked out these shots for this post. I wonder if the model, or the people pictured here have seen the meme?
I had no idea who financed this shoot although the Snopes article on it suggests Western Union did, nor did I talk to anyone there but I saw a chance to get an interesting photo and I took it.
Here’s a gallery of behind the scenes shots. Enjoy!
Aperture | ƒ/6.3 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 55mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/80s |
The Chicago Theatre on State Street in the city of the same name. The sign in front is hard to miss but I’ve never been in there. Maybe next time I visit Chicago. More info on the theatre’s history page. Love that Netscape favicon!
This was shot in 2005 but I know I have shot the same scene a number of times.
Aperture | ƒ/7.1 |
Camera | Canon EOS 20D |
Focal length | 18mm |
ISO | 100 |
Shutter speed | 1/160s |