The wonderful ride that his been Chicago weather for the past five or so months is finally coming to an end. In addition to a beautiful summer, we've had a remarkably warm and dry fall. In fact, the day before I took this shot the weather had got up into the seventies, however, on the morning that I took the shot, just a day later, I found myself getting pummeled with hail and snow. The fall colors won't be around for long, and I managed to capture the end of them here at North Ave. Beach.
A cold morning at North Ave. Beach.
Today's post is yet another bridge photo from Columbus. I was really drawn to this area when searching photos of Columbus, and I was not disappointed.
The Rich Street Bridge in Columbus, Ohio.
It took some digging to discover the name of this statue which is "Habakuk" by Ewerdt Hilgemann and is a tribute to Max Ernst. Googling "crumpled statue near lake shore drive" didn't return many results, however, I did discover the search by map feature on the Chicago Park District Website, where I was able to figure it out.
The Habakuk statue near Lake Shore Drive.
Here is a view of downtown Columbus from the Main Street Bridge. We were very lucky to have minimal wind early this morning, and the still water made for almost perfect reflections.
A view of Downtown Columbus from the Main Street Bridge.
I wish I could say that I was returning here physically, but instead I loaded some of my old raw photos from my 2014 trip to Iceland. Looking at these old photos has given me the travel bug, and I'm hoping that 2017 will bring me some new adventures.
A throwback from my trip to Iceland in 2014.
Another shot from a quiet Wells Street taken around 6am this Saturday morning. While there was almost no traffic this particular morning, I did have to set up the shot in the middle of the street. It's a little bit scary doing this, but I was extremely careful, and had all the settings and tripod positioning in place so that all that I had to do when I stepped into the street was set up my composition and hit the shutter button.
Another shot from Wells Street just North of the Loop and Wacker Drive. This was taken at about 6am Saturday morning.
Today's picture was taken on Wells Street near Lake Street underneath the 'L' tracks. If you grew up playing Nintendo 64 like me, you might recognize this scene from the game Cruisin' USA, pictured below:
Near Wells Street and Lake Street, from underneath the L tracks.
I was going to name this photo "Under the Bridge", but I realized that I already have a photo with that name. This was taken from under the Rich Street Bridge in downtown Columbus, Ohio.
From underneath the Rich Street Bridge in Columbus, Ohio.
Today's post is a tribute to the Chicago Lakefront Trail, upon which I've run, walked, and cycled hundreds of miles over. Don't worry, this was taken during a very low traffic evening, and I wasn't blocking any runners with my tripod.
The Chicago Skyline from the Lakefront Trail.
Today's shot is one that I took on the run through the loop shortly after sunset. I've been trying to be a little more spontaneous with my photography, trying to go out when the lighting and weather are interesting, as opposed to when it is convenient with my schedule. Hopefully I can keep this up.
A long exposure from a low perspective along the river in the loop.
