Street Lights Revisited (Again), a photo from Illinois, Midwest

Photographer's Note

Streetlights along South Lakeshore Drive going north, Chicago, taken from a moving car.

For most of you who have been on TrekEarth for longer, you probably reconize this as you've probably seen it before. I had another chance to be on the same road early this month so I braced myself to take a similar picture and this time with the street lights complete.

It was a little bit foggy and dark when I took this. The buildings in the background are the Sears Tower, the tallest building in North America and the 333 E. Wacker (the lower building to its left, not well separated in the picture).

Just converted it to grayscale (there wasn't much to convert, it was almost a monochrome because it was such a dreary day), a little bit of rotation, cropping and USM.

carper, KevRyan ha contrassegnato questa nota come utile

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carper (96) 2005-03-29 11:41

Very good photo Ken,
I like the cropp, the good lines in the very good depth shot, the return pales, the good lines, the very good choise for the black and white, very good job.
gr. Jaap

ndb1958 (9289) 2005-03-29 11:56

Beautiful shot. I like the graphical aspect. The contrast with the soft Sears Tower in the background is nice.

A-la-N (2025) 2005-03-29 13:22 [Comment]

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tontonjc (6623) 2005-03-29 14:40

Jolie photo en noir et blanc . Superbe graphisme ... mais le cadre un peu grand ..?

Bravo

KevRyan (22956) 2005-03-29 17:22

Very nice Ken - I especially appreciate it as I'm getting my own B&W eye into gear again! You know why it's a good photo so what can I tell you!!? Remember the Martian machines on War of the Worlds?

naxius (16685) 2005-03-30 4:38

Very good and graphical photograph Ken.
I like the choice of B&W mode here.
Excellent work.
Alex

PixelTerror (0) 2005-03-30 4:38

Hi Ken,
Perspective is great and amplified by the repetition, well seen and better framed than the previous one.
Have a nice day,
jean-Yves

skeelerik (763) 2005-03-31 14:04

Very nice pattern, Ken.
Good choice for B&W. You did well and that from a driving car. Good framing too. Great.
CU, Erik

aros (0) 2005-04-01 5:16

For some reason this really appeals to me - it's unusual and the subject is extremely well isolated. A pity you can only give 2 points.

Kenny10pin (19301) 2005-04-03 11:06

great image, I like the way you took this shot, very good set of lights here, nice dof too, well done

ishai (4097) 2005-04-12 4:02

Hi Ken
I like the lates version beter
First for the ferspective and continuity and second for the repetition
The tight crop and framig both are very good

ISHAI

jstewart (1150) 2005-04-13 1:47

Hi Ken:
I remembered your previous shot even though I didn't critique it. This is much better for the reason you state - the lights are now complete. An excellent monochromatic visual essay.