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Reflections of Chicago Architecture by Lou McLove

April 2019 - Reflections of Chicago Architecture

April 2019 - Lou McLove

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Taken on a beautiful fall day in Chicago while touring on one of the Chicago River architectural tours. I did very little to the original image, some cropping and sharpening mostly.


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R Gary Butler   R Gary Butler
(Group 4)
Lou, to me this image has great interest as I just booked reservations to shoot Chicago architecture for three days in May. I feel that you have done a good job with the exposure, sharpness and color of the image - the last is very pleasing to my eye. I believe that the visual distribution right to left is well done.

It seems to me that the image may need stronger fixation points. For me the lack of focus (for want of a better term) caused by the waviness of the glass causes my eye to continually move looking for a place in the image to settle on. I feel that the lamp posts and tree at the bottom of the image are also a distraction, especially since they are in focus whereas the buildings are not.

I would be very interested in any suggestions of where to shoot in Chicago.   Posted: 04/03/2019 10:49:20



Lou McLove   Lou McLove
(Groups 85 & 92)
Gary, thanks for the constructive comments. I'm going to try to do something about the tree and lamp posts in Photoshop. I was in Chicago in mid October and the weather was pretty good. I got some nice photos of the Bean in Millennium Park, you have to get there really early to avoid a crowd. Of course you can work people into the composition. There are also 2 giant screens in Millennium Park that have rear projection images, that could be especially good after a rain with wet pavement. I went up in the John Hancock building to see sunset. The line to get up there was longer than I expected and I just made the sunset, so allow plenty of time if you plan to go up there. Next time I may try out the Sears Tower. An architectural river tour was good, we took an early tour for the morning light.   Posted: 04/03/2019 20:58:05
R Gary Butler   R Gary Butler
(Group 4)
Thanks Lou. Will check them out!   Posted: 04/04/2019 14:35:05



Trey Foerster   Trey Foerster
Love these kinds of photos. Very well done, nice capture and PP. For my eye, I'd crop off the building masonry and the lights and opt for a 16x9-ish image area for an impressionistic look. Great colors.   Posted: 04/05/2019 13:56:51
Lou McLove   Lou McLove
(Groups 85 & 92)
Thanks for the comments Trey. I like your idea for the 16x9 format, after looking at the image more I see that the lights etc. are not necessary.   Posted: 04/05/2019 14:56:42



 
I like this image. It is very artistic. The tops of the lilghtposts and tree are a bit distracting to me. I removed those in Photoshop (quickly) and, for me, it removes the small distractions.   Posted: 04/14/2019 10:54:16
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Charles Walker   Charles Walker
Lou, I find reflections in the glass of large buildings to be very interesting. Taking photographs of skylines and buildings can be frustrating because of clutter like power lines, poles, and cranes. What would the image be like if the bottom was cropped to focus only on the buildings and the crane removed? On the other hand, it is an image of a city, so why not keep everything?   Posted: 04/15/2019 13:10:14