Altered Perceptions, a photo from Illinois, Midwest

Photographer's Note

Sears Tower And Neighboring Buildings, Chicago, IL

In the middle bottom is the Sears Tower. Standing at about 1,450 feet (412 meters) and 110 stories high, it is the tallest building in North America and the third tallest building in the world. It offers more than 3.8 million square feet of office and retail space.

There's an observation deck at the 103rd floor from where you will see an amazing 40-50 miles (65-80 km) of expanse on a clear day. See Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin altogether in one visit!

Get up there!

Took with a fisheye lens then I wanted to do sepia on this one but tweaked the yellow more ...

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serdarhepgul (1744) 2005-09-28 14:02

fascinatinggg..Very creative and artistic. Super work.Tahnk you for sharing
Serdar

filip54852 (0) 2005-09-28 14:06

Awesome -piocture. I really love this one. The color is grate. Thank you for sharing
FIlip

danyy (0) 2005-09-28 14:16

Bonjour Ken,
originalitй des couleurs, originalitй du POV et du cadrage, voilа qui rend des toures banales, trиs esthйtiques.
Bravo.
Daniel.

devimeuxbe (58557) 2005-09-28 14:27

Hi Ken
Beautifull POV , nice colors.
Very successfull shot
Great work
Bertrand

Lithium (596) 2005-09-28 14:45

Impressive! Interesting colour tones, great POV, interesting light. It was a great idea to include that lamppost as well, it looks great!
regards,
Linas

starbug (6924) 2005-09-28 15:02

Great point of view creating a fantastic modern image witha really great colour. Makes you feel like you're spinning around, holding your head up till your neck hurts...there's energy here, I love it!
best regards

tjanze (5674) 2005-09-28 15:16

Very good view and good motive.I like this yellow(gold) sky,it looks like everything is under sun rays.

sines (0) 2005-09-28 15:35 [Comment]

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ishai (4097) 2005-09-28 15:38

Its very nice ,Ken
I saw the thumbnail and I had to look
The yellow sky is very attractive here
But the POV is very good here specialty with the Fisheye here

Well use of the equipment

Ishai

pady (4800) 2005-09-28 15:48

Very interesting shot. It's a good idea to have used a 10.5mm for this picture. That give the gidiness.
Regards

vapours (8264) 2005-09-28 20:31

Amazing photo, and great use of your fish eye lens. The colouring you've done here is also perfect. A favourite for me!

dolin (7369) 2005-09-29 4:43

Hi Ken.
Excellent idea of composition...the pov and the angle are excellent an give a impressive effect.
The PP is interesting too with a good choice of colors.
Good shot
Fred

(I come back for the smile)

pamastro (7296) 2005-09-30 0:08

Excellent spot to use this lens to highlight all the skyscrapers around the Sears Tower. It all is well focused on the Sears tower, though, despite all we see. The steep perspective draws the eye into this photo almost like a spiral. The inclusion of a street lamppost was a good idea to enhance the contrast from small scale to huge scale. It's an interesting bit of work you did on the sky, too. Sort of apocalyptic especially in how natural it looks in its artificiality. Nice work all around Ken.

I haven't made it to Chicago yet but hopefully before the winter sets in.

coco (30439) 2005-10-02 8:26

Hi Ken.
Good capture and also very good composition. Also very interesting the colours of the photo.
Regards.

AndyGr1er (281) 2005-10-04 6:51

The Colour tone for this dream-like shot is superb. I was delighted to see the inclusion of the traffic light and 'one way' signpost (which I think looks amazing from the fisheye perspective)
Was this taken with a Lomo / Holga type camera?

thebig_d81 (777) 2005-10-07 8:36

Good use of the fisheye. Love the deep yellow filter you have put through the sky. Works well.
Darren

eroli (114) 2005-10-17 1:21

great yellow - warm, cozy, almost adobe-like, a touch of NM in the big city

Leonie (8809) 2005-11-06 13:19

Wow, this one is amazing as well! I love fish eye lens pictures...the perfect lens for Chicago I can imagine! ;o)
Well done!

Lйonie

napdsp (744) 2006-01-09 23:42

Beautiful colors. Great POV. TFS.

catalina (799) 2006-02-02 10:47 [Comment]

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picardo (2459) 2006-03-07 6:46

Really great picture!!! Excelent perspective of the building and the colors fits well!!!
Congratulations!

iGirl (1223) 2006-05-18 14:12

Hi Ken, great viewpoint here and intersting colors. I like the fisheye effect a lot! Thanks for sharing!
Erin

clarita (654) 2006-05-18 14:46

great photo!
i love how you framed the bldgs within your lens.
fantastic colour in golden yellow.
creative/artistic in one shot!
thx for posting.

crogrie (11) 2006-09-06 12:21

fantastic picture, the colour yellow very well chosen, the POV very original and artistic, good composure with sign and traffic light but quite clear and free from too many things to focus on.great contrasts for the bottom right hand corner buildings too. congratulation!