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Here's the view from our rooftop this evening. You might recall from last year that these are not the official city fireworks....these are just the ones that the people in our neighborhood shoot off! The whole idea is still mind-blowing to me. In the photo above, you can see the Hancock Tower the left and the Sears Tower on the irhgt. The new Trump building is in the center. When it's finished, it will be the second tallest building in the city, behind the Sears Tower.

Here's the scene looking west of our house, away from the loop and towards the center of our neighborhood. I was just in time to catch the sunset and crescent moon as it was setting over the city.



And another shot looking west.



Photography Details: I don't know how many photography buffs we have in our readership, but here's some background on how I captured these images. They are actually pretty simple to do on any camera that offers manual control. I just set my shutter speed to around 10 seconds, and set my aperture very small (big number) to avoid washing out the image. Since it's digital, it's pretty easy to review your work and make aperture adjustments as needed. The long shutter speed gives you ample opportunity for some fireworks to go off sometime during your photo. It has the additional benefit of allowing the faint sunset to come through more powerfully.