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This photo of Chicago's skyline was taken at sunrise, looking westward from the Alder Planetarium.
This photo is actually a composite of about 15 individual exposures. I
digitally stitched them together by hand using Adobe Photoshop. In total,
the Photoshop process took me about five hours. The resulting file was 350
megabytes, with a resolution of 15,420 x 3,160! I plan to share the
details behind my process in an upcoming article.
Be sure and click the photo, to see the larger version.
Here are some notable features in the photo, from left to right.
Shedd Aquarium. The ingenious low glass-covered Oceanarium complex looks out over Lake Michigan.
The Sears Tower. Massive black tower with white antennae, is the tallest building in Chicago. It's size is obscured by it's distance away, one
of the western-most buildings in Chicago's loop.
Boats are moored in Monroe Harbor. Every spring, bridges across the Chicago River are raised to allow the boats to pass from their Winter storage out to
their Summer slips.
The red Strong Insurance Building provides colorful variety to the skyline.
The Smurfit-Stone building is topped by a distinctive diamond-shaped roofline.
The towering Aon building. The tall white tower in the north east corner of the business loop.
The distinctive Hancock Tower peaks over the skyline, from its location among
the famous stores of Michigan Avenue.
The Lake Point residential tower -- one of the only public structures to the east of Lake Shore Drive -- glistens in the morning sun.
Navy Pier -- tourist gem of the lakefront -- extends into Lake Michigan.
The Chicago Lighthouse lights the passage to harbors and the river channel. |
Camera: Canon 10D
Lens: 28-135mm, USM EF IS
Mode: Manual
Metering: n/a
Shutter Speed: 1/20 sec
Aperture: f13
ISO: 100
Focal Length: 50mm (80mm effective) x 15 Layers
Firmware: 1.0.0
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