Here's the first image I've processed from my very enjoyable but very cold and very early shoot with Matty Wolin last Friday morning. Matty took me out onto the North Avenue Beach Pier on Lake Michigan so that we could grab some sunrise images of the downtown Chicago skyline. The view was great but I got myself into one of those states where I was so cold I couldn't be bothered being creative. While I was shivering, Matty was off doing wonderfully creative things like this.

Despite my whining, I really can't complain since I got exactly what I was hoping for. This is pretty much the only single frame HDR I shot that morning since I was intending to capture a large HDR panorama of the skyline. The brackets for this look great but I have yet to find the time to process them all. Look for the final image on Flickr since the panorama format doesn't work too well on a 900 pixel wide blog like this one.

Talking of finding time, I would like to apologise in advance since things are likely to be a bit quieter than usual here in the run-up to April 15th. Not only do I still have to finish my tax return, but I also have a bucketload of images and video from the Austin Rodeo and the FIRST competition in Chicago to edit. I'll post some of these, no doubt, but I may fall behind a bit until things settle down in a couple of weeks.

Posted on Wednesday, March 30th, 2011 in: All Images, Architecture, HDR, Travel, Architecture, buildings, Chicago, city, IL, Illinois, Lake Michigan, skyline, skyscraper, sunrise

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• Chris Wray on March 30th, 2011 at 11:13 pm

  Cool photo, Dave. The early morning hues and reflection on the lake are very nicely captured. I appreciate your full exif data. I’m pushing myself to go fully manual with the settings. I’m getting too comfortable with aperture priority. Helps to see what the pros use. Thanks!
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• Jim Nix on March 31st, 2011 at 6:49 am

  that totally rocks Dave! great shot! Jim

• Mike Olbinski on March 31st, 2011 at 10:10 am

  Wow, great scene! Love reflections and the snowy, icy weather!
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• Steve Beal on March 31st, 2011 at 10:17 am

  I love the purple cast and the lightbursts/reflections are awesome. Glad you shivered through it!
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• Heather Olson on March 31st, 2011 at 10:30 am

  Unbelievably gorgeous shot.

• Matt on March 31st, 2011 at 10:35 am

  This came out great, Dave! Hopefully you’ve thawed out by now! Those reflections are fantastic.

• James Howe on March 31st, 2011 at 10:43 am

  Very nice shot, certainly looks cold, however. I like the way the water curves around the ice in the foreground
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• John Sotiriou on March 31st, 2011 at 6:33 pm

  Stunning image, Dave!
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