Challenge:Waiting (Basic Editing I) Camera:Canon PowerShot S110 Location: Chicago, IL: Michigan Ave and Chicago River Date: Jun 3, 2004 Aperture: 7.1 ISO: 100 Shutter: 1/259 Galleries:Cityscape, Water Date Uploaded: Jun 7, 2004
Every year the bridges in the middle of downtown Chicago are raised to allow the the sailboats sail to Lake Michigan. Featured here is one of Chicago's busiest streets, Michigan Ave, which has a double-decker bridge.
All the cars, buses and pedastrians have to wait for the few boats to sail by... a process that takes about 15 minutes for each bridge. This happens once or twice a day in May and June.
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great idea. had to check the title though. too bad a better angle might have included more of a draw bridge. I hemed and hawed over a six and a seven....for me the B&W made it a six but I do have a prejudice against B&W. so knowing this i gave it a seven :) Good luck
Hmmmm....I stared at this one for a while. I really like b&w photography, and this looks good. But somehow, I feel like I would like it better in color. But that's just me.
You mean like this?! Cool! I know the feeling, just this morning, the bridges were opened for a longer time and got caught in the jam. So we were the ones who have to wait.
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