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Tim In Suit The actual reason for the trip to Chicago was to go to a wedding; this is what I looked like dressed up for it. |
Jellybean I don't know what it's actually supposed to be called, but it's pretty neat. |
Waterfall From a distance it's not that impressive; you can't seven see the water. |
Jellybean, Closer and Below I do like the reflections of the city behind... |
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Cafe and Cityscape I think we were standing where the ice rink sits during the winter. |
Waterfall Fountains Apparently better referred to as Crown Fountain. |
Kids in Fountain At least this time you can see the water. |
Fountain Screen, View 1 A waterfall in the waterfall. It's a good sense of scale here, too... |
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Sitting in the Fountain I should have asked who the person was. Oh well. |
Playing in the Water The space in between may as well have a playset in it. |
Fountain Screen, View 2 A nice shot showing off the whole setup... |
Jellybean, Even Closer "Cloud Gate", by Anish Kapoor. |
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Jellybean and Reflections Much cooler than a mirror; you can see Beth and her parents behind me. |
External Distortions Not too distorted here... |
Internal Distortions, I ...especially compared to here. |
Internal Distortions, II The lack of tripod, and resulting shakiness, is actually kinda cool. |
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Internal Distortions, III Looking straight up from the center. |
Internal Distortions, IV At least you can see me in this one. Or I can recognize it anyway. |
Beth's Building Beth really likes the building in the center, so I got quite a few shots of it... |
Pavilion Apparently the Jay Pritzker Pavilion. It's a nifty performance location... |
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Concert in the Pavilion There was actually something going on when we showed up! |
Concert in the Pavilion, II We never figured out which orchestra, sadly. |
Pavilion Crowd I was actually taking the shot for the sound system but this works. |
Pavilion Overview This was from pretty far back; it gives a nice view of the stage, crowd, and actual pavilion setup. |
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Rows of Trees The Lurie Garden, apparently. The trees seemed too closely packed. |
Beth's Building, II For reference, I probably got a shot only every time she mentioned it. |
Chicago at Dusk A view from the BP Bridge. |
Grant Park Film Festival Sign The only times I've been in Grant park have been during the Taste of Chicago... so I've never seen it this empty. |
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Buckingham Fountain With Beth in the corner. |
Buckingham Plaza People and Fountain. I like this shot. |
Fountain with Lights It had started playing its music and such. |
Fountain and Beth I like this duskshot. |
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Tim and Beth It took a while to coax Beth's Mom to take the shot, but it turned out okay. |
One Last Fountain As it gets darker and more lights are turned on, it becomes neater... |
Beth on the Waterfront She loves the water. |
Beth's Family on the Waterfront ...as do her family. |
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Chicago at Night Here I learn again why I need a tripod. |
Stage at Night Still need that tripod...but you can at least see that it's there. |
Fountain Screen, View 3 We went back to see it in the dark; the colors are more impressive now. |
Fountain With Water Periodically, the fountain dumps extra water. Here's one of those times. |
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Fountain Screen, View 4 Another face. The face ones are definitely creepier than the landscapes. |
Spitting Fountain I find it amusing that it does this. |
Spitting Fountain, II And I just hope that they don't get too creative with it in the future. |
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