Weekend in Chicago...

pgriz · Sep 9, 2014

There was a wedding. We attended. And when we were not otherwise engaging in the stuff that one does at weddings, we went exploring, the "we" in this case being my wife and me. Actually, we were a threesome, as my camera followed us everywhere. Needy, needy. To keep it from pouting and generally creating a stink, we let it play a little. Here is a sampling from what it was looking at.

1-Balconville...

2-Here's looking at you, Kid.

3-Eenie, meenie, miney, moe.

4-The Future, through the looking glass

5-The hive palace

6-Man, those mushrooms sure tasted funny.

7-The aliens have landed. They are watching us watching ourselves.

Yes, I gave it a SD card or two to nibble on so it wouldn't go hungry.

mmaria · Sep 10, 2014

I like 2 and 6... as for the others, I would like them if they were shot in a slightly, slightly different angle/way

Desi · Sep 10, 2014

that hive palace is pretty neat. I've not seen that before

CameraClicker · Sep 10, 2014

Nice! Delighted you had a good time.

pgriz · Sep 10, 2014

mmaria said:
I like 2 and 6... as for the others, I would like them if they were shot in a slightly, slightly different angle/way

Maria, thanks for looking! I've been to Chicago before, but it was the first time that I had enough time to play tourist. Normally my wife and I would walk everywhere, but this time she had a bit of a strained foot, so we opted for one of those "hop-on-hop-off" tour buses, and it was a case of shooting as best as I could from a (generally) moving vehicle. I'd love to go and spend some time in that city and really take the time to put the various sights into proper images, but.... it was what it was. However, your comments make me curious - can you point out what aspects could be improved? A second set of eyes always helps see things more clearly.

Desi said:
that hive palace is pretty neat. I've not seen that before

Desi, thanks for looking! That building is the Aqua skycraper (see:Aqua (skyscraper) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia and it changes its appearance depending on from where you're looking at it. Our tour bus passed just below it, and I thought the view was pretty interesting.

CameraClicker said:
Nice! Delighted you had a good time.

CameraClicker, thanks for your comment! Yes, we did have a good time. Weddings are good occasions to celebrate all the good stuff the families do well. As for the sight-seeing, we were blessed with beautiful, cool weather on two of the three days we were there, so that is always a good way to see things in a good light.