Here is a view of the Trump building with other high rise buildings near sunset. Note a new angular building - that one was recently erected and it is very eye catching. The unique design is driven by the fact that someone on the street wouldn't sell out.
Here is a second view with the Hancock in the background along with the Rock N' Roll McDonalds in front.
This is a close up of Trump Tower with the IBM building in front. That IBM building is iconic - it was designed using the same theme as the IBM Mainframes and even the selectric type writer - no kidding. There was a funny article in the Chicago Tribune where a woman complained because she spent $925,000 (!!) for a ONE bedroom in the Trump tower directly across from the IBM building which doesn't turn out its lights because it houses a major law firm... which by coincidence is moving to the big building lit up and under construction in the photo. Here is the article and check out the commenters lambasting her for spending so much $ in the first place. Note that to finance that (say you put about 10% down) would be about $5500 / month... implying that with assessments and property taxes you'd have to rent that for $6500 / month to break even. YIKES.
Finally - here is a new building at 300 N LaSalle. I tried to take this with a quick shutter so it was less blurry because the top few floors feature a very cool staircase and the building has interesting lights that I usually can't make out in a typical photo. This building is 60 stories and houses another law firm, meaning that the lights are on at all hours, too.
All in all the gorilla tripod helped a lot and hopefully my pictures can get a bit less lousy.
4 comments:
The subject matter and lighting are great, but you are just a bit out of focus.
On that angular building, what did you mean by someone wouldn't sell out? Do you mean actually sell their place or the builders didn't "sell out" to do the job cheaper with no architctural allure?
I meant that there was a small odd shaped building physically located next to the triangle building and that owner would not sell their parcel (to the new builder) which caused the configuration of the building to be goofy. I will go by and take photos some time.
Yes a few glasses of wine probably contributed to the out of focus, too :)
It looks more like the camera wasn't quite steady, despite the tripod, rather than a focus issue. Maybe it was windy or your ledge had some vibration. But good for you for getting a tripod. One suggestion: Try taking some night photos during the brief period after sunset when the buildings are lit up but the sky isn't completely dark. You'll have to experiment with the timing but if you get it right your photos will look great.
I really like the first photo with the natural edge lighting on the Trump building.
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