Storm Clouds over Lake Michigan
Feb 7, 2024 11:12:53 #
This image was made in 2011 and is the tail end of a storm that heavily damaged the Garfield Park Conservatory leading to a temporary closure and sale of many plants. Captured as a multi-image panorama with a Hasselblad H4D-50 looking out over Lake Michigan from what I think was the North Avenue Beach. This was a very difficult stitch due to the fast movement of the clouds and it took a couple of years to gain the photoshop skills to make it work.
It will be one of four of my images on display at a George DeWolfe (my mentor) retrospective show at the Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts in the spring.
It will be one of four of my images on display at a George DeWolfe (my mentor) retrospective show at the Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts in the spring.
Feb 7, 2024 11:50:06 #
Mesmerizing minimalism! I can well imagine the impact of a large sized print on the wall. Congrats and best wishes.
Feb 7, 2024 13:07:44 #
Beautiful shot and presentation. I agree with Linda that deserves to be printed large and hung alone on a wall
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Feb 8, 2024 10:19:11 #
BobHartung wrote:
This image was made in 2011 and is the tail end of... (show quote)
I like the graceful flow of clouds.
Feb 8, 2024 10:46:40 #
photophile wrote:
I like the graceful flow of clouds.
Thank you. One of the very few cogent comments made beyond the
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Curmudgeon wrote:
Beautiful shot and presentation. I agree with Linda that deserves to be printed large and hung alone on a wall
Thank you.
Thinking of a large print and will do so as soon as I can persuade "she who must be obeyed" that we need another 42" wide panorama hanging on the wall.
Feb 8, 2024 10:53:37 #
Linda From Maine wrote:
Mesmerizing minimalism! I can well imagine the impact of a large sized print on the wall. Congrats and best wishes.
Thanks. It was all in the timing.I drove the 3 hours to Chicago to capture first light on the downtown area from the Planetarium drive only to find out it was "Taste of Chicago" weekend and everything was cordoned off. So I ended up in a lake front parking lot just north of the downtown area when I saw the cloud pattern and I agree with Photophile that the smooth undulation of the clouds is what attracted me.
In fact this storm had just devastated the Garfield Park Conservatory breaking most of the glass in the huge glass building and forcing its closure and a massive plant sale. Here is an article about the storm.
Feb 17, 2024 20:01:17 #
I love that you left some detail in the water and yet it’s such a strong contrast to the clouds.
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