that's so gorgeous! :D excellent shot!

Thanks :] It was the only really decent one out of all of them since I didn't bring my tripod.

Breathtaking!

Never been to Chicago, but it looks beautiful at night by the looks of it.^^

It is! The view from the skydeck is amazing since you can look out over 50 miles of city lights on a clear day/night.

OMG. I just feel in love with this.
So freakin' beautiful.

this picture is absolutely wonderful

Thanks, mang

Dude killer shot. I love the lighting in this. What setting did you use to capture such a clear night-shot? Mine always turn out grainy x.x

Exif dataCamera Panasonic DMC-GF1
Exposure 0.067 sec (1/15)
Aperture f/1.7
Focal Length 20 mm
ISO Speed 400
Exposure Bias 0 EV
Flash Off, Did not fire
X-Resolution 1
Y-Resolution 1
Software picnik.com
Date and Time (Modified) 2010:11:22 01:06:30
YCbCr Positioning Centered
Exposure Program Manual
Date and Time (Original) 2010:11:20 21:57:12-05:00
Date and Time (Digitized) 2010:11:20 21:57:12
Max Aperture Value 1.7
Metering Mode Multi-segment
Color Space Uncalibrated
Focal Length In35mm Format 40 mm
Compression JPEG (old-style)
XMPToolkit Image::ExifTool 8.18
Lens LUMIX G 20/F1.7
Creator Tool picnik.com
Flash Function False
Flash Mode Off
Flash Red Eye Mode False
Flash Return No return detection

basically, I dropped the iso to 400 and sacrificed the potential to get some noise in the shot for the ability to take it hand held. From there I just edited it in Adobe Lightroom and messed with a lot of settings. My process is kind of long for editing >.>

That's brilliant work there. In fact, so is all your photography, especially the Turbine Hall, and the river otter D8 So crisp and full of great atmosphere. Any way I could see a before-and-after shot of some of your photo work? It'd be neat to see how it looks straight from your camera and the extent to which you can remaster it. I'm trying to get into it a bit more myself but don't really have a place to start XD Now that I'm out of school, I don't really have the facilities to do so, but then again that's a weak excuse cuz there's always the internet and books! LoL

As low as the iso is, it turned out so crisp and clear D8 It inspires me to want to pursue digital photography more XD Any tips on sites, tutorials and/or books?

ottsels don't like heights that would scare the fur off of me