Aqua Building, Downtown Chicago - a photo on Flickriver

A night shot of the spectacular Aqua Building in downtown Chicago, Illinois.

I've already posted another couple of shots of this building but both of those were monochrome. The main reason was that the lighting was predominantly sodium vapour so the whole image started off horribly orange. Generating a black and white, therefore, was basically a cop-out since it meant I could completely ignore the wicked colour cast.

In this case, however, I decided to retain the colour since I liked the coloured splashes on various balconies. I've never actually seen the building during the day but I assumed it is white and corrected the cast as best I could to turn the building neutral. In the process, this yielded a wonderfully strange purple sky. Remember, this was taken when it was pitch black, well after sunset.

Thanks, once again, to Charles Dastodd for introducing me to this fabulous building.

I would greatly appreciate your vote in the 2011 Photoblog Awards. Thanks!

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Taken in: United States / Illinois / Chicago / Cityfront Place (show map)

Taken on: March 25, 2011

Tags:

Chicago

aqua building

architecture

dusk

exterior

illinois

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Sets appears in: • Most Interesting • HDR more » • Chicago « less

Groups appears in: • Chicago • Nikon HDR more » • A "Quality Only" Club • Chicago Art • Nikon D700 HDR • Aqua Building, Chicago • iHDR • Stuck On Earth Community « less

Camera: NIKON D700, f/8.0, 6 sec, 48mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	NIKON D700
Lens:	24.0-70.0 mm f/2.8
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	6
Focal Length:	48mm
ISO:	400
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.3 (Macintosh)
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