Later that week, after seeing the John Singer Sargent show at the Art Institute, a little cool-off in Millenium Park.
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Went out to dinner in the West Loop area. Rick Bayless has a new restaurant there called Lena Brava that's quite nice. Temperature was in the 90's but dropping as the sun went down so we elected to sit outside where the crowd was thin and the people watching better.
On the way back I saw an art shop pop-up located in a shipping container-
A vacant parking lot- fewer of these around as new construction takes over the area-
And, under an Amtrak viaduct, a forlorn flag...
On a more cheerful note, I shot some more infrared-filtered digital landscapes at the Chicago Botanic Garden. The sky was blue with puffy clouds!
All for now... Have a Glorious 4th!
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The apes were sleeping (they seem to do that a lot, but then there's not a whole lot of other things for them to do). The flamingos were standing around as usual- some sleeping
Lions were awake too- in their moat for a nicely different angle. Almost looks like they're in the wild!
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Later I ran across the beginning of the annual Puerto Rican Day Parade forming up on Columbus. Lots of flags and interesting cars. Also a large number of flag decked jeeps. Is that a thing?
A slightly overcast day- not ideal for infrared photography, but when you're at a garden it still gives an interesting effect. I take IR photographs by placing an IR filter (only passes infrared light) in front of my camera lens. The exposures are much longer than without the filter, but the results are often worth it.
During the film camera days infrared photography was often used for architectural photography (blue skies are rendered as nearly black) but IR is also strongly reflected off the chlorophyll in leaves, grass, etc. Click here for much more information from Wikipedia.
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