Chicago Skyline at Night

August 17, 2016

Again this year, we had the opportunity to take an evening excursion on Lake Michigan. These images are from the excursion boat. Just to point out, night-time photography using a hand-held camera on a moving boat is difficult to do well.

All the pretty colors

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Chicago Navy Pier

Fireworks

The main point of bringing the camera was to see if I could improve on previous attempts to photograph fireworks. Much is written about this challenge, all of which assume that the photographer puts the camera on a tripod on solid ground. Since my camera and I were on a boat without a tripod, I had to invent my own technique.

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Chicago Finale