Fog Over Edgewater by CoreyBlack
Close
Hover over top left image to zoom.
Click anywhere to exit.
Members remain the original copyright holder in all their materials here at Renderosity. Use of any of their material inconsistent with the terms and conditions set forth is prohibited and is considered an infringement of the copyrights of the respective holders unless specially stated otherwise.
Description
This was one of those cold and clammy February afternoons in Chicago that make you wish you were in Florida.
This is my first post on Renderosity. I've been making pictures of Chicago for about 2 years now (digitally). This was shot in February of 2009 in the Edgewater neighborhood, near Lake Michigan in Chicago.
Comments (8)
Chipka
Oooh, Corey, what a surprise to see you posting. Actually it's not; I saw you upload this picture. Welcome to Renderosity. You'll find that this is a great place to share artistic stuff with other artistic people. Have fun here; there are zillions of cool people around. As for this picture, it's a great, moody one. It has a gritty, urban vibe to it, but it also works well as a mood piece. The fog is what makes it. The implacable, angular grotty, grimy aspect of Chicago is softened here, though the chill and nose-drip-inducing moisture in the air is readily apparent. And...woo-hoo! I'm the first to comment! YAY!
beachzz
Welcome to RR--it's a great place!! Very cool city shot, gritty and real--nicely done!!
durleybeachbum
Welcome! Great to see a place as it probably really IS!
katy555
Excellent photo and light...
kasalin
Very beautiful scene, great colours and creation !!! 5* Excellent and welcome :):):)
nikolais
Can't Chicago be such a cool-looking place? love the background. welcome to RR.
romanceworks
This captures the cold harshness of Chicago very well. The only real warmth I have found there on my visits is in the hugs and kisses of my wonderful Greek relatives. Welcome to R'osity. CC
anahata.c
yes welcome to RR, Corey! So nice to have your vision here! The first thing one notices in this shot is, of course, the fog; but when one zooms & sees the rest, you've captured a sensitive mix of city detail, and with genuine delicacy to the lives they represent. Hard to explain why I feel that, but I do. And the details have neither too much specificity & nor too much haze or softness: They blends well with the overall sleepy feeling of the shot. I've personally found warmth here as well as coldness, but many have commented on the gray of this city, and I fully understand: There's a deep grayness to the city that is unmistakable, and you've captured it here to a tee, under the guise of deep fog and that blue-gray light that often accompanies this city when the sun is busy elsewhere... The details: the lights here, the person with the shopping carts, the scatter of the cars in that drowsy randomness that many american cities get & which chicago can do as well as any (I think of Providence RI, as another example), the gentle capture of the power lines and the few signs...all these add 'just enough' detail to make this poignant and a real portrait of an avereage chicago street. And you allowed the sky to dominate half the shot or more, a bold move which works because it defines the hazy feeling of a great city isolated into small enclaves by a massive fog. A very sensitive shot, and caught with fine detail...I'll comment on one more now (time presses), but I'll be back for more soon...Welcome! What a talented first post. Two people are now showing this strange city to the world, here. If only I had a camera (and could shoot! that always helps....)