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I have a friend who shoots seriously tall buildings from the bottom up. I shoot them from the top down.
This is living proof that what you see depends on where you stand.
Yes, a miniscule part of Chicago as seen from the 99th floor of the Sears/Willis Tower.
Bill:)
"Power"
Comments (45)
cfulton
I can imagine the spot where Tara took a shot from! Great view, Clive
Chipka
What a view. I refuse to call that the Wilis Tower...maybe I'm just a stick in the mud! Oh well...that doesn't change the fact that this is an amazing photograph and the waterfall shape of the Citibank building is perfect as an anchor in this image. How did you capture THAT shade of blue...that's what color it is, but I guess you have to be up high enough to get it because otherwise you just get reflections from the buildings around it. I love this shot. That part of the city looks so much cleaner from your POV. Great work!
bazza
Beautiful shot down into the town Bill is that the railway station down there? Excellent photo..
Meisiekind
Excellent view from up there Bill and a perfect shot! Well captured! :)
Rainastorm
This is a super cool shot Bill...I love it...and know nothing about Chicago but the image is very impressive! :-)
anahata.c
To me, what distinguishes your many views from this platform is, first, the clarity of your images, even as the buildings plunge downwards; second, the innate sense of how the buildings interact--their separate boxiness interacting, their separate sheerness (glass/steel) interacting; and their separate juttings into space. Your composition--ie, how you line up rooftops with ground-level grids--and how the bldgs' line up with each other. And the color play, such as the dark steel & beige stone etc. The most defining thing in this may be the looming descent of the front towers--as you say, caught from the top rather than looking up, so it reverses our usual perceptions. Another fine top-floor capture of my hometown's "downtown" district; each one looks totally new to me. And the right angle to set it all off. (Ie, the "correct" angle, I don't mean a "right angle" mathematically.) (And btw, since you asked, some weeks I'm up late to meditate; and I could ask you what you were doing up too! Though I see now that you've retired. Pretty lonely in the gallery right now. I could steal a few refreshments, take some magazines...well, if you had a few magazines. People come over, you should put out snacks! And leave on a light or two...) Another in this wonderful series.
wonderworld
Most excellent shot!!!!!!!
lyron
Great view. Fantastic shot!!
durleybeachbum
Truly FASCINATING! and for so many reasons.. 1. I shall never go there myself. 2. If I did I'm not certain I could look out so high up. 3. It demonstrates very well how architects play god, playing with their models but not necessarily ever having to actually live or attempt to breath in those sunless, dismal, diesel infected canyons. 4. It actually looks quite attractive from up there!! Great pic!
debbielove
A great view! Coz! I HAVE been there on the Grand Tour, lol... Another excellent shot and the dark coloured glass really stands out.. Cool.. And... THANKS!!!! You know what for.. lol Rob
kenmo
The Windy City...home of the Blackhawks, Bears, Cubs & White Sox!!! Excellent point of view....
Hubba1
Awesome job!!!
thecytron
Great shot!
cocker666
Great view
Sea_Dog
Great view! As someone else mentions the clarity and details here are amazing. Well done.
nikolais
must admit they look better through the bird's eye. wonderful clarity and compo.
MrsLubner
The buildings stand so tall and so close to one another. A forest of concrete, glass and steel. Stunning view and great shot.
MagikUnicorn
BEAUTY...NOW YOU HAVE TO GO AT DUBAI...FOR MORE HIGH ALTITUDE SHOT ;-)
tennesseecowgirl
lol to above comment good luck shooting that one from above looking down, but quite a challenge.. Beautiful shot..
Richardphotos
lets go to Dubai to take pictures of the tallest building in the world.excellent cityscape Bill
dbrv6
Excellent perspective
kansas
A super view from up top.
flavia49
wonderful cityscape!!
beachzz
This is one of many places I didn't set to--but wow, what a shot--nearly gives me vertigo just looking at it. There are as many perspectives as there are people with cameras and this just proves it!!
flora-crassella
fantastic view!!!!!
jendellas
I love the looking down shots, so much more to see. Anymore Bill????
npauling
Amazing what you can see from a way up here. A wonderful clear shot and it makes me realise just how small we really are.
sandra46
TERRIFIC SHOT AND POV!!!!! NOW YOUR MUSING GAVE ME FOOD FOT THOUGHT: IN FACT, WHILE ONE CAN ENCOUNTER UNSAVORY WASTE ON THE SURFACE (OF WATER, FOR EXAMPLE), AND THEREFORE FROM A TOP-DOWN POV, WHAT MAY COME OUT OF THE UNEXPLORED DEPTHS, THAT IS FROM A DAWN-TOP POV, SCARIES ME WITLESS.....;-D
drace68
Wow!
neiwil
There goes my virtigo again !!!! Great shot Bill. ( Like the new avitar, for a moment I thought it was Cary Grant :)