Since You Liked the Last One... by CoreyBlack

Photography • Landscape • posted on Apr 30, 2011

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Here's another black&white photo from the archive. Unfortunately there aren't any scowling people in this one, and the drama, such as it is, is of a much more subtle nature. This is a stretch of Lincoln Park near Addison Street and Recreation Drive on the North Side of Chicago. Directly over the horizon lay the Addison Rocks and the vast expanse of Lake Michigan. In the mid-1980s, when I took this picture, the area on the other side of the fence (to the extreme left), was blocked off to the public and quite mysterious. When they opened it up about ten years ago, I was somewhat disappointed to find that it was simply an overgrown thicket of trees, and not the secret resting place of a downed UFO. Life can be so tedious sometimes when you have a vivid imagination. Of course maybe they moved the UFO when they reopened the area. Perhaps said UFO is now resting in Mayor Daley's secret underground lair next to the ghost of Geraldo Riviera's career? Or maybe I simply need another adjustment to my Risperdal... Photographed on November 22, 1986.

Comments (15)

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blinkings

7:36PM | Sat, 30 April 2011

A tad on the spooky side. I like it mate!

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npauling

8:04PM | Sat, 30 April 2011

Excellent detail in this capture and I'm glad they had removed the UFO....! I like your imagination.

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Chipka

8:09PM | Sat, 30 April 2011

I agree that this has a nicely spooky air to it: I think it's the desolation (leafless tree branches) and no humans in sight anywhere. I think the bare trees and the shadows are what make this for me. There's so much going on, so many shapes to explore and just think, each one of those things could be a story just waiting to be told. For me, that's one of the best parts; if a picture evokes something then it's done what the photographer wanted, and probably a little bit more too! This rocks. Well, actually it's rather steady, but hey, you know what I mean. This is making a quick trip into my Favorite's file.

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auntietk

8:57PM | Sat, 30 April 2011

Well, they fenced it off for SOME reason! Who knows what was really in there ... I'm sure they were Up To No Good! Aside from all that nonsense, I like the contrast and the faintly blue tones to this image.

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Bothellite

10:24PM | Sat, 30 April 2011

A simple beauty and I see no spooks, ufo's or other phenomenon. But I'll bet there's a sow bug or two.

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kgb224

11:51PM | Sat, 30 April 2011

Stunning capture my friend.

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lior

12:46AM | Sun, 01 May 2011

The TOP!

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Bossie_Boots

1:33AM | Sun, 01 May 2011

Love the B/W and a wonderful capture a pleasure to view !!

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durleybeachbum

2:06AM | Sun, 01 May 2011

When an area is fenced off in our parks it is to keep people out of a place which is special to folk further down the food chain. (Which I suppose makes these sanctuaries ideal landing point for alien visitors.) The distant structure could well be a double gallows...

minos_6

3:38AM | Sun, 01 May 2011

With so few points of reference to guide the viewer (not even colour), this picture is ageless. It could easily have been taken in the 1940s, although I'm certain that a different photographer would have been needed in those days! This is bleak, a little washed out. There's inference of quite strong sunlight, which seems at odds with the decay of the fallen leaves. There's a definite romantic vibe to this image in my opinion, and it's another one of your retro posts that I appreciate very much!

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annie5

9:50AM | Sun, 01 May 2011

Magnificent b/w picture! love it :)

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IO4

11:56AM | Sun, 01 May 2011

Great b&w image. I love the contrast and light in it.

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sandra46

4:54PM | Sun, 01 May 2011

WONDERFUL B/W!

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NefariousDrO

12:11AM | Mon, 02 May 2011

Very cool photo, and what's even more cool for me is that I've actually been there, myself. Not quite this same view, and such, but still enough that I recognized it. Weird feelings when it triggered memories of that visit to a friend... She'd moved to Chicago (is still there, too) and I kinda had a crush on her even though I knew she didn't feel the same way about me. Funny how all of those things come back so sharp and clear just from looking at one photograph!

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