I was supposed to finish a song today for #straturday but I got mired in chores and I have resorted to looking through old photos to find a post for today.
I found a folder full of old panorama tests of winter in Chicago that looked interesting enough for a post. Here is a photo of the Chicago River during the polar vortex of 2015. The river likes to freeze up and every now and then a strong ship will break through the ice leaving an interesting puzzle piece texture along the way.
This was a subzero early morning commute panorama I took on my way to the Wrigley Building. The whole downtown is deserted because it was so cold that year and most people tried walking in the scary underground pedestrian walkways. I prefer not turning into a C.H.U.D. on my way to work so I remained above ground in the freezing temperatures.
This view makes it look like I took the photo while standing on one of the huge broken ice pieces on the river. But in reality this was taken from the edge of the riverwalk on a little portion that sticks out into the river.
I took a series of photos and stitched them together higher up along the edge of the river. Unfortunately the stitch created an unexpected result of warping the buildings into smashed bendy cartoonish shapes.
Here's another one that ended up warping wrong. I was hoping to get a really vertical photo but instead photoshop's photomerge script decided the smash it together this way lol. I may go back and try and stitch it by hand to get the vertical format I was looking for.
On my way back from work I ducked into a building to warm up a bit from the cold. As it turns out this one had a really interesting sculpture over a reflective water element in the lobby. Fortunately none of the security guards saw me taking photos as they tend to yell at you for doing so.
This was another early morning panorama. It seems horizontal stiches work out better than vertical ones. The corncob condos are the feature of this photo, they are a bit cursed though as someone every year tends to throw themselves off the right side building.
This was taken really early in the morning on a foggy day. The light seems to glow more in the fog. The stitch got all warped again, it kind of reminds me of what someone with a hangover would see as they try and make it into work after a night of partying the day before lol.
Here is Sue the T-Rex at the Chicago Field Museum. During the winter these large museums are great for escaping the cold.
That's all for now, thanks for looking. Back to working on my next song :-)
