Chicago USA July 4th weekend

[londonray]

Had the chance to visit Chicago during July 4th weekend as i was attending a friend's wedding. Some pictures to share.

Lobby of Palmer Hilton which i stayed in... got lucky with Priceline.

Grant Park and fountain... Skyline in the background

The new vs old in downtown Chicago

 

[londonray]

a couple more shots

view of sunset from Hancock Tower

The Bean at Millennium Park

Fireworks from Navy Pier, viewed from Adler Planeterium

 

[etegration]

a couple more shots

view of sunset from Hancock Tower

nice night shot!

 

[hetfieldpaul]

great set and happy 4th of july!

 

[londonray]

thanks etegration and Paul for the kind comments! it helped a lot that the weather was great over the weekend!

 

[gaoxing840]

the sunset at hancock tower is breath taking!

 

[upsaC]

Here are nice photos, I like the 2nd one. Which lens did you use for this photo? Thanks.

 

[londonray]

the sunset at hancock tower is breath taking!

Thanks for your kind comments. Actually missed e sunset proper. But the clouds looked great
That day.

 

[londonray]

Here are nice photos, I like the 2nd one. Which lens did you use for this photo? Thanks.

It's actually a 6 shot HDR pano stitch. Shot portrait with the 14-24 n d700

 

[HougangMan]

How did you manage to get a shot of the millennium bean so free of people? It was so crowded when I tried...
Nice

 

[londonray]

How did you manage to get a shot of the millennium bean so free of people? It was so crowded when I tried...
Nice

Hi Hougangman, it was a combination of me being able to wake up early and the location of the hotel (Palmer Hilton) i stayed it.
The shot was taken roughly around 745am? On July 4th. So probably before the tourists arrive by the bus loads. The reason why i
could do this was because my hotel was a 5-10min walk away from the bean... hee ... lucky me right? Too bad when i went for night shots of
the bean, the police cordoned off the area and shouted "the park is closed!!!" so i didn't manage to get the shot. Else would have a shot of the
bean with "red/blue/white" buildings in the background, since it was July 4th weekend, and many buildings were showing their "patriotism" for the US.