Calder on a Snowy Night by taffy

Calder on a Snowy Night

First I want to thank you all for your comments that took my shot of the grocery trolleys/carts to PP today. An exciting thing to wake up to!
Today I was in meetings -- an all day one on campus, then catching the L to the Art Institute (a very nice place for a meeting) and then a walk downtown to the school district headquarters for the last meeting of the day. Ending at dark, across the street from this sculpture which we passed on the way to catch the L home. So a day full of meetings, but also filled with very brief but very productive photos ops in between. Still deciding on the bw one for bw-bookclub. This photo shows the Calder sculpture -- Chicago is known for its street sculpture by well known artists and this one is my favorite. The city was glowing tonight.
BW photos: the nice side of snow - http://365project.org/taffy/the-also-ran-ph/2014-02-05
the grimy side of snow - http://365project.org/taffy/special-photos/2014-02-05
That cart shot was amazing a Taffy!as is this one!just love the reflections and light.
February 6th, 2014  
cool colors and reflections, and the shape is a knock-out!
February 6th, 2014  
Great capture of this Calder. Love how the illumination is reflected on the wet pavement.
February 6th, 2014  
Beautiful deep colors in this picture.
February 6th, 2014  
Looks like a drooping flower, love the golden glow off the pavement
February 6th, 2014  
Great night shot and colors!
February 6th, 2014  
Wonderful night shot with gorgeous colours and reflections! An interesting sculpture!
February 6th, 2014  
That red is fabulous. It really pops
February 6th, 2014  
This is wonderful! I remember that Calder sculpture! You know, this would be really cool in B&W with just the sculpture in red....maybe for the Flash-o-red challenge?! ;-)
February 6th, 2014  
@panthora Good idea! I'm really a novice at selective color as I don't use LR or PS. So it's do-able but pretty tedious in Aperture. Do you have any program you've found that works well for selective color?
February 6th, 2014  
Unique piece of art, it looked like a big bow at first glance. Congrats for PP!
February 6th, 2014  
@taffy Not sure....I have both PS and Lightroom, but have not really delved into either one much... I thought I had seen something similar here where the person said they had edited it in PicMonkey, but I have not been able to find the selective coloring option there....might need to play with it more. Check out the suggestions here in this discussion, if you have not seen it already: http://365project.org/discuss/critique/21004/photo-editing-programs. I would be very interested in figuring out how to do that in fairly easy way.
February 6th, 2014  
Great capture, love the golden glow and pop of red.
February 6th, 2014  
I like the pop of red here. Well done.
February 6th, 2014  
Great shot of the Calder! The lone figure walking through the square gives the scene a sense of scale.
February 6th, 2014  
Beautiful capture! You are giving me a different idea of Chicago! Had a bad experience there as a college student!
February 6th, 2014  
Brilliant colours and light.
February 6th, 2014  
Love the golden glows and the red structure!
February 6th, 2014  
Lovely ...
February 6th, 2014  
Great shot - great colours and lighting
February 6th, 2014  
Lovely vivid colours
February 6th, 2014  
Not an easy one to get the exposure right, but you have it spot on, lovely shot.
February 6th, 2014  
Beautiful
February 6th, 2014  
I like the way the arches stand out from the rest of the scene, and the reflective pavement is really nice.
February 6th, 2014  
Wow, I like how you got such neat reflections
February 6th, 2014  
Lovely light and reflections. What a beautiful sculpture. Nice splash of color!
February 6th, 2014  
Nice capture! fav
February 6th, 2014  
WOW I love this.
February 6th, 2014  
Stunning
February 6th, 2014  
Very bold and striking image, the installation really stands out
February 6th, 2014  
awesome light,colors and reflection! very nice capture!
February 6th, 2014  
Lovely colours and reflections, great capture
February 6th, 2014  
Super nighttime shot,great reflections!!
February 6th, 2014  
Superb night shot
February 6th, 2014  
The red sculpture looks really cool! Great capture!
February 6th, 2014  
Brilliant capture, LOVE the sculpture!
February 6th, 2014  
Rob
Love the reflections and the sculpture!
February 6th, 2014  
Super night shot, love the red shapes.
February 6th, 2014  
Wonderful shot, what an interesting piece of artwork. I particularly like the light reflections on the ground - they really set toe sculpture off. Fav.
February 6th, 2014  
Lovely night capture
February 6th, 2014  
Wonderful night shot, Taffy! You do these so well. The sculpture is awesome. Love the red and the glowing pavement.
February 6th, 2014  
Wonderful shot.
February 6th, 2014  
cool sculpture and fab reflections. another great night shot
February 7th, 2014  
I like Calder too! Great shot! I think this one would translate to bw as well. But the color makes it a warmer shot.
February 7th, 2014  
Love the colors!
February 7th, 2014  
Wow - stunning lighting, images, and colors!
February 7th, 2014  
Stunning shot with the light reflecting and the colours. The fellow underneath gives perspective.
February 7th, 2014  
Love the lights, glows, and reflections here - looks very animal-ian in this view!
February 7th, 2014  
cool
February 7th, 2014  
@archaeofrog I agree -- this is my favorite angle because it feels to me that it's a creature moving across the square.
February 7th, 2014  
Cool
February 7th, 2014  
What a fantastic shot, Taffy. Love the lighting and reflections you captured.
February 7th, 2014  
So vivid night shot and love the sculpture!!
February 7th, 2014  
Fabulous red in the night. Love the wetness and what it adds, toO!
February 7th, 2014  
Great night capture, love the bright, vibrant colours and reflections.
February 8th, 2014  
Stunning shot, so brave of you to go out in weather like this!!!
February 8th, 2014  
great colours with that light and reflections
February 8th, 2014  
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