The Sun Sets over the City by taffy

The Sun Sets over the City

Last night's sunset was quite beautiful and rather unexpected given the weather. With my 50mm lens on the camera and no time to change lenses, it presented an intriguing challenge to get all the lines of the building without distortion. Thanks, Bruce, for helping me sort out the sliders to use in LR5!
P3 had a new adventure for World Nutella Day -- check out his story and collage at http://365project.org/365toygroup/365/2015-02-05
and join in the fun today if you can.
Teaching tonight and then leaving for family weekend so may not be able to do much til I return. Wishing you all a great weekend a little early!
beautiful light - very nice
February 5th, 2015  
Amazing capture. Fantastic lighting and it would make a tremendous poster.
February 5th, 2015  
Great view of the city in winter.
February 5th, 2015  
This. Is. Just. S-t-u-n-n-i-n-g!
February 5th, 2015  
Beautiful view
February 5th, 2015  
Beautiful capture, light, composition
February 5th, 2015  
Lee
Wonderful shot, The detail is incredible and I especially like the sunset reflections from the buildings. Fav
February 5th, 2015  
Awesome sunset and skyline picture. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.
February 5th, 2015  
It only takes the upper fifth of your photo to recognize the photographer! You know I always carry a bit of Chicago in my heart (even going back to childhood) so I have a special affinity for your city scapes! So beautiful!
February 5th, 2015  
I love the sunset reflecting in the building on the far right.
February 5th, 2015  
A lovely sunset cityscape... your processing makes it glow. Excellent details and lines, too.
February 5th, 2015  
That's an incredible cityscape - fav!
February 5th, 2015  
Delightful capture, Taffy! I got to see the sunset but, with my back issues in the last week, I've not been as mindful of having my camera with me, and, so, didn't get to capture the burn. Besides, downtown Aurora is not nearly as beautiful as downtown Chicago! This is wonderful.
February 5th, 2015  
Fabulous light Taffy and beautiful city scape!! So much to look and!! The clarity of the shot is superb. Well done on your LR editing to get rid of distortion!! Huge Fav!! Have a great family weekend!! Are you going somewhere a bit warmer?
February 5th, 2015  
Love the light and business of this capture, love it
February 5th, 2015  
wonderful shot, love the comp and the light. fav
February 5th, 2015  
Beautiful!
February 5th, 2015  
Fabulous is not a good enough word here - love everything about this! FAV
February 5th, 2015  
Beautiful city seen. Great focus and colors.
February 5th, 2015  
Excellent detailed capture
February 5th, 2015  
Fabulous cityscape. Fav!! πŸ˜ƒ
February 5th, 2015  
Wow! The buildings just pop out of the picture. Fave.
February 5th, 2015  
That is wonderful. I love your cityscapes, and this rendition is superb. Fav.
February 5th, 2015  
This is spectacular!! FAV!
February 5th, 2015  
Gorgeous sharp image of the beautiful Chicago skyline! Fav!
February 5th, 2015  
Beautiful...
February 5th, 2015  
What a great view!
February 5th, 2015  
This is just gorgeous Taffy! Have a great family weekend!
February 5th, 2015  
Jo
Wow what a cityscape, love the glint of golden light reflected in the glass, enjoy your weekend.
February 5th, 2015  
Beautiful job on this!
February 5th, 2015  
Beautiful capture, great light and love the golden reflection in the windows of the buildings
February 5th, 2015  
Very nice colors
February 5th, 2015  
I love the subtle reflections on the buildings. Gorgeous image :)
February 5th, 2015  
Love the lights in the buildings, the wonderful sky and the light in the image.
February 5th, 2015  
Great shot.
February 5th, 2015  
Lovely Chicago skyline!
February 5th, 2015  
This is just beautiful! Sweet home Chicago!
February 5th, 2015  
Great clarity on this - wonderful cityscape
February 5th, 2015  
So much to enjoy in this image, the beauty of the sky, the definition and contrast between the buildings, aht snow covering.
February 5th, 2015  
Great skyline. lovely.
February 5th, 2015  
Beautiful light and I love seeing cities like this, it's quite awe inspiring. Enjoy your weekend.
February 5th, 2015  
Love this. Full of interest and a beautiful sky
February 5th, 2015  
Glowing city scape
February 5th, 2015  
Knew this was yours from the thumbnail. Wonderful cityscape as always.
February 6th, 2015  
Wow!!! Amazing capture of all those buildings!!! Fabulous shot and love the sunset in the background!!! Instant fav!!!
February 6th, 2015  
The colour is so very good
February 6th, 2015  
Wow wonderful capture.. amazing lines, detail and color
February 6th, 2015  
This is so perfect it looks almost unreal... and there's so much to look at! Have a great weekend. Oh yes - Fav!
February 6th, 2015  
It's so captivating how good this looks! Another awesome photo of the city.
February 6th, 2015  
Great shot! It almost looks like a miniature version to me. The lighting is beautiful. Have a great weekend with your family!!
February 6th, 2015  
Wonderful shot Taffy, your city-scape shots never cease to amaze me. This shot is simply wonderful. And to think you took it with a 50mm astounds me. I guess I'm showing my ignorance on the latter. The lesson (for me) is to try to use my 50mm more! Fav.
February 6th, 2015  
Truly and beautiful city shot Taffy! Gorgeous light and reflections too! AMazing that you can get so much in that shot with a 50mm...wonderful processing!
February 6th, 2015  
Awesome shot
February 6th, 2015  
Fabulous shot! Wonderful colors and amazing sharp detail!
February 6th, 2015  
Wonderful cityscape, and the light of the setting sun reflecting on the buildings is lovely.
February 6th, 2015  
Nice cityscape
February 6th, 2015  
Fantastic cityscape and all the buildings are so sharp. Wonderful lighting too.
February 6th, 2015  
This is amazing. It is so strong. Think it might be my favorite city scape so far well until the next one.
February 6th, 2015  
ditto on Joan. Definitely one to get that little lurch of homesickness too.
February 6th, 2015  
Great city capture with so many high buildings. Beautiful lighting.
February 6th, 2015  
Stunning image Taffy. I use lens correction in LR to straighten my images. What sliders are you referring to?
February 6th, 2015  
@bill_fe Thanks, Bill. One slide in lens correction (if it's on manual) is aspect and I think the other is vertical of the ones I used. There are about 6 sliders in all in LR on the manual setting.
February 6th, 2015  
@taffy Thanks Taffy, I'll have to look into that.
February 6th, 2015  
Beautiful capture!
February 7th, 2015  
WOW.
February 7th, 2015  
truly amazing work!
February 7th, 2015  
Beautiful sky and light reflecting on the buildings! Does the sun really set at 3 in the afternoon?
February 7th, 2015  
I love the light on the buildings, Taffy. You captured it so well. Beautiful sunset too. FAV
February 7th, 2015  
Have a great weekend, by the way. A rain and wind storm has arrived for most of this weekend. YAY!
February 7th, 2015  
@redy4et Oops -- had my camera still set on Death Valley settings! Just changed it to Colorado time for the weekend and now need to remember to change it back tomorrow. I always forget to (a) set when I'm in a new time zone or if I do remember, (b) set it back to CST. Thanks for asking!! Sun sets around 5:00 btw at this time of year for us.
February 7th, 2015  
Gorgeous capture! So Lovely! Fav
February 7th, 2015  
Lovely cityscape and light.
February 8th, 2015  
As usual, fav quality for sure!!
February 8th, 2015  
Fantastic detail and light over this amazing cityscape.
February 8th, 2015  
absolutely amazing!
February 8th, 2015  
Stunning, fabulous capture and fav!
February 9th, 2015  
@susanalena Thanks Susan, for the visit and lovely comment, as well as the fav!
February 10th, 2015  
Stunning capture...luv the lighting. Fav
February 11th, 2015  
FAV -- I LOVE the colors, and the sense of stillness I feel as a viewer.
February 13th, 2015  
Fabulous! Fav.
February 13th, 2015  
PS Congratulations on the Top 20!
February 13th, 2015  
Really happy to see this on TT
February 13th, 2015  
My favorite of the TT this week. Fantastic!
February 13th, 2015  
@polarvrtx So nice of you to say that, Sara! Thanks!
February 13th, 2015  
Simply Stunning!!!
February 15th, 2015  
That city view of ours was a plus in the terrible event that put you there.
Stunning View....
February 15th, 2015  
You rock these city shots. This is just fabulous.
February 16th, 2015  
Awesome...lovely shot.
I'm envious of this view!
February 17th, 2015  
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