Under the Tracks on a Sunny Day by taffy

Under the Tracks on a Sunny Day

Thank you for your wonderful response to my skyscrapers shot from yesterday! It has been on PP today which is very exciting. I really appreciate your visits and comments on it.
This shot was taken yesterday, walking under the tracks of the CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) El (or L, for elevated). This section (the Brown Line) forms a loop around the downtown -- thus the name of the business district called the Chicago Loop.
Taken handheld, bracketed three shots, using my 14-24mm at its widest mm. Processed using Photomatix, then adjusted the too exaggerated angles using PT Lens, and reduced saturation using Aperture color sliders.
I think I can see Clint Eastwood over there hiding and hoping to catch this racing car that you are standing in front of! Help! Love the dappled light!
April 22nd, 2014  
Great architectural composition
April 22nd, 2014  
Wonderful scene which is familiar to us from the movies! Love the dappled light! I love my tours around Chicago with you! So interesting! I've not heard of PT lens before - looks like it does a good job correcting angles. Fav!
April 22nd, 2014  
Great capture, love the dappled light
April 22nd, 2014  
Love the light on the car. I also really enjoy my tours around Chicago
April 22nd, 2014  
Cool image....and, thanks for the tip on the PT lens software.....might have to try it for architectural shots!
April 22nd, 2014  
Taffy, as I was scrolling down looking at the 365 page, I saw the top of this photo and immediately thought this is one of Taffy's shots! I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that I was right. This shot has so many things going for it. Very Nicely Done!
April 22nd, 2014  
Great shot...like the lines
April 22nd, 2014  
great shot, I really like the lighting. I agree with @thirdjoe you really have a recognisable style.
April 22nd, 2014  
Nice perspective.
April 22nd, 2014  
Congrats for PP, so well deserved! I really like the light here, and I always love to see your city pics
April 22nd, 2014  
Fab vanishing point
April 22nd, 2014  
Wonderful POV - bit worried that the car was heading straight for you! Love all my trips to Chicago through you photos.
April 22nd, 2014  
Great perspective, except that it makes me home you were leaning out the back of your car while someone was driving it and that you weren't standing in the middle of the street!
April 22nd, 2014  
It all sounds too complicated for me but an excellent shot. Just hope you didn't put yourself in danger? It's a fav!
April 22nd, 2014  
Love it - great light and love all those lines and shadows.
April 22nd, 2014  
This looks like a place where they have shot a lot of scenes in films. Cool how the light and shadows are playing around in this!
April 22nd, 2014  
Love this one, reminds me of growing up in the Bronx. Great lines and shadows.
April 22nd, 2014  
Cool lighting, nice editing.
April 22nd, 2014  
This shot is "made" by the similar patterns in all of the buildings on the left *and* right! Great shot!
April 22nd, 2014  
I love the lines and patterns
April 22nd, 2014  
one does wonder where you might have been standing!!! And it's always fascinating to me how you get all these gorgeous pictures in a crowded bustling city that has been swept clean of its scurrying inhabitants.
April 22nd, 2014  
Brilliant shot Taffy - love these iconic images of US cities - more please.
April 22nd, 2014  
Taffy, I'm not really comfortable in big cities, but your photos make me wonder if I could tolerate being in Chicago for at least a few days to see the city along with you. :-) (And, like @thirdjoe said, I too, recognized it as one of your photos before I ever saw your name below it.)
April 22nd, 2014  
Great pov
April 22nd, 2014  
Wonderful perspective and composition lovely shadows and light Fav!
April 22nd, 2014  
lovely light and great lines Taffy...fav.
April 22nd, 2014  
You are becoming a pro getting natural looking Photomatix results! But what is really astonishing is the total lack of WA distortion after PT Lens...I'll have to investigate that!
April 22nd, 2014  
lots to look at here. nice.
April 22nd, 2014  
Great pov with nice lines.
April 22nd, 2014  
Spectacular picture. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.
April 22nd, 2014  
I feel like I should be reaching out and grabbing you out of the path of the car! Great capture
April 22nd, 2014  
Love the colors and the lines.
April 22nd, 2014  
Great perspective,a super capture!!
April 22nd, 2014  
I like all the lines!
April 22nd, 2014  
Wonderful perspective!
April 22nd, 2014  
Beautiful lines. Fav
April 22nd, 2014  
Love it.
April 22nd, 2014  
Cool shot, glad you didn't get run down.
April 22nd, 2014  
Brilliant pov: were you really standing in front of that car?? Wonderful leading lines, and interesting to read about the process.
April 22nd, 2014  
Brilliant perspective, another amazing shot!
April 22nd, 2014  
Wonderful POV, lines and light! Great urban shot!
April 22nd, 2014  
Great POV. Very geometric.
April 22nd, 2014  
Just love this, the leading lines, colours, subject ...great shot fav!
April 22nd, 2014  
Fabulous pov ..... and a fav :D
April 22nd, 2014  
This is a great shot - in my memory it brings back scenes from Starsky and Hutch.
April 22nd, 2014  
Awesome capture, Taffy. For a moment I thought it was under the Monorail in downtown Seattle. Then I realized there was sunshine - LOL. Nice image.
April 22nd, 2014  
Terrific capture and perfect processing.
April 22nd, 2014  
Great lighting and love the way the lighting makes a pattern and design on the road..
Love the processing.
April 23rd, 2014  
Love the colours, light and lines. Hope you don't mind me mentioning that I find the cars distracting.
April 23rd, 2014  
This just feels sooo Chicago to me! Very cool!
April 23rd, 2014  
Wonderful patterns and perspective. It goes to infinity!
April 23rd, 2014  
Hello Chicago! Great sunny shot!
April 23rd, 2014  
You're an amazing photographer. I love the light in this photo.
April 23rd, 2014  
I like the warm color of the El contrasting with the silvery look of nearly everything else in the scene. You are so proficient at getting the end product you want!
April 23rd, 2014  
I'm amazed you can do a handheld HDR so well. Great city shot.
April 23rd, 2014  
Wow! Great pov - cool capture, Taffy!
April 23rd, 2014  
The lines are terrific here, and the sense of motion. Nice job!
April 23rd, 2014  
Awesome shot
April 23rd, 2014  
Great architecture and lighting - a super city shot.
April 23rd, 2014  
Incredible city photography and so skilfully edited to bring out all those superb details. Fav.
April 23rd, 2014  
Great pov and capture. Amazing city shot.
April 23rd, 2014  
@pamknowler Katie @archeofrog mentioned it and I've found it to be really helpful for wide angles where the distortion wasn't part of the goal. It's relatively inexpensive too -- I can't remember how I did it, but imagine I just googled PTLens -- I'm tagging Katie in this message as she may have sent me a URL, but I don't think so. Thanks for the comment, Pam, as always!
April 23rd, 2014  
@andrewkru @thirdjoe Thanks for the comment about style, Andrew and Joe! I really appreciate it as it's something I'm still struggling to figure out. I know that I have recognizable subjects in my shots of Chicago, but have been wondering and working on how anyone would tell mine from hundreds of others. So great appreciated!
April 23rd, 2014  
@jocasta @jyokota @busylady thanks for the kind comments, Jocasta, Junko, and Judith (must have been the J names time to comment!). I was walking across the street but not in danger (initially anyway) as the light was red for the cars driving toward me. But then, the light changed making my 3-bracketed shot a little unnerving. I wasn't sure it would be workable so was really pleased that it was as clear as this!
April 23rd, 2014  
@francoise Thanks for the kind words, Francoise! See my comment above - I was safe throughout, but didn't have much time.
April 23rd, 2014  
@bernicrumb Chicago is a great city for photography, a friendly city, and a manageable one for getting around as it's essentially a grid. I can't recommend it highly enough. And of course in addition to the wonderful sites, great restaurants, great theater, all thing things you'd want in a city. But I do love my summers on Beaver Island with a total population of 550 people and only one paved road!
April 23rd, 2014  
Such a wonderful shot, Taffy. Love the lighting and angle you took this. FAV
April 23rd, 2014  
Another FAV.
Great shot. Lovely HDR.
April 23rd, 2014  
Love your pov and lines and light.
April 23rd, 2014  
Now I am looking forward to Chicago even more :) FAV from me
April 23rd, 2014  
Fantastic comp and colors!
April 24th, 2014  
@maggiemae Nah, that's him talking to the lamp post! Nice shot Taffy. Love the POV
April 24th, 2014  
I love this! Another wonderful site to capture! And oh my goodness, yes, I can spot your style immediately! I'm wondering how you'll present Beaver Island over the summer!
April 24th, 2014  
Never been to Chicago but looks so NY-- another masterpiece,Taffy:)
April 24th, 2014  
Really like the light patterns from the tracks overhead, the lines and your POV!
April 24th, 2014  
Wow, great pov and panoramic pic!
April 24th, 2014  
I love those converging lines, awesome shot Taffy!
April 24th, 2014  
so clear and detailed - fabulous Taffy
April 24th, 2014  
Brilliant Taffy and a Fav. I iwould love to see what color efex pro's detail extractor does to this!
April 26th, 2014  
Joe
Fantastic lines and patterns. Plus just a little sense of danger due to the point of view
April 26th, 2014  
It's so interesting the way the color of the tracks contrast against the white buildings and surroundings. Awesome photo!
April 26th, 2014  
Wonderful view of your town. Awesome processing. Fav.
April 27th, 2014  
Really beautiful
April 29th, 2014  
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