Morzilla ...:: Digital Enhancement

The Core Consultant Course was good, I meet a lot of people from all over the world. My working group was a mix of consultants from Chicago, Atlanta, Mexico, New York and myself from Venezuela. It was the best working group in the section. The faculties (teachers) were from Italy and Ireland. We had a great time during the week, lots of work but also lot of laughs. After the course was done Friday april 07 , I went to Chicago to spend the weekend with friends from my hometown University (Universidad Simón Bolivar). You can find the photos of that here Chicago Greatest Landscapes and the trip here The Windy City

...:: Chicago Theater ::...

Located on Lake Michigan, just East of Chicago’s Downtown, Navy Pier has been a Chicago landmark since it first opened in 1916. Originally designed as both a shipping and recreational facility, the Pier also served as a military training site during two world wars, a venue for concerts and exhibitions, and the temporary home for a once-fledgling University of Illinois’ Chicago campus.

This is an experiment I tried to do with the Chicago Bean located at the Millenium Park. I placed myself under the Bean and took the picture from underneath it. On the photo you will find me in a lot of places, I'm actually located in the middle of the Bean wearing jeans and a brown jacket.

For these other two photos, I used my Canon camera and placed myself away from the Bean. The first one is viewing to the East, The second one is viewing to the West

Acording to a good friend of mine - Minkel, how served me as Tourist Guide in Chicago , this is the Marshall Field, an antique Department Store located in the heart of Chicago. In the seventh floor it has a Museum-Like exibition, with photos of all the transformation the store has received so far. There you will find and excelent display of photos taken since its opening year 1852.

Here is some history of the Marshall Field

"....From its beginnings in downtown Chicago in 1852, Marshall Field's has earned a reputation of excellence through its landmark achievements, making it one of the premier department stores in the United States...."

".... The Great Clock at the corner of State and Washington streets has been keeping time for over a century and has been celebrated by American artist Norman Rockwell...."

This is a Photo of the Clock at State and Washington

In another Floor of the Store, the restaurant floor, you will find a sculpture of a dancing woman.Her dress is made of dishes andballerina shoes hang from the roof to cover the dancing lady. It's a great scenario, and it's located in the center of the restaurant.

View of Chicago from Hancock Tower

Here are the best photos of the beautifull view from Chicago's Hancock Tower. This photo points towards north of Lake Michigan.

This is the same view in a different format, landscape format.

This one points towards West, to the City of Chicago. Here is the perfect sunset you can see at the Hancock Tower. The first day I tried to take this picture, the clouds rushed suddenly upward, so all I could see was white. I had to come back the next day to take this photo, but I think It was worth it

These are a couple of photos of the Chicago Sunset. As you can see the city is well organized and has no mountains at its sides. These are the hardest photos to take for a lot of reasons. The first one is that I dont have a Tripod yet, so I'm always searching for a place to place my camera still. The other reason is that the apperture must be open for a second or two. And The last one is that the photo gets reflections in the window from the lights in the bar. But when I always love the final photo.

This is the kind of relaxing enviroment you will find on the Hancock Tower Sunset. This is a couple taking some drinks in the Bar, 96th Floor, they are taking some time off the daily routine to see the amazing sunset. Wouldn't you prefer to be here?

These are photos of the Field Museum, founded in 1893, one of the world's great natural history museums, with a world-renowned scientific staff and collections of more than 20 million specimens.





The Great Hall of the Museum is spectacular. It has the world's largest, most complet and most famous T. Rex, named Sue. An orchestra was playing that day in the main hall, it sounded superb. It also have two natural size elephants figthing. In the ceiling is a flying dinosaur, I believed it's from the Pterodactylus species. In the other side of the hall it has a Long Neck Dinosaur, Brachiosaurus I believe. (sorry if I got those two species wrong, I'm not an expert)

This one is inside of one of the galleries of the Musseum. This belongs to Papua, New Guinea. The setting of this boat is great, I loved the lighting, and also the painting in the back wall, yes it's a painting. Congratulations to the great artist in the Musseum.

Sears Tower


Photography taken in Chicago, USA.
This is one view of the Sears Towers, one of the tallest building in the world.

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