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Outside the
Adler Planetarium in Chicago, there are telescopes for gazing at the city
skyline. They give a dreamy, filtered view of whatever you point them
at. |
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I had a dream
of North Pier in Chicago. Luckily I had my camera along. |
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Hotel
71 is a great spot for turning your room into into a "camera
obscura" -- basically a giant pinhole
camera. For blocking out the
light, low-tech worked okay: curtains, clothes, and trash bags. The first day
the sun was coming directly from behind the buildings,yielding only
shadows on the wall. Disappointing. But the next morning, with the sun reflecting
off the buildings... |
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On the ceiling the next morning there were cars crossing the bridge
over the Chicago river. The image projected onto the ceiling of our room
showed the bridge tower, the centerline, and ghostly traffic crossing
the bridge and turning onto Wacker Drive, directly below our room. It's
dreamy magic. You can't take your eyes off it. |
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On the wall,
the Marina Towers. Upside down, of course, because we're inside a camera.
And a view down the river, with the ugly apartment building at the river's
bend there in the corner. |
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Another view.
Most of our room was filled with image. The IBM building, and many other things
clear enough to identify but too dark to photograph. |
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I flipped and
rotated the image in photoshop so you can get a better look. These colors
are slightly richer than those that appeared on the brown wallpaper in
the room. But I'm telling you, it's SO COOL to see colors and movement.
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Another rotated
image. |
