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Showing posts with label Chicago. Show all posts

Monday, November 28, 2011

Crown Fountain

(Chicago, IL USA) A face smiles at visitors to Crown Fountain in Millennium Park on a fall day in downtown Chicago.  The changing images on the panel are created by LED lights behind a wall of glass blocks.  During warmer weather the panel sprays water from the ever changing images.  This panel is one of two that face each other and form the fountain.

Millennium Park is a favorite spot for visitors to Chicago.  This image of a Crown Fountain tower panel was shot on a fall day after the water had been shut off for the season.  When the water is flowing you might see a face, which is created by an LED panel behind glass blocks, spurting water from pursed lips.  The fountain is comprised of two panels which face each other, spray water and change the image created by the wall of LED's.

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Chicago Street Musicians

(Chicago, IL  USA) Two street musicians at the intersection of State and Monroe in downtown Chicago the Friday after Thanksgiving.  People were rushing everywhere to start their Christmas shopping.

I watched these two musicians from the other side of the intersection for quite a while before I crossed the street and grabbed a few shots of them playing.