Night Chicago Skyline Chicago Illinois - Large Acrylic Mounted Photography

Chicago Afterglow (Chicago Illinois)
Image Details	Pixel Width: 53152	Pixel Height: 19265	Megapixels: 1023	Images in Panorama:
Location Details	Place:	City: Chicago	State: Illinois	Country: USA
Photographing a skyline facing west at sundown presents a challenge because the bright sky behind the buildings creates a high contrast scene, often leaving the buildings in shadow. This backlighting effect can make it difficult to capture details in the darkened structures without overexposing the sky. In contrast, shooting a skyline to the east at this time benefits from the low sun casting warm, even light on the buildings, enhancing their visibility and detail while maintaining balance in the exposure. In this case I had to wait for the precise time when the sun had gone down enough to show the city lights whilst still having enough ambient light to show the detail of the buildings. This is also a challenging timing exercise as photographing such a large panorama takes well over 10 minutes by which time the light has changed significantly. By using a combination of bracketed exposures and increasing the shutter speed for each panorama tile, I was able to create a more light balanced image that truly shows off the grandeur of this magnificent skyline. Incredible detail is abundant with this ultra large format skyline photograph and will look stunning adorning any wall. A piece like this makes a great statement and is a real conversation piece that can be studied from afar or in close to wonder at the immense detail.

Sizes, Prices and Styles

If you require a custom size not shown here we can in most cases crop and resize to your exact specifications. If you require something very large (over 60" in height) we can achieve this by using splits either in a triptych format or however many panels are needed. Please contact us for details.