Eleventh story
Uploaded: August 23, 2010 03:04:51
A garden spills from the rooftop of City Hall in Chicago. Green roofs are designed to mitigate the 'heat island' effect, manage rainwater run-off and moderate indoor temperatures. This roof, designed by William McDonough, had to be reinforced to handle the added weight even though in some areas the soil is only 4 inches deep.
Leaving town shortly, will catch up with everyone tonight. Have a wonderful week, and thanks for all the terrific birthday wishes for Amelia!
Exif: F Number: 10, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/160 seconds, Flash: fired, compulsory flash mode, return light detected, ISO: 400, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 26.00 mm, Model: NIKON D700
Tammy M. Anderson August 23, 2010
Outstanding depth. pov and clarity. Fantastic capture, Courtenay. #1301005Aimee S. McMaster August 23, 2010
..excellent pov, detail composition Court..... #8856052Jack Gaskin August 23, 2010
A great City Scape and a very interesting POV.Happy Shooting
Jack #8856054
Robert R. Goodman August 23, 2010
Hi Courtenay,Excellent capture.It has been years since I've been to Chicago.Wonderful POV!!!!! #8856226Monnie Ryan August 23, 2010
Wow, what a view that is from up there, Courtenay! Just beautiful! #8856300Val Feldman August 23, 2010
Great perspective and wonderful detail...we have a few of these in Austin - altho, much smaller and not in this large a scope. Great find and capture, Courtenay! #8856320Jack Ryan August 23, 2010
Wonde4ful POV and comp...beautiful view...beautiful work. #8856459Gina Cormier August 23, 2010
What a fabulous POV and image!! Love the effects!!!! #8856481Patrick Rouzes August 23, 2010
Outstanding perspective, tones, colors, clarity, b/g & comp here, Courtenay! WTG!Linda D. Lester August 23, 2010
Love the wild flowers on the old pipe!!Ron McEwan August 23, 2010
Great shooting, another part of the world I never thought existed, well done Courtenay #8856877Roxanne M. Bubar August 23, 2010
Outstanding depth and image. #8857048Mike Clime August 23, 2010
Nice capture and great comp! Looks like some wildflowers by the old vent pipe. #8857111Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna August 23, 2010
Beautiful rooftop garden, Courtenay! It's a wonderful shot! :-) k #8857658Debra R. Harder August 23, 2010
Excellent POV, clarity, details and comp, Courtenay!! I love these rooftop gardens. I wish there were more!!! Have a wonderful week and safe travels! jsb #8857719Shelly A. Van Camp August 24, 2010
Super capture, lighting and POV!! #8858511Wm Nosal August 24, 2010
Great Shot! #8858598Ken Smith August 24, 2010
I see a winner here...still hard to imagine the gardens on the buildings. Nice comp on this, Courtenay! #8859858Ann H. Belus August 24, 2010
Fantastic cityscape, Courtenay; awesome detail, color, comp, and clarity! Have a great trip! #8860145Leslie McLain August 25, 2010
Terrific capture, Courtenay. How did you manage to get up there? #8860395Kathy Salerni August 25, 2010
A beautiful cityscape image, Courtenay, with outstanding POV, clarity and treatment! WTG! #8861912Douglas Pignet August 27, 2010
What a lovely streetscene capture...Love the color,lighting and comp, well done #8864750JO ANN CLEVELAND August 27, 2010
Amazing capture Courtenay, love that composition!jo ann c. #8865862
Tommy E. Burgess August 29, 2010
Very beautiful scene with wonderful colors, and great use of leading lines in your composition Courtenay!! #8869958Wm Nosal September 15, 2010
Congratulations! #8902609Leslie McLain September 15, 2010
Congrats on your terrific finalist, Courtenay. #8902720Nancy (Peaches) Harker September 15, 2010
Robert R. Goodman September 15, 2010
A big congratulations,Courtenay!!!! #8903360Renee Doyle September 15, 2010
WTG Courtenay!! Congratulations!! #8903366Douglas Pignet September 15, 2010
WTG!!!!!!!Ron McEwan September 15, 2010
Congrats on you silver and for any others you may have received for Aug. WTG #8903579Linda D. Lester September 15, 2010
Awesome....Congratulations!!!!! #8903821Sherran Andersen September 15, 2010
Congrats Courtenay. #8903965Kathy Salerni September 15, 2010
Big congrats on your well deserved Finalist and good luck inn the next round, Coutenay! #8904078Patti Coblentz September 15, 2010
Congratulations on this amazing finalist + the beautiful cloud finalist...both so beautiful! Best of luck in the next round! #8904492Debra R. Harder September 15, 2010
I love this image!! Huge congratulations again, Courtenay!! WTG!!! jsb #8906683Tommy E. Burgess September 15, 2010
Huge congratulations on this gorgous finalist Courtenay!! Very best of luck in the next round! #8906847Stefania Barbier September 16, 2010
beautiful Court, congratulations!!! #8906936Shelly A. Van Camp September 16, 2010
A beauty!!! Congrats!! #8908394Danny B. Head September 16, 2010
Congrats on your August finalist! #8908558Nancyj E. Hovey September 16, 2010
C O N G R A T U L A T I O N SJeana Clark September 16, 2010
~J~ #8910256
Patrick Rouzes September 16, 2010
CONGRATULATIONS once again, Courtenay! Good luck ,my friend! #8910430Tamara K. Walker September 16, 2010
CONGRATULATIONS! #8910476Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna September 16, 2010
WTG on all your incredible finalists, Courtenay! :-) k #8910754Phyllis H. Burchett September 16, 2010
Congrats Courtenay on this and all your wonderful finalists! #8911208Usman M. Bajwa September 17, 2010
CONGRATULATIONS !!!UB. #8911863
Boyd L. Alexander September 18, 2010
Don't know how I missed this --CONGRATULATIONS on all your terrific Finalist Courtenay!! Way to go! #8914899Linda Blair September 18, 2010
Congratulations on your finalist!!!! #8915206Lorna Shutter September 19, 2010
Hey Court! I thought I congratulated you on your Finalist Awards, but it looks like I didn't! My bad!!! So CONGRATULATIONS on your 4 awesome Finalists this month!!!!! WTG!!! :)JO ANN CLEVELAND September 19, 2010
Wowz Courtenay, what a great month. FOUR finalist and they all are sooo well deserved...jo ann c. #8918012
Judy V. Kennamer September 20, 2010
GORGEOUS! Congratulations on your Finalist Courtenay! #8920002Shirley A. Kinney September 22, 2010
Interesting capture, Courtenay! Congrats on your finalist! #8924146Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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