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Landmarks & architecture .............................................5

Life ......................................................................................25

nature ................................................................................ 49

events .................................................................................67

scapes .................................................................................75

chicago smiLes ............................................................109

critters .........................................................................121

fun ...................................................................................129

community stats .........................................................157

pubLished photographers ......................................158

winners .........................................................................160

Table of ContentsCapture My ChicagoTM is a unique approach to fine-art book publishing. An online community of local photographers submitted photos to be considered for this book. Then, area residents voted to determine which photos would be published. From more than 50,000 photo sub-missions to the pages of this book, 2,403,441 votes helped shape what you hold in your hands. It's the most unique photography book on the Chicago area ever! Enjoy it.

How to use this book.Open. Look at the best pictures you’ve ever seen. Repeat. Actually, maybe there’s a little more to it. First, be sure to check out the published photographers list in the back of the book. You’ll also want to watch the DVD. It’s got more than a thousand photos on it! Captions are used as submitted by the photographer, mostly verbatim.

Copyright info.Copyright © 2010 • ISBN: 978-1-59725-279-9 | All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission of the copyright owner or the publisher. All photographers retain full rights of their photos that appear in this publication.

Do not use or copy any images from this book without written permission from the photographer. Note: photos may appear in differ-ent chapters than they were submitted. Prize awards were not affected. For more information on the Capture My Chicago Web site, please contact Pediment Publishing (books@pediment.com). Published by Pediment Publishing, a division of The Pediment Group, Inc. www.pediment.com. Printed in Canada. CAPTURE and Capture My Chicago are trademarks of The Pediment Group, Inc.

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Landmarks & ArchitectureBuildings as art and landmarks across the Chicago area.

Above ¤ While shooting this, a bus drove by. Happy accidents, I tell ya.

Left ¤ A closer look at the city’s corncob-shaped skyscraper.

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sTairCase © niKKi Johnson ¤ f7.1 @ 1/20 sec.Above ¤ Exiting the magnificent station.

Right top ¤ I have a deathly fear of heights, so I really had to step up my game when leaning over the edge of Macy’s to snap this photo.

Right MiddLe ¤ The Cultural Center staircase leading down to the lobby.

Right bottoM ¤ Union Station staircase.

opposite ¤ This image was captured in the main sanctuary of the abandoned City Methodist Church in Gary, Indiana. This place is full of old, burnt and deteriorating scenes in a place that was once a thriving center for worship, schooling and entertainment.

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The abanDoneD sanCTuary © Josh Merrill ¤ f18.0 @ 2/1 sec.

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FerMi naTional aCCeleraTor laboraTory (FerMilab - baTavia) - nea © Joe leKas ¤ f8.0 @ 1/25 sec.

Above ¤ The main building on the Fermilab complex sits on a reflecting lake in Batavia, Illinois.

opposite Left ¤ Who doesn’t love the Shedd Aquarium? Stitched 23 images, 99 megapixels.

opposite Right top ¤ One of the many underpasses along Canal street.

opposite Right MiddLe ¤ The oh-so-famous spiraling staircase at the Chicago Rookery Building. It was finished in 1888 by John Wellborn Root and Daniel Burnham. It is the oldest standing

skyscraper in Chicago. Up top, it is rumored, is a beautiful glass encased area that served as the offices for the architects. The lobby was re-done by Frank Lloyd Wright in the early 1900’s. The Rookery is now a national historic landmark. While the angle of the shot looks to be downward, the camera is actually pointed up, with my tripod angled almost flat.

opposite Right bottoM ¤ Thompson Center Atrium Mall.

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Above ¤ Aerial view from 1,700 feet.

Left ¤ South view from the Lake Street L stop.

opposite Left top¤ A 43-foot stainless-steel work by Yaacov Agam along Michigan Ave.

opposite Left MiddLe ¤ BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Complex in Bartlett, IL.

opposite Left bottoM ¤ 15-story high-rise building, located at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), Batavia, IL, home to what was once the world’s largest Tevatron (atom smasher).

opposite Right¤ Taken at the Crown Fountain. My friends Bea, Rounald and I thought it would be cool to get some action silhouettes.

foLLowing Left ¤ Shopping at Michigan Avenue.

foLLowing Right ¤ Many residents and visitors will recognize the passenger tunnel used to move between Terminals B and C at O’Hare International Airport. Although running late, I couldn’t resist stopping, waiting for the lights to be right, and shooting the five photographs I used later to create this handheld HDR image.

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Above ¤ Quite literally when you read this...

top ¤ The Fabyan Windmill is an authentic, working Dutch windmill dating back to the 1850s located in Geneva, Illinois. The 68-foot, five story windmill sits upon the onetime estate of Colonel George Fabyan, but is now part of the Kane County Forest Preserve District.

Right ¤ A reflection of the blue sky and trees in a window of the historic Peotone Mill.

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FilTereD lighT © Jan CriTes ¤ f25.0 @ 100/599 sec.

Above ¤ The late afternoon sunlight makes interesting patterns as it filters through this pedestrian bridge across the Fox River in Geneva.

foLLowing Left Left ¤ A shot of Union Station during a rare moment of quiet.

foLLowing Left Right ¤ Reflections in a Bean.

foLLowing Right Left¤ At Ogilvie Station/Citicorp Center.

foLLowing Right top Right ¤ 175 W. Jackson. At some point, I really need to go back with a tripod and take the time to line this up better and shoot for HDR to actually get some sky up there.

foLLowing Right bottoM Right ¤ Reflection of a building on State Street.