Saturday, January 25, 2014

The Great Beyond: Lake Michigan from Evanston

This has been a beautiful yet unforgiving January in the midwest.  The photos in this post were taken over two separate days along Lake Michigan, on Northwestern University's Evanston campus.  It was under 10 degrees on both days.  Strangely, the lake looks much worse in the first two photos-- almost alien and unrecognizable-- and then improves slightly in the last three shots which were taken two days later.  I don't have an explanation for that, but perhaps the snow and ice simply floated off to another part of the lakefront.

The Great Beyond
"The Great Beyond" © Andy Marfia 2014 All Rights Reserved. Nikon D7100 w/ Sony RX100, 1/1600sec at f8, ISO125.

Chiberia
"Chiberia" © Andy Marfia 2014 All Rights Reserved. Nikon D7100 w/ Sony RX100, 1/1600sec at f8, ISO125.

Skyline Vortex
"Skyline Vortex" © Andy Marfia 2014 All Rights Reserved. Nikon D7100 w/ 70-300mm lens, 1/1250sec at f8, ISO200.

The things we do for love
"The things we do for love" © Andy Marfia 2014 All Rights Reserved. Nikon D7100 w/ 70-300mm lens, 1/1250sec at f8, ISO200.

No More Heroes
"No More Heroes" © Andy Marfia 2014 All Rights Reserved. Nikon D7100 w/ 16-85mm lens, 1/1250sec at f8, ISO200.

2 comments:

Tim in Rogers Park said...

These photos make the lakefront look beautiful and you almost forget how dangerous it is in the winter. Thanks for photographing it so I don't have to!

Andy Marfia said...

Thanks, Tim! It's really not that dangerous. You just have to avoid doing anything stupid like walking on the ice. And wear warm clothing, obviously.