Here’s a nice complement to yesterday’s photo, and once again, the larger you can view this, the better. I’m really happy with how this skyline shot — taken as one of the Forgotten Chicago tours returned to the harbor — came out, especially because it was hot and muggy, so I was shooting through high humidity, and the sun was well into the west, so not a bit of sunlight was hitting this scene. It was a tricky photographic situation and I took a bunch of photos at different settings figuring one would come out. I was still pretty new to DSLR photography when I took this first trip, as I’ve mentioned before, and getting a good shot of the skyline under these conditions taught me a bit about exposure.

August 29, 2010. Nikon D90 (DX sensor), 70–300mm Nikon zoom lens at 70mm (105mm equivalent: 210mm), f/7.1, 1/4,000, ISO 640.