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Reflections in the wading pool
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Reflections in the wading pool

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  • Having fun with reflections
  • Bending buildings
  • Optical illusions created with the Bean and overexposure.
  • The Bean
  • Captured by practically laying on the ground.
  • From the ground view in the center
  • Optical illusions everywhere underneath the bean.
  • More overexposure blurring the edges
  • The Nichols Bridgeway, a pedestrian bridge that opened on May 16, 2009, connects the south end of Millennium Park with the Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago.
  • Chicago architecture from the river
  • The centerpiece of Millennium Park is the Jay Pritzker Pavilion, a bandshell and pavilion which has 4,000 fixed seats, plus additional lawn seating for 7,000.
  • Crown Fountain - The fountain is composed of a black granite reflecting pool placed between a pair of transparent glass brick towers. The towers are 50 feet (15 m) tall, and use light-emitting diodes behind the bricks to display digital videos on their inward faces.
  • Reflections in the wading pool
  • The bean
  • While some of the videos displayed are of scenery, most attention has focused on its video clips of local residents, in which almost a thousand Chicagoans randomly appear on two screens.
  • The undulating Aqua building
  • The outdoor running track around the Radisson Blu
  • Aqua building
  • So good I licked the plate at El Ideas!
  • Plating is delicate!
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