Photo of the Day - September 2023

[katbel]

 

[Apple fanboy]

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The suns rays reminds me of an iPhone shot I took on my walk yesterday morning

 

[C0ncreteBl0nde]

Never in my life have I seen a Road Runner done up as the General. I don't hate it but it's odd.

I was standing across the freeway shooting the windmills across the way (in what would have probably been a deleted photo) when that truck with the General Lee knock-off drove into my shot. I love it when things like that happen!

 

[CK Williams]

From this mornings comet hunt

 

[AllergyDoc]

 

[_timo_redux_]

at the Memorial downtown

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

A Milestone In Structural Engineering 🪽​

🔎 Point of View: 875 Michigan North Michigan Avenue (formerly John Hancock Center)

The John Hancock Center isn't just important to Chicago; it's important to city skylines across the world. When it was completed 50 years ago, it changed what architects and engineers thought was possible."

The John Hancock Center is a 100-story, 1,128-foot supertall skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois. Located in the Magnificent Mile district, the building was officially renamed 875 North Michigan Avenue in 2018.

When the building topped out on May 6, 1968, it was the second-tallest building in the world after the Empire State Building and the tallest in Chicago. It is currently the fifth-tallest building in Chicago and the thirteenth-tallest in the United States, behind the Aon Center in Chicago and ahead of the Comcast Technology Center in Philadelphia.

With its mixed-use program and bold structural design, the former John Hancock Center transformed Chicago's skyline and set the tone for a new era of high-rise construction.

Key Facts: Status: 🟢 Construction Completed - Architectural Style - 📐 Structural Expressionism - Construction started: 1965 - Completed: 1970 - Total Cost: US$100 million/($798 million in 2022 dollars) - Owner: The Hearn Company - Rental Units: 703 - Architectural - Height: 1,128 ft (344 m) - Tip: 1,500 ft (457 m) - Roof: 1,128 ft (344 m) - Top Floor: 1,054 ft (321 m) - Observatory: 1,030 ft (314 m) - Floor Count: 100 - Floor Area: 2,799,973 sq ft (260,126 m2) - Lifts/elevator: 50, made by Otis Elevator Company. Expertise Commercial, Mixed Use, Residential, Structural Engineering - 📡 Antennas: 2 (Mismatched Tower Antennas) Transmitting signals from numerous radio and TV stations that rent space on the towers. ⚡️

Address: 875 North Michigan Avenue (additional entrances at 175 East Delaware Place and 170 East Chestnut Street)

🫗 Design and Construction ⛓️

🫧 Owner: The Hearn Company "Building Success since 1974"
🛠️ Architect (s): Bruce Graham & Fazlur Rahman Khan - Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM)
⚙️ Developer: John Hancock Insurance
🏙️ Structural Engineer: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)
📡 Main Contractor: Tishman Construction Co. "Developing Tomorrow's Ideas Today"

John Hancock Center - 360 Chicago (A Magnicity Experience) - A Magnicity Brand - © 2023, All Rights Reserved.​

 

[dhershberger]

Copacabana Beach. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. October, 2014.

 

[stillcrazyman]

 

[Hughmac]

I don't take a lot of people photos, and you might want me to not take any more
This shot was taken on the beach along the Thames estuary, during a community walk that I help out with...



iPhone 11 pro, untouched except for a horizon straighten.

Cheers

Hugh

 

[sparksd]

Swallow-tailed Gulls on Española Island, Galapagos Islands.

 

[JapanApple]

 

[Strider64]

A simple House Sparrow visiting Newburgh Lake. 🤣

 

[arkitect]

Driftwood fire on the beach
Whiteford Beach, Wales

Sony A6000
Vivitar 28mm 1:2.8 MC CF

 

[Apple_Glen_UK]

 

[rjjacobson]

Juvenile Ruby Throated Hummingbird Urbana IL. Doing some preening you can see his claw just below the fluffy neck/head on its left.

 

[OldMacs4Me]

 

[AZhappyjack]

 

[C0ncreteBl0nde]

Catherine Creek State Park, Union, Oregon

 

[OneBar]

Shriner's Car Show Saturday, got the youngest (10, will be 11 in December) in on the action.
This is her shot.

Ratrod
Pentax K70, SMC DA 18-55 f4.5-5.6
f5.6, ISO 160, 55mm, 1/250s, edited in PS.

 

[Clix Pix]

 

[DanteHicks79]

 

[xodh]

There must be Gold in Haweswater? Double rainbow 🌈. Note the inverted colours.

Haweswater, Lake District, Cumbria. England.

 

[macguru212]

Rooftop of Metropolitan Museum of Art, looking south.