Inspiring Photo: Aglow #6610139

Aglow

Uploaded: July 21, 2008 09:04:59

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Taken in downtown Chicago.

Exif: F Number: 11, Exposure Bias Value: 0.50, ExposureTime: 20/10 seconds, Flash: did not fire., White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 35.00 mm, Model: NIKON D70

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Tiia Vissak July 21, 2008 0

a beautiful night shot! #964491

Dominick M. Dimacale July 21, 2008 0

This is beautiful, Mike.

Dominick #6203777

Vitor Dias July 21, 2008 0

Outstanding ! beautiful crop. fantastic contrasts, night light and color, well done Mike.

Rgs Vitor #6203797

Aimee S. McMaster July 21, 2008 0

....excellent evening scape Mike...wonderful light and composition..Aimee #6203904

Carolyn J. Connolly July 21, 2008 0

Mike, this is SUCH a pretty night cityscape!! The tones, lighting, details, reflections and composition here all are superb!! :o) #6203913

Yulianto Soeroso July 21, 2008 0

it always very interesting to shot at night in the glowing and bright ,i like to use blue filter for this but some tome only to increase the temperature if using film hihihi #6203928

Deb Koskovich July 21, 2008 0

Incredible Mike, looks like the city is made of gold. Beautiful! #6203938

Tarun Bose July 21, 2008 0

Beautiful night capture. Great details. Well done Mike. #6204040

Jeff Robinson July 21, 2008 0

An excellent nightscape Mike! Jeff #6204045

Mary L. Graham July 21, 2008 0

Beautiful Mike!! =) #6204239

Erin Appelbaum July 21, 2008 0

Magnificent night shot Mike. Peter #6204253

Carla Metzler July 21, 2008 0

Beautiful night capture, Mike! #6204264

David Phalen July 21, 2008 0

Spectacular night shot!! Love the POV, tones, light and clarity!! #6204413

Kay E. Mahoney July 21, 2008 0

Nice capture, Mike. Love all the gold. #6204532

Melissa Olsen July 21, 2008 0

OMG Mike...I lived in Chicago for a short time and I NEVER saw it like this. Outstanding photography!!!!
Just beautiful...I see a win here. #6204667

Claudia Kuhn July 21, 2008 0

Wonderful city night capture Mike! #6204838

Nadine A. Lewis July 21, 2008 0

WOW, Mike...this is FANTASTIC!!! <>< #6205240

Ellen L. Zaslaw July 21, 2008 0

Beautiful work. #6205512

Patrick Rouzes July 21, 2008 0

Absolutely phenomenal golden tones, detail, lighting, clarity, pov & presentation here,Mike!!!A Winner here,my friend!!! #6207590

Shelly A. Van Camp July 23, 2008 0

Beautiful capture, Mike! #6218112

Wanda Judd July 23, 2008 0

I love night shots and this one is outstanding...you are quite the traveler...when will you be in MN next? #6220313

Janet Daniel July 23, 2008 0

Absolutely gorgeous image, Mike! #6222258

Candice L. Carter July 26, 2008 0

Wow, breathtaking! Exquisite! Pray tell, did you enter this, if not, do so now! Lovely! #6233246

Steve J. Schoolcraft July 26, 2008 0

I really like this one Mike. #6234280

Sharon July 26, 2008 0

What an amazing night shot! The colors & detail are amazing :) #6234315

Judy V. Kennamer August 02, 2008 0

Gorgeous Mike!!!! Amazing colors and light! #6262926

Nadya Johnson August 21, 2008 0

Outstanding!! The very photo I wished I'd taken so many times -- ! lol. Congratulations on your fantastic finalist, Mike! #6344224

Leslie McLain August 21, 2008 0

Congrats on your beautiful finalist. Amazing light and color. #6344524

Judy V. Kennamer August 21, 2008 0

I knew this was a winner!!!! Congrats Mike!!!! #6344770

A P August 22, 2008 0

Stunning Congrats Mike. Good luck in the next round #6344838

Anita Hogue August 22, 2008 0

WOW, stunning indeed, Mike! Congratulations! #6344945

Jim Baines August 22, 2008 0

Congratulations on such a well deserved FINALIST, Mike! #6344948

Nancy (Peaches) Harker August 22, 2008 0

WHOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOO
HUGE Congrats and best of luck in the next round! #6344961

Janet Daniel August 22, 2008 0

A big congratulations, Mike! :-) #6345124

Mary Beth Aiello August 22, 2008 0

Fabulous detail and lighting -- and fabulous finalist, Mike. Congrats. #6345696

Michelle Alton August 22, 2008 0

Super selection for Finalist, Mike. Good luck on the next round! #6345842

Deb Koskovich August 22, 2008 0

Huge congrats, Mike, so well deserved! #6345878

JO ANN CLEVELAND August 22, 2008 0

Congratulations on your finalist Mike!
Go on and go for the gold!

jo ann c. #6346104

Ken Smith August 22, 2008 0

Way to go, MIke. Congrats to you! #6347327

Renata Gusciora August 22, 2008 0

Congratulations on this fantastic finalist,Mike!!! #6348259

Sue Marshall August 22, 2008 0

Congrats Mike on your brilliant finalist!! :-) #6348849

Eivor Kuchta August 22, 2008 0

Fantastic night shot, Mike! Congratulations on your finalist and good luck in the next round! #6351284

Laurie Daily August 22, 2008 0

Looks like the city is made of gold, Mike, a big congratulations on your beautiful finalist! #6352158

Mitch Spence August 22, 2008 0

Congratulations to you, Mike! #6352319

Tiia Vissak August 22, 2008 0

Congratulations! #6352527

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna August 22, 2008 0

WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Congratulations on this awesome finalist, Mike!!!!! :-) ♫ k #6352683

Patrick Rouzes August 23, 2008 0

Mike, congratulations on this amazing finalist!!! #6353394

Jeff Robinson August 23, 2008 0

Congrats Mike on your Outstanding Finalist! Jeff #6354835

Tarun Bose August 23, 2008 0

Big congrats for your outstanding finalist. A winner for me. Well done Mike. #6355815

Colleen Farrell August 24, 2008 0

Perfect title for this GLOWrious image, Mike! Congratulations on your finalist! #6356997

Philippe Vieux-Jeanton August 25, 2008 0

Yep!! Gorgeous night shot. Congrats, Mike and best luke for the next.. #6361468

Mike D. Perez August 25, 2008 0

A beautiful exposure on your Winner, Mike. Congratulations! #6364928

Michelle Alton August 25, 2008 0

Way to Go on this beautiful night shot, Mike! Congratulations! #6364973

Daniella Puente August 25, 2008 0

Congrats on this Spectacular winner Mike!!! #6365040

Philippe Vieux-Jeanton August 25, 2008 0

Just reward for a beautiful work. BRAVO MIKE!!! #6365159

Nadya Johnson August 25, 2008 0

Way to go!! Congratulations on your fantastic winner, Mike! #6365161

David Phalen August 25, 2008 0

WTG Mike!!!!!!!!!! Huge Congrats on a spectacular Winner!! #6365254

Renata Gusciora August 25, 2008 0

Mike,big congratulations!!! #6365396

Dominick M. Dimacale August 25, 2008 0

Congratulations Mike on your Win.

Dominick #6365447

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna August 25, 2008 0

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Huge congratulation on your win, Mike!!!!! ♫ k #6365874

Janet Daniel August 25, 2008 0

Big congrats on your wonderful win, Mike! :-) #6366078

Colleen Farrell August 25, 2008 0

WTG, Mike!! Congratulations on your well-deserved win! #6366090

Anita Hogue August 25, 2008 0

FABULOUS Winner, Mike! A big congratulations!!! #6366266

Ken Smith August 25, 2008 0

WAy to go Mike. Congrats to you!! #6366424

Claudia Kuhn August 25, 2008 0

Wonderful winner Mike!! Congratulations!! #6366473

Elida Gutierrez August 25, 2008 0

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

"The Fairy Trophy"

A Special Trophy for

"July Winners"

#6366561

Charlene Taylor August 25, 2008 0

Hi Mike,
Congratulations on winning with this fabulous masterpiece! Absolutely spectacular! #6366825

Sue Marshall August 26, 2008 0

Congrats Mike on your brilliant win! :-) #6367221

KARU WIJESUNDARA. A.N.P.A.S. August 26, 2008 0

MY CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WIN.

KARU. #6367460

Sam Britt August 26, 2008 0

Congratulations on this Second Place Winner, Mike! #6367581

Michael Umbreit August 26, 2008 0

Mike - Congratulations! - Mike #6368050

Eivor Kuchta August 26, 2008 0

Congratulations on your winner, Mike! #6368099

Nikki McDonald August 26, 2008 0

Amazing night capture, Mike. Congratulations! #6368191

A P August 26, 2008 0

Congratulations on this well deserved WIN, Mike It's just stunning. #6368570

Jim Baines August 26, 2008 0

You are a true WINNER, Mike! Consistently. Congratulations!

Jim
#6369292

Tarun Bose August 26, 2008 0

Big congrats Mike for your excellent winner. #6369306

Vladan D. Djordjevic August 26, 2008 0

Mike, congratulations on this terrific winner!!! #6369329

Candice C. Calhoun August 26, 2008 0

Congratulations, Mike!

ccc #6369673

Cassie L. Woodlee August 26, 2008 0

Congratulations Mike!!!! #6370620

Usman M. Bajwa August 26, 2008 0

Great lighting and composition, Mike. Congratulations too. #6370935

Erin Appelbaum August 26, 2008 0

Congrats Mike. Awesome winner. Peter #6371388

Colette M. Metcalf August 27, 2008 0

Congratulations!!! #6372699

Michael G. Marshall August 27, 2008 0

Congratulations Mike on you wonderful winner! Michael #6372861

Nemil B. Chabebe August 27, 2008 0

Congratulations! #6373673

Tiia Vissak August 27, 2008 0

Congratulations on your winner! #6373842

Mitch Spence August 27, 2008 0

Congratulations on the gold, Mike. Way to go. #6376328

Aimee S. McMaster August 27, 2008 0

...warm congratualtions on your wonderful winner Mike..Aimee #6376554

Bojan Bencic August 27, 2008 0

Congratulations on your winner, Mike. #6377109

Gail Vitikacs August 27, 2008 0

Beautiful in every way! Congrats! #6377263

Kathy L. Clark August 28, 2008 0

Congrats on your beautiful winner Mike. The light is so lovely. #6378602

Nancy (Peaches) Harker August 31, 2008 0

HUGE CONGRATS on your win Mike!!! #6391999

william r. griffin September 07, 2008 0

Haven't been on here alot lately and am trying to catch up. Congrats on a great cityscape here Mike , well deserved. #6423280

Donna La Mattino Pagakis September 13, 2008 0

Great lighting, pov and colors Mike!! A big congratulations on your win!! #6449795

Dave Winchell September 15, 2008 0

Wonderful image Mike. Congratulations. #6458615

paola A. Jofre November 05, 2008 0

Congratulations Mike!!! Stunning image..incredible!!! :) #6711151

Nikki McDonald November 18, 2008 0

Hey Mike -- congratulations on your big win and on being chosen as the Snapshot Newsletter featured gallery for November: wonderful and deserved honors both. WTG! #6768932

Courtenay Vanderbilt November 18, 2008 0

Bet you get a lot of hits on this one today Mike! Congrats all the way around! #6768968

Ellen Hodges November 18, 2008 0

Congrats, Mike on being chosen for the newsletter, and the fabulous image!! #6769008

Anita Hogue November 18, 2008 0

Congratulations on having your image in the SnapShot newsletter! This is absolutely gorgeous! #6769321

Eivor Kuchta November 18, 2008 0

Congratulations on being featured in Snapshot, Mike! #6769490

Donna La Mattino Pagakis November 18, 2008 0

Great light, architecture and reflections Mike. A superb winning image and snapshot feature! Congratulations! #6770293

Mitch Spence November 18, 2008 0

Hey, Mike, congratulations on the Snapshot feature with this great photo. #6770776

Michael Umbreit November 19, 2008 0

Mike - Nice to see this shot get featured!! - Mike #6772036

Dominick M. Dimacale November 19, 2008 0

Congratulations Mike for being selected as the Featured Images of Chicago!!!

Dominick #6773321

Shelly A. Van Camp April 23, 2009 0

Congrats, Mike!! #7441278

Toni Riggs May 06, 2009 0

Gorgeous image, congrats! #7492788

Dianna Murphy June 09, 2009 0

Wow, Mike, that's very beautiful! #7612898

Stefania Barbier August 10, 2009 0

congrats on your winner Mike!!! #7835142

Shelly A. Van Camp August 24, 2009 0

Congrats, Mike!! #7883441

Bill Houghton September 08, 2009 0

Mike, this is a beautiful shot. Great job capturing this. Congratulations. Have a wonderful week. God bless, Bill

Check out my website:
Bill Houghton Photography #7926298

Max Aureli September 30, 2009 0

Fantastic image, Mike!!! Congratulations on your winner!!!! #7998254

Linda Blair January 06, 2010 0

Absolutely Gorgeous...a very well deserved win on this....so very stunning Mike!!!!!!!!!! #8275776

John Connolly January 22, 2010 0

Congratulations on your win Mike, a very deserving prize! #8321731

David A. Simons February 11, 2010 0

Brilliant work and congratulations #8373232

Mary Beth Aiello February 19, 2010 0

Just saw this in the contest page winner window. Spectacular, Mike. Just so well captured. #8393956

JO ANN CLEVELAND March 09, 2010 0

Totally gorgeous Mike!

jo ann c. #8443177

Ann H. Belus April 22, 2010 0

How did I ever miss this the first time! Fantastic image, Mike...huge congratulations!!! #8560404

Bonnie C. Lackey July 15, 2010 0

You have captured the beauty of Chicago in an outstanding manner and this image deserves being a winner. It may be hard for people who haven't been there to realize that this city is one of America's treasures. Too bad it's run by thugs... #8765815

Hal Bambrick October 17, 2010 0

WOW!!,Super CONGRATS on ALL your WINNERS Mike!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. #8976823

Bill Houghton June 16, 2011 0

Mike, this is a real beauty. Great job capturing this. Have a great day, Bill

If you have time, check out my website:
Bill Houghton Photography
#9463199

Phyllis A. Houghton June 25, 2011 0

Absolutely beautiful. A late Congratulations! #9484956

Mary K. Robison September 29, 2011 0

Mike, this is an extraordinary night capture. It's easy to see why the bp judges gave it the gold plaque. Belated Congratulations to you! #9704373

Debbie Bray November 15, 2011 0

What a coincidence, I just saw this image on the "recent winners" page, and then saw it here in your gallery. It's a beauty, Mike! Outstanding work! #9806126

Bill Houghton March 14, 2012 0

Mike, this is a great capture of this night scene. Excellent detail and sharpness. Congratulations. Have a great day, Bill #10037893

Nancy L. Green April 11, 2012 0

This is SO GORGEOUS Mike, CONGRATULATIONS on this wonderful winner!!! <>< #10084938

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