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Aglow

© Mike Clime

Aglow

Uploaded: July 21, 2008

Description

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

Comments

Tiia Vissak July 21, 2008

a beautiful night shot! #964491

Dominick M. Dimacale level-addict July 21, 2008

This is beautiful, Mike.

Dominick #6203777

Vitor Dias July 21, 2008

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

Rgs Vitor #6203797

Aimee S. McMaster July 21, 2008

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

Carolyn J. Connolly July 21, 2008

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

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

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

Tarun Bose July 21, 2008

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

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe July 21, 2008

An excellent nightscape Mike! Jeff #6204045

Mary L. Graham July 21, 2008

Beautiful Mike!! =) #6204239

Erin Appelbaum July 21, 2008

Magnificent night shot Mike. Peter #6204253

Carla Metzler July 21, 2008

Beautiful night capture, Mike! #6204264

David Phalen July 21, 2008

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

Kay E. Mahoney level-classic July 21, 2008

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

Melissa Olsen July 21, 2008

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 level-classic July 21, 2008

Wonderful city night capture Mike! #6204838

Nadine A. Lewis July 21, 2008

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

Ellen L. Zaslaw July 21, 2008

Beautiful work. #6205512

Patrick Rouzes level-classic July 21, 2008

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

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic July 22, 2008

Beautiful capture, Mike! #6218112

Wanda Judd level-classic July 23, 2008

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

Absolutely gorgeous image, Mike! #6222258

Candice L. Carter July 26, 2008

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

Steve J. Schoolcraft July 26, 2008

I really like this one Mike. #6234280

Sharon July 26, 2008

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

Judy V. Kennamer level-classic August 02, 2008

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

Nadya Johnson August 21, 2008

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

Leslie McLain level-classic August 21, 2008

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

Judy V. Kennamer level-classic August 21, 2008

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

A P August 21, 2008

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

Anita Hogue August 21, 2008

WOW, stunning indeed, Mike! Congratulations! #6344945

Jim Baines level-classic August 21, 2008

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

Nancy (Peaches) Harker August 21, 2008

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

Janet Daniel August 21, 2008

A big congratulations, Mike! :-) #6345124

Mary Beth Aiello level-classic August 21, 2008

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

Michelle Alton August 21, 2008

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

Deb Koskovich August 21, 2008

Huge congrats, Mike, so well deserved! #6345878

JO ANN CLEVELAND August 21, 2008

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

jo ann c. #6346104

Ken Smith level-classic August 21, 2008

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

Renata Gusciora August 22, 2008

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

Sue Marshall August 22, 2008

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

Eivor Kuchta August 22, 2008

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

Laurie Daily level-deluxe August 22, 2008

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

Mitch Spence level-classic August 22, 2008

Congratulations to you, Mike! #6352319

Tiia Vissak August 22, 2008

Congratulations! #6352527

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna August 22, 2008

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

Patrick Rouzes level-classic August 22, 2008

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

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe August 23, 2008

Congrats Mike on your Outstanding Finalist! Jeff #6354835

Tarun Bose August 23, 2008

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

Colleen Farrell August 23, 2008

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

Philippe Vieux-Jeanton August 24, 2008

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

Mike D. Perez level-deluxe August 25, 2008

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

Michelle Alton August 25, 2008

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

Daniella Puente August 25, 2008

Congrats on this Spectacular winner Mike!!! #6365040

Philippe Vieux-Jeanton August 25, 2008

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

Nadya Johnson August 25, 2008

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

David Phalen August 25, 2008

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

Renata Gusciora August 25, 2008

Mike,big congratulations!!! #6365396

Dominick M. Dimacale level-addict August 25, 2008

Congratulations Mike on your Win.

Dominick #6365447

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna August 25, 2008

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

Janet Daniel August 25, 2008

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

Colleen Farrell August 25, 2008

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

Anita Hogue August 25, 2008

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

Ken Smith level-classic August 25, 2008

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

Claudia Kuhn level-classic August 25, 2008

Wonderful winner Mike!! Congratulations!! #6366473

Elida Gutierrez level-classic August 25, 2008

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

 "The Fairy Trophy"

A Special Trophy for

"July Winners"

#6366561

Charlene Taylor August 25, 2008

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

Sue Marshall August 25, 2008

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

KARU WIJESUNDARA. A.N.P.A.S. August 25, 2008

MY CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR WIN.

KARU. #6367460

Sam Britt August 25, 2008

Congratulations on this Second Place Winner, Mike! #6367581

Michael Umbreit August 25, 2008

Mike - Congratulations! - Mike #6368050

Eivor Kuchta August 25, 2008

Congratulations on your winner, Mike! #6368099

Nikki McDonald level-classic August 25, 2008

Amazing night capture, Mike. Congratulations! #6368191

A P August 25, 2008

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

Jim Baines level-classic August 26, 2008

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

Jim
#6369292

Tarun Bose August 26, 2008

Big congrats Mike for your excellent winner. #6369306

Vladan D. Djordjevic August 26, 2008

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

Candice C. Calhoun level-deluxe August 26, 2008

Congratulations, Mike!

ccc #6369673

Cassie L. Woodlee August 26, 2008

Congratulations Mike!!!! #6370620

Usman M. Bajwa level-classic August 26, 2008

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

Erin Appelbaum August 26, 2008

Congrats Mike. Awesome winner. Peter #6371388

Colette M. Metcalf August 26, 2008

Congratulations!!! #6372699

Michael G. Marshall August 26, 2008

Congratulations Mike on you wonderful winner! Michael #6372861

Nemil B. Chabebe August 26, 2008

Congratulations! #6373673

Tiia Vissak August 27, 2008

Congratulations on your winner! #6373842

Mitch Spence level-classic August 27, 2008

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

Aimee S. McMaster August 27, 2008

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

Bojan Bencic level-classic August 27, 2008

Congratulations on your winner, Mike. #6377109

Gail Vitikacs level-classic August 27, 2008

Beautiful in every way! Congrats! #6377263

Kathy L. Clark August 27, 2008

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

Nancy (Peaches) Harker August 31, 2008

HUGE CONGRATS on your win Mike!!! #6391999

william r. griffin September 07, 2008

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

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

Dave Winchell September 15, 2008

Wonderful image Mike. Congratulations. #6458615

paola A. Jofre November 05, 2008

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

Nikki McDonald level-classic November 18, 2008

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

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

Ellen Hodges November 18, 2008

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

Anita Hogue November 18, 2008

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

Eivor Kuchta November 18, 2008

Congratulations on being featured in Snapshot, Mike! #6769490

Donna La Mattino Pagakis November 18, 2008

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

Mitch Spence level-classic November 18, 2008

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

Michael Umbreit November 18, 2008

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

Dominick M. Dimacale level-addict November 19, 2008

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

Dominick #6773321

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic April 23, 2009

Congrats, Mike!! #7441278

Toni Riggs May 06, 2009

Gorgeous image, congrats! #7492788

Dianna Murphy June 09, 2009

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

Stefania Barbier level-classic August 10, 2009

congrats on your winner Mike!!! #7835142

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic August 24, 2009

Congrats, Mike!! #7883441

Bill Houghton September 08, 2009

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

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

Linda Blair January 06, 2010

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

John Connolly January 22, 2010

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

David A. Simons February 11, 2010

Brilliant work and congratulations #8373232

Mary Beth Aiello level-classic February 19, 2010

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

JO ANN CLEVELAND March 09, 2010

Totally gorgeous Mike!

jo ann c. #8443177

Ann H. Belus level-deluxe April 21, 2010

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

Bonnie C. Lackey level-classic July 15, 2010

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

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

Bill Houghton June 16, 2011

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

Absolutely beautiful. A late Congratulations! #9484956

Mary K. Robison September 28, 2011

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

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

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

Nancy L. Green level-classic April 10, 2012

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

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