Lightning strikes three of the tallest buildings in Chicago at the same time!
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On June 23rd, 2010 a line of nasty storms rolled through Chicago in the early evening hours. I stayed late at the office that night to work on some things and to avoid the rush hour chaos that was going on. Once I returned home I wasn't really paying attention to what was happening outside until someone asked me if I was watching the lightning. I took a quick look out my window and saw some quick hits of lightning and ran back to my room to grab my camera and tripod. I was standing out there randomly hitting the record button and hoping I would catch some of the strikes. About 15 minutes in nothing was happening during my current recording so I reached to stop it and start a new one. At the moment I touched the camera three of the tallest buildings in Chicago were struck by lightning at the same time. Willis Tower (Tallest), Trump International Hotel and Tower (2nd Tallest) and the John Hancock Building(4th tallest). If you listen closely, you can hear me lightly say "yes!" after the triple strike happens.
**** 6/27 - Posted the sequel with more strikes from this storm! vimeo.com/12905965 ***
HD Video was shot on a Canon EOS 7D. Video was edited with Sony Vegas Movie Studio.
Music: Sufjan Stevens - To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament
© 2010 Craig Shimala: ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
**** 6/27 - Posted the sequel with more strikes from this storm! vimeo.com/12905965 ***
HD Video was shot on a Canon EOS 7D. Video was edited with Sony Vegas Movie Studio.
Music: Sufjan Stevens - To the Workers of the Rock River Valley Region, I Have an Idea Concerning Your Predicament
© 2010 Craig Shimala: ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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And yes, it's an excellent vantage point and the perfect balcony view--I often like to take photos from one of the foot bridges over the Ashland Green Line station, which has a similar view.
I got a few similar shots, take a look!
flickr.com/photos/39018725@N05/
Beautiful! I shot some video back in 1994 from close to the same perspective:
youtube.com/watch?v=JWyFUTTbpLw
And it's way cool how you've synced it with Sufjan Stevens, but shouldn't it have been "The Seer's tower" :)
From what I understand he (Sufjan) is referring to the Sears Tower.
Nice video :)
That was a crazy storm.
what kind of settings were you using? I haven't had such great luck shooting lightning with the 7D. I get a lot of rolling shutter.
vimeo.com/12719005
We are waiting for the information, Craig.
#3 is farther back and looks shorter from this vantage point