Chicago Olympics 2016 XIII

Chicago Olympics 2016 bid poster XIII: volleyball player spiking

I very much enjoy all my Olympic poster shots, and this is one of my favs. These shots seem to be all the more impressive when I include more of the sidewalk beneath the poster. That never seems to be my instinct when I frame the shot, because the sidewalk always looks drap when I'm grabbing the exposures. But at home when I clean up the image, the sidewalk always looks kickin. Especially here as the lines of the sidewalk point to the entrance of the Cultural Center

Plus the Chicago Cultural Center is one of my favorite buildings in Chicago. It looks like this volleyball player is about to spike the ball into the entrance.

Thanks goes to the car parked in the turning lane in front of the Cultural Center, as it gave me the opportunity to set up my tripod in the street to get this perspective.

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About the posters:

Chicago is making a bid to host the Olympics in 2016. Posters, flags, advertisements went up in the Loop area of downtown Chicago for the International Olympic Committee visit to evaluate Chicago's venues and plans for the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The posters say, "Imagine."

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