Ready for Transport; Chicago O’hare Terminal Tunnel

by on Feb.12, 2010, under Architectural Photography, Architecture, Illinois, Travel

This is an another photo taken while waiting through a three hour layover at the Chicago O’hare airport. You can see another photo I did in the tunnel (here).
Ahhh…. if only the airlines would work this hard to make flying a pleasurable experience…

Ready for Transport; Chicago O'hare Terminal Tunnel


6 Comments for this entry

  • Dawn
    February 12th, 2010 on 11:20 pm

    Wow John I really, really love this! The colors and leading lines are just perfect. It would go perfectly in my living room. ;)

    I’m surprised the powers that be actually let you take this. Did you get hassled for photographing anything in the airport?

    Beautiful work as always,
    Dawn Fry

  • mona
    February 13th, 2010 on 12:32 am

    This is a phenomenal photo! How did you get this shot with no people in it?

    I love this tunnel when I’ve had enough sleep. When I haven’t, it really plays with my head.

  • John Rogers
    February 13th, 2010 on 11:09 am

    Thank you for the comments!
    Dawn, (so far) I have not had any trouble with the TSA. I just keep moving & ignore them.

    Mona, Hub airports like ORD (and virtually every thing else in life…) work in cycles or banks. Therefore, every few minutes the tunnel would be very crowded, then it would be fairly empty for a bit. By shooting in a slow time and using very long exposures to eliminate any people that were not standing still I was able to give the impression of an empty space.

    John

  • Auds
    February 16th, 2010 on 3:04 pm

    I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS PICTURE. The colors are amazing!

  • mona
    February 21st, 2010 on 2:08 pm

    I’m so impressed. I didn’t know you could do that. This is one of my favorite photos of yours. Beautiful work.

  • Jeff
    September 14th, 2010 on 11:17 pm

    John, from a fellow photograper– fantastic work! I’m always anxious about setting up a tripod in the middle of an airport to take photos like this, but– no more. Thanks for the inspiration! Absolutely beautiful.

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